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MS Code § 73-6-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 6 - Chiropractors|§ 73-6-33. Repeal of Sections 73-6-1 through 73-6-31

 Sections 73-6-1 through 73-6-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and prescribe its duties and powers, shall stand repealed as of July 1, 2021.
MS Code § 73-6-34 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 6 - Chiropractors|§ 73-6-34. Requirements, guidelines, and qualifications for chiropractor doing insurance claims reviews and/or independent examinations

  "Claims review" and/or "independent examinations" are defined as services for third-party entities for the purpose of rendering a decision on chiropractic insurance claims.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit an insurance company or its designees from taking adverse action based upon reviewing a claim if it is determined that the services rendered are not covered under the insurance plan's schedule of benefits or the services are subject to the insurance plan's exclusions and/or limitations. No determination adverse to a chiropractic patient or doctor of chiropractic shall be made on any question relating to the necessity or justification of any form of health care services without prior evaluation and concurrence in the adverse determination by a chiropractor licensed to practice in Mississippi and meeting the following criteria:   Present proof of three hundred (300) classroom hours of study in insurance claim review by a course of study recognized by the Mississippi State Chiropractic Examining Board. Such proof is to be filed with the Executive Secretary of the Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.   Present proof to the Executive Secretary of the Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners ten (10) hours of continuing education each fiscal year in the instruction or developments in claims review, which must be approved by the Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.   Those chiropractors active in doing claims review five (5) years prior to the enactment of this law will be exempt from the three hundred (300) classroom hours educational requirements. Those chiropractors qualifying under subsection (c) of this section must show proof of one hundred (100) hours of study in claims reviews or related subjects, and meet all other requirements.   The Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall issue a certificate to those chiropractors qualifying under this law, and may charge a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to each individual whom the board certifies.   Any chiropractor not complying with this section will be subject to disciplinary action by the Mississippi State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.     No chiropractor shall engage in chiropractic claims review or independent examinations on or after March 19, 1999, unless he has met all requirements in this section.
MS Code § 73-10-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act of 1986.
MS Code § 73-10-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-5. Definition of practice

 Dietetics is the integration and application of principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, food, management and behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain peoples' health. Dietetics practice is the provision of services which include, but are not limited to:   Providing medical nutrition therapy.   Development, administration, evaluation and consultation regarding nutritional care standards of quality in food services and medical nutrition therapy.   Providing case management services.   Developing, implementing and managing nutrition care system.
MS Code § 73-10-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-7. License requirement

 It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association to, in any manner, represent himself or itself as a dietitian or nutritionist, send out billings as providing services covered in Section 73-10-3(j), or use in connection with his or its name, the titles "dietitian," "dietician" or "nutritionist" or use the letters "LD," "LN" or any other facsimile thereof when he or she is not licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or meets the exemptions in paragraph (c) of Section 73-10-13. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a dietitian registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) shall have the right to use the title "Registered Dietitian" and the designation "R.D." Registered dietitians shall be licensed according to the provisions of this chapter to practice dietetics or provide medical nutrition therapy.
MS Code § 73-10-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-9. Applicant qualifications; fee

  An applicant for a license as a dietitian shall file a written application on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that he or she meets the following requirement.   Applicants shall provide evidence of current registration as a registered dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.   Applicants shall pay a fee as established by the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.   Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.
MS Code § 73-10-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-11. Provisional license; fee

  The board may issue a provisional license to any resident dietitian who presents evidence to the advisory council of the successful completion of the education and experience requirements of subsections (2) and (3) of this section for licensure. Such a provisional license may be issued to such a person before he or she has taken the examination to become a registered dietitian as given by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). A provisional license may be issued for a period not exceeding one (1) year and may be renewed from year to year not to exceed five (5) years.   An applicant for provisional licensure as a dietitian shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of having received a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree from a college or university accredited through the United States Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, with a major in dietetics or an equivalent major course of study as approved by the board.   An applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall submit to the board evidence of having successfully completed a board approved planned program of dietetics experience under the supervision of a licensed or registered dietician.   A provisional license shall permit the holder to practice only under the direct technical supervision of a dietitian.   A fee for a provisional license and for each renewal shall be established by the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.
MS Code § 73-10-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-13. Exemptions

 This chapter shall not be construed to affect or prevent:   A student enrolled in an approved academic program in dietetics from engaging in the practice of dietetics, if such practice constitutes a part of a supervised course of study, and if the student is designated by a title which clearly indicates his or her status as a student or trainee.   Any person fulfilling the experience requirements of Section 73-10-11(3) from engaging in the practice of dietetics under the supervision of a licensed or registered dietician.   A registered dietitian who is serving in the Armed Forces or the Public Health Service of the United States or is employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs from engaging in the practice of dietetics provided such practice is restricted to such service or employment.   Any person providing dietetic services, including but not limited to dietetic technicians, dietetic assistants and dietary managers, from practicing dietetics while working under the direct technical supervision of a licensed dietician.   Persons licensed or registered to practice the health professions from engaging in the practice of dietetics when covered under the scope of practice of his or her profession, except that such persons may not use the title "dietitian" or "nutritionist."   Persons who perform the activities and services of a nutrition educator in the employ of a federal, state, county or municipal agency, or another political subdivision, or a chartered elementary or secondary school or accredited degree-granting educational institution insofar as such activities and services are part of a salaried position.   Federal, state, county or local government employees involved with programs providing the services of a nutrition educator that help to prevent disease and maintain good nutritional health, including, but not limited to, the Cooperative Extension Service, the Child Nutrition Program, and Project Head Start.   Individuals who do not hold themselves out to be dietitians from marketing or distributing food products including dietary supplements as defined by the Food and Drug Administration or from engaging in the explanation and education of customers regarding the use of such products.   Any person from furnishing general nutrition information as to the use of food, food materials or dietary supplements, nor prevent in any way the free dissemination of literature; provided, however, no such individual may call themselves a dietitian unless they are licensed under this chapter.
MS Code § 73-10-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-15. Practice by nonresident dietitian; reciprocity

  A nonresident dietitian may practice dietetics in Mississippi for five (5) days per year with current other state's licensure or with current registration with the Commission on Dietetics Registration.   The board may waive the prescribed examination for licensure and grant a license to any person who shall present proof of current licensure as a dietitian in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which requires standards for licensure considered by the advisory council to be greater than or equal to the requirements for licensure of this chapter, if such state or territory extends reciprocity to licensees of the State of Mississippi. The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant or military spouse shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1.
MS Code § 73-10-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-17. Council of Advisors in Dietetics; membership, appointments, and meetings

  There is established the Mississippi Council of Advisors in Dietetics under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi State Board of Health.   The council shall be comprised of seven (7) members of whom five (5) shall be dietitians who have been engaged in the practice of dietetics for at least three (3) years immediately preceding their appointment. Members of the council shall be licensed to practice dietetics. The following areas of practice shall be represented by council members: administrative dietetics, clinical dietetics, dietetic education, community nutrition and consultation and private practice. The remaining two (2) members shall be a licensed member of the health professions and a member of the public with an interest in the rights of the consumers of health services.   A person is eligible for appointment as a public member if the person or the person's spouse:   Is not employed by and does not participate in the management of an agency or business entity that provides health care services or that sells, manufactures or distributes health care supplies or equipment; and   Does not own, control or have a direct or indirect interest in more than ten percent (10%) of a business entity that provides health care services or that sells, manufactures or distributes health care supplies or equipment.     Appointments to the advisory council shall be made without regard to race, creed, sex, religion or national origin of the appointees.   The board shall, within sixty (60) days after passage of this chapter, appoint two (2) advisory council members for a term of one (1) year, two (2) for a term of two (2) years, and three (3) for a term of three (3) years. Appointments made thereafter shall be for three-year terms, but no person shall be appointed to serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.   Terms shall begin on the first day of the calendar year and end on the last day of the calendar year or until successors are appointed, except for the first appointed members who shall serve through the last calendar day of the year in which they are appointed before commencing the terms prescribed by this section.   Not less than sixty (60) days before the end of each calendar year, the Mississippi Dietetic Association shall submit the names of at least two (2) persons for each dietitian vacancy and each of the health professional and public member appointments.   In the event of a vacancy, the board shall, as soon as possible, appoint a person who shall fill the unexpired term.   The council shall meet during the first month of each calendar year to select a chairman and for other appropriate purposes. At least one (1) additional meeting shall be held before the end of each calendar year. Further meetings may be convened at the call of the chairman or the written request of a majority of the council members, or at the request of the board.   A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
MS Code § 73-10-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-19. Removal from Advisory Council

  It shall be a ground for removal from the advisory council if a member:   Does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required for appointment to the advisory council;   Does not maintain during service on the advisory council the qualifications required for appointment to the council;   Violates a prohibition established by this chapter; or   Fails to attend advisory council meetings for the period of one (1) year.     If a ground for removal of a member from the council exists, the advisory council's actions taken during the existence of the ground for removal shall be valid.
MS Code § 73-10-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 10 - Dietitians|§ 73-10-23. Penalties for violations

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or both.
MS Code § 73-14-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-1. Administration of chapter

 The State Board of Health established and empowered by Section 41-3-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, shall discharge as additional duties and responsibilities the provisions of this chapter in the examination, licensing and regulation of persons who sell and fit hearing aids and who test hearing while engaged in the selling and fitting of hearing aids.
MS Code § 73-14-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-5. Persons and practices exempt

  This chapter is not intended to prevent any person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids, provided such person or organization employing such person does not sell hearing aids or accessories thereto, except in the case of ear molds to be used only for the purpose of audiologic evaluation.   This chapter shall not apply to any physician or surgeon licensed by the State of Mississippi.   This chapter does not apply to a person while he is engaged in the fitting of hearing aids, provided it is part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education or part of a program conducted by a public tax-supported institution or agency or nonprofit organization, unless such person or institution or agency sells hearing aids, and/or accessories, except ear molds.
MS Code § 73-14-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-13. Bills of sale to be delivered to persons supplied with hearing aids

 Any person who practices the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing aid, by him or at his order or direction, a bill of sale which shall contain his signature and show the address of his regular place of practice and the number of his license, together with a description of the make and model of the hearing aid furnished, the serial number of the hearing aid furnished, and the amount charged therefor. The bill of sale shall also reveal the condition of the hearing device and whether it is new, used or rebuilt.
MS Code § 73-14-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-15. Furnishing of hearing aids without license or certificate of endorsement prohibited

 No person shall engage in the sale or practice of dispensing and fitting hearing aids or display a sign or in any other way advertise or hold himself out as a person who practices the dispensing and fitting of hearing aids unless he holds a current, unsuspended, unrevoked license by the board as provided in this chapter. The license required by this section shall be kept conspicuously posted in his office or place of business at all times.
MS Code § 73-14-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-17. Application for license

 An applicant for a license shall pay a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and shall show to the satisfaction of the board that he:   Is twenty-one (21) years of age or older.   Has an education equivalent to a four-year course in an accredited high school.   Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.   No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.   Each application or filing made under this section shall include the social security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section 93-11-64.
MS Code § 73-14-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-19. Applicant to appear for examination upon payment of fee

 An applicant for a license who is notified by the board that he has fulfilled the requirements of Section 73-14-17 and upon paying a testing fee determined by the department as necessary to cover the expense of the administration of the examination not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), shall appear at a time, place and before such persons as the board may designate, to be examined by written and practical test in order to demonstrate that he is qualified to practice the fitting, dispensing and selling of hearing aids. Any increase in the fee charged by the department under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.
MS Code § 73-14-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-21. Subjects included in examination

 The examination provided in Section 73-14-19 shall be selected by the board, with advice of the council, and may also include an oral examination at the discretion of the board. The tests under this section shall not include questions requiring a medical or surgical education. It is the intent of this section that the exams administered under this chapter be of such a level as to provide that at a minimum an individual having a high school education or its equivalent and with appropriate study, training and supervision under the direction of a qualified hearing aid specialist should be able to pass.
MS Code § 73-14-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-23. Registration and issuance of licenses

 The board shall register each applicant who satisfactorily passes the examination and then issue such applicant a license. The license shall be effective until July 1 next following issuance.
MS Code § 73-14-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-25. Licensure upon passing examination in other jurisdiction; reciprocity

 The department may license as a hearing aid specialist, and furnish a certificate of licensure, to any applicant who presents evidence, satisfactory to the department of having passed an examination before a similar lawfully authorized examining agency or board of hearing aid specialists of another state or the District of Columbia, if the standards for registration of hearing aid specialists or for licensure as a hearing aid specialist in such state or district are determined by the department to be as high as those of this state, and if that jurisdiction affords licensees of this state reciprocity.   Any person making application for licensure under the provisions of this section may, at the discretion of the board, be required to pass an examination selected by the board.   The issuance of a license by reciprocity to a military-trained applicant or military spouse shall be subject to the provisions of Section 73-50-1.
MS Code § 73-14-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-27. Temporary license

  An applicant who fulfills the requirements of Section 73-14-17 and who has not previously applied to take the examination provided under Section 73-14-19 may apply to the board for a temporary license.   Upon receiving an application provided under subsection (1) of this section, the board shall issue a temporary license which shall entitle the applicant to practice the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids for a period ending thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the next examination given after the date of issue.   No temporary license shall be issued by the board under this section unless the applicant shows to the satisfaction of the board that he is or will be supervised and trained by a person who:   Holds a current and valid document of being National Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences by the International Hearing Society (IHS) or its successor; or   Holds a current and valid Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); or   Has had a minimum of three (3) years' experience in the testing of hearing, fitting of hearing aids and dispensing of hearing aids.     If a person who holds a temporary license issued under this section does not take the next examination given after the date of issue, the temporary license shall not be renewed, except for good cause shown to the satisfaction of the board.   If a person who holds a temporary license issued under this section takes and fails to pass the next examination given after the date of issue, the board may renew the temporary license for a period ending thirty (30) days after the date of renewal is announced. In no event shall more than one (1) renewal be permitted. The fee for renewal shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.