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MS Code § 41-41-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-3. Consent for surgical or medical treatment or procedures on unemancipated minors

  It is hereby recognized and established that, in addition to such other persons as may be so authorized and empowered, any one (1) of the following persons who is reasonably available, in descending order of priority, is authorized and empowered to consent on behalf of an unemancipated minor, either orally or otherwise, to any surgical or medical treatment or procedures not prohibited by law which may be suggested, recommended, prescribed or directed by a duly licensed physician:   The minor's guardian or custodian.   The minor's parent.   An adult brother or sister of the minor.   The minor's grandparent.     If none of the individuals eligible to act under subsection (1) is reasonably available, an adult who has exhibited special care and concern for the minor and who is reasonably available may act; the adult shall communicate the assumption of authority as promptly as practicable to the individuals specified in subsection (1) who can be readily contacted.   Any female, regardless of age or marital status, is empowered to give consent for herself in connection with pregnancy or childbirth.
MS Code § 41-41-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-7. Implied consent to medical treatment where emergency exists

 In addition to any other instances in which a consent is excused or implied at law, a consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures, suggested, recommended, prescribed or directed by a duly licensed physician, will be implied where an emergency exists if there has been no protest or refusal of consent by a person authorized and empowered to consent or, if so, there has been a subsequent change in the condition of the person affected that is material and morbid, and there is no one immediately available who is authorized, empowered, willing and capacitated to consent. For the purposes hereof, an emergency is defined as a situation wherein, in competent medical judgment, the proposed surgical or medical treatment or procedures are immediately or imminently necessary and any delay occasioned by an attempt to obtain a consent would reasonably jeopardize the life, health or limb of the person affected, or would reasonably result in disfigurement or impairment of faculties.
MS Code § 41-41-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-9. Court may consent to or order medical treatment; allocation of treatment expenses

 In addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity, any court having a clerk or any judge thereof may, in either term time or vacation, upon presentation of the written advice or certificate of one or more duly licensed physicians that there is an immediate or imminent necessity for medical or surgical treatment or procedures for an adult of unsound mind or a minor, summarily consent to or order and direct such surgical or medical treatment or procedures for the adult of unsound mind or minor, provided that:   (i) The surrogate for such adult of unsound mind or minor has refused or declined to do so and there is no other person known to be immediately available who is so authorized, empowered, willing or capacitated to so consent; or   There is no person available to be designated as a surrogate; and   There has been filed with or there is presented to such court or judge an application for a writ of habeas corpus as to such person, a pleading respecting the custody or care of such person, an application for appointment of a guardian or conservator for such person, a pleading seeking the adjudication of such person as a non compos mentis, drug addict, habitual drunkard or neglected child, or some other instrument or pleading otherwise invoking the aid or jurisdiction of said court or judge or the state, as parens patriae or otherwise, concerning the welfare of such person. Any subsequent dismissal, nonsuit, removal, transfer, overruling or denial of such original application, instrument or pleading, or denial of jurisdiction of the court or judge over the subject matter or necessary parties, shall not retroactively revoke, rescind or invalidate any prior consent.   The reasonable expense of an adult of unsound mind or a minor in thus obtaining such surgical or medical treatment or procedures shall be borne by his estate or any person liable at law for his necessities or, if they are unable to pay, by the county of residence or settlement of the person receiving such surgical or medical care.   Upon request of the attending physician or other interested person, it shall be the duty of any district attorney or county attorney to give his assistance in the presentation of any such medical advice or certificate and in obtaining the consent or order of a judge or court of proper jurisdiction.
MS Code § 41-41-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-11. Waiver of medical privilege

 Any person authorized and empowered to consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures for himself or another may also waive the medical privilege for himself or the other person and consent to the disclosure of medical information and the making and delivery of copies of medical or hospital records. Any such waiver or consent shall survive the death of the person giving the same. No such waiver shall be needed for the cooperation with the furnishing of information to the State Department of Health, its representatives or employees in the discharge of their official duties. However, the State Department of Health shall not reveal the name of a patient with his case history without having first been authorized to do so by the patient, his personal representative, or legal heirs in case there be no personal representative.
MS Code § 41-41-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-13. Physician or nurse practitioner treating minor for venereal disease need not obtain parental consent

 Any physician, duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of Mississippi, or any nurse practitioner, who, in the exercise of due care, renders medical care to a minor for treatment of a venereal disease is under no obligation to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian, as applicable, or to inform such parent or guardian of such treatment.
MS Code § 41-41-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-14. Physician treating minor for mental or emotional problems resulting from alcohol or drugs need not obtain parental consent

  Any physician or psychologist duly licensed to practice medicine or psychology in the State of Mississippi, who in the exercise of due care consults with or prescribes medication for a minor at least fifteen (15) years of age for mental or emotional problems caused by or related to alcohol or drugs is under no obligation to obtain the consent of the spouse, parent or guardian of said minor, but said minor may consent to such treatment the same as if the minor had reached the age of majority.   The licensed physician or psychologist may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the spouse, parent or guardian of a minor in the circumstances enumerated as to the treatment given or needed and the information may be given to the spouse, parent or guardian without the consent of the minor patient and over the express refusal of the minor patient.   The parent, spouse or guardian shall not be financially liable for any such consultation unless and until they have consented to the same.
MS Code § 41-41-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-15. Donations of blood by minors

  The legal disabilities of any minor aged sixteen (16) years or older are removed for purposes of voluntarily donating blood, with or without remuneration therefor, to a licensed hospital, blood bank, community blood program, or other lawful activity engaged in processing and supplying human blood for transfusions and/or related medical purposes, as provided in this section.   Any person who is sixteen (16) years of age or older may consent to the donation of his or her blood and to the penetration of such tissue necessary to accomplish the donation, if the person obtains written permission from the person's parent or guardian. The consent shall not be subject to deferments because of the minority of the person.   Any person who is seventeen (17) years of age or older may consent to the donation of his or her blood and to the penetration of such tissue necessary to accomplish the donation. The consent shall not be subject to deferments because of the minority of the person, and parental authorization shall not be required to authorize the donation and penetration of tissue.
MS Code § 41-41-16 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-16. Health-care providers conducting tests for infectious diseases without consent of patient

 A hospital or physician, and employees of such hospital or physician, may conduct an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test or appropriate tests for any other infectious diseases without specific consent for such tests if the hospital or physician determines that the test is necessary for diagnostic purposes to provide appropriate care or treatment to the person to be tested, or in order to protect the health and safety of other patients or persons providing care and treatment to the person to be tested. The person who is to be tested shall be informed of the nature of the test which is to be conducted.
MS Code § 41-41-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|In General|§ 41-41-17. Authorized consent to participate in research conducted in accordance with federal law

  Any adult, as defined in Section 41-41-203(a), Mississippi Code of 1972, or emancipated minor, as defined in Section 41-41-203(e), Mississippi Code of 1972, may consent to participate as a subject in research if that research is conducted in accordance with federal law (Title 45 CFR Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects).   Unemancipated minors may participate as subjects in research, if that research is conducted in accordance with federal law (Title 45 CFR Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects).
MS Code § 41-41-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-31. Definitions

 The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.   "Medical emergency" means that condition which, on the basis of the physician's best clinical judgment, so complicates a pregnancy as to necessitate an immediate abortion to avert the death of the mother or for which a twenty-four-hour delay will create grave peril of immediate and irreversible loss of major bodily function.   "Probable gestational age of the unborn child" means what, in the judgment of the attending physician, will with reasonable probability be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed.
MS Code § 41-41-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-33. Consent; written certification

  No abortion shall be performed or induced except with the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed or induced. Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if and only if:   The woman is told the following by the physician who is to perform or induce the abortion or by the referring physician, orally and in person, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the abortion:   The name of the physician who will perform or induce the abortion;   The particular medical risks associated with the particular abortion procedure to be employed including, when medically accurate, the risks of infection, hemorrhage and breast cancer, and the danger to subsequent pregnancies and infertility;   The probable gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be performed or induced; and   The medical risks associated with carrying her child to term.     The woman is informed, by the physician or his agent, orally and in person, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the abortion:   That medical assistance benefits may be available for prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care;   That the father is liable to assist in the support of her child, even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for the abortion;   That there are available services provided by public and private agencies which provide pregnancy prevention counseling and medical referrals for obtaining pregnancy prevention medications or devices; and   That she has the right to review the printed materials described in Section 41-41-35(1)(a), (b) and (c). The physician or his agent shall orally inform the woman that those materials have been provided by the State of Mississippi and that they describe the unborn child and list agencies that offer alternatives to abortion. If the woman chooses to view those materials, copies of them shall be furnished to her. The physician or his agent may disassociate himself or themselves from those materials, and may comment or refrain from comment on them as he chooses. The physician or his agent shall provide the woman with the printed materials described in Section 41-41-35(1)(d).     The woman certifies in writing before the abortion that the information described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section has been furnished to her, and that she has been informed of her opportunity to review the information referred to in subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of this section.   Before the abortion is performed or induced, the physician who is to perform or induce the abortion receives a copy of the written certification prescribed by this section.     The State Department of Health shall enforce the provisions of Sections 41-41-31 through 41-41-39 at abortion facilities, as defined in Section 41-75-1.
MS Code § 41-41-34 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-34. Performance of fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services required before abortion; patient to be offered opportunity to view ultrasound image and hear heartbeat; patient to sign certification form acknowledging being given that opportunity; physician to retain copy of signed certification form

  Before the performance of an abortion, as defined in Section 41-41-45, the physician who is to perform the abortion, or a qualified person assisting the physician, shall:   Perform fetal ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services on the patient undergoing the abortion;   Offer to provide the patient with an opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of the unborn child and hear the heartbeat of the unborn child if the heartbeat is audible;   Offer to provide the patient with a physical picture of the ultrasound image of the unborn child;   Obtain the patient's signature on a certification form stating that the patient has been given the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image and hear the heartbeat of the unborn child if the heartbeat is audible, and that she has been offered a physical picture of the ultrasound image; and   Retain a copy of the signed certification form in the patient's medical record.     The State Department of Health shall enforce the requirements of this section.   An ultrasound image must be of a quality consistent with standard medical practice in the community, shall contain the dimensions of the unborn child and shall accurately portray the presence of external members and internal organs, if present or viewable, of the unborn child.
MS Code § 41-41-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-35. Duties of State Department of Health; printed materials

  The State Department of Health shall cause to be published in English within sixty (60) days after July 1, 1991, the following easily comprehensible printed materials:   Geographically indexed materials designed to inform the woman of public and private agencies and services available to assist a woman through pregnancy, upon childbirth and while the child is dependent, including adoption agencies, which shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies available, a description of the services they offer and a description of the manner, including telephone numbers, in which they might be contacted, or, at the option of the Department of Health, printed materials including a toll-free, twenty-four-hour-a-day telephone number which may be called to obtain, orally, such a list and description of agencies in the locality of the caller and of the services they offer.   Materials designed to inform the woman of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at two-week gestational increments from the time when a woman can be known to be pregnant to full term, including any relevant information on the possibility of the unborn child's survival. The materials shall include color pictures representing the development of the child at two-week gestational increments. These pictures must contain the dimensions of the unborn child and must be realistic. The materials shall be objective, nonjudgmental and designed to convey only accurate scientific information about the unborn child at the various gestational ages.   Materials that include the information described in subparagraphs (ii) and (iv) of paragraph (1)(a) of Section 41-41-33 and in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (1)(b) of Section 41-41-33.   Materials designed to inform the woman of pregnancy prevention methods for females and males, which materials shall describe each method in detail and include pictures or diagrams that illustrate the proper usage of each method.     The materials shall be printed in a typeface large enough to be clearly legible.   The materials required under this section shall be available at no cost from the Department of Health upon request and in appropriate number to any person, facility or hospital.   The Department of Health shall review the printed materials required by subsection (1) of this section on an annual basis in order to determine if any changes are needed to be made to the contents of the materials, and shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for considering and making such changes.
MS Code § 41-41-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-37. Physician to inform woman of medical emergency

 When a medical emergency compels the performance or induction of an abortion, the physician shall inform the woman, before the abortion if possible, of the medical indications supporting his judgment that an abortion is necessary to avert her death or for which a twenty-four-hour delay will create grave peril of immediate and irreversible loss of major bodily function.
MS Code § 41-41-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-39. Violation of provisions as misdemeanor

 Anyone who purposefully, knowingly or recklessly performs or attempts to perform or induce an abortion without complying with Sections 41-41-31 through 41-41-37 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of time not to exceed six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 41-41-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortion; Consent|§ 41-41-45. Abortion prohibited; exceptions

 [From and after ten days following the date of publication by the Attorney General of Mississippi that the Attorney General has determined that the United States Supreme Court has overruled the decision of Roe v. Wade, and that it is reasonably probable that this section would be upheld by the Court as constitutional, this section will read as follows:]    As used in this section, the term "abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.   No abortion shall be performed or induced in the State of Mississippi, except in the case where necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy was caused by rape.   For the purposes of this section, rape shall be an exception to the prohibition for an abortion only if a formal charge of rape has been filed with an appropriate law enforcement official.   Any person, except the pregnant woman, who purposefully, knowingly or recklessly performs or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in the State of Mississippi, except in the case where necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or where the pregnancy was caused by rape, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
MS Code § 41-41-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 41 - Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents|Performance of Abortions Upon Minors; Consent|§ 41-41-51. Definitions

 For purposes of Sections 41-41-51 through 41-41-63, the following definitions shall apply:   "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years;   "Emancipated minor" means any minor who is or has been married or has by court order or otherwise been freed from the care, custody and control of her parents;   "Abortion" means the use of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device with intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with intent other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead fetus.