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MS Code § 73-45-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 45 - Information to Be Included in Prescriptions|§ 73-45-1. Health care professionals to provide prescriptions containing all necessary information to allow prescription provider to dispense drug or medical device to consumer

 Health care professionals licensed by an agency of this state and whose practice encompasses the prescribing and dispensing of drugs or medical devices shall automatically provide the patient with a prescription containing all of the necessary information to allow any prescription provider to dispense the drug or medical device to the consumer. Upon the request of another health care professional or prescription provider to confirm prescription information for a specified individual, the prescribing health care professional shall immediately confirm all necessary information to enable the person requesting verification to accurately dispense the drug or medical device. Confirmation may be requested or confirmed in any form, including electronically. If confirmation of the verification request for the drug or medical device is not received within one (1) hour following the request, all information contained in the request, including the fact that the prescription has not expired, shall be presumed accurate, and the provider shall be authorized to dispense pursuant to the prescription. If no expiration date is included on the prescription, the prescription shall expire two (2) years after the date of issue. Health care professionals who dispense prescription medical devices shall prescribe brands that are readily and directly available to all channels of distribution, and shall post a notice in the location where payment for services is made informing patients as follows: "You have a right to receive a copy of your prescription. You also have a right to have your prescription filled wherever you choose."
MS Code § 73-47-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 47 - Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017|§ 73-47-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017."
MS Code § 73-47-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 47 - Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017|§ 73-47-3. Legislative intent

 By establishing and executing the policies provided in this chapter, the State of Mississippi intends to ensure that occupational licensing boards and board members shall avoid liability under federal antitrust laws.
MS Code § 73-47-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 47 - Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017|§ 73-47-7. Declaration of policy

 For occupational regulations promulgated by occupational licensing boards, it is the policy of the State of Mississippi to:   Increase economic opportunities for all of its citizens by promoting competition and thereby encouraging innovation and job growth; and   Use the least restrictive regulation necessary to protect consumers from present, significant and substantiated harms that threaten public health and safety.
MS Code § 73-47-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 47 - Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017|§ 73-47-9. Occupational Licensing Review Commission created; composition; responsibilities; submission of proposed occupational regulations to commission

  There is hereby created the Occupational Licensing Review Commission which shall be composed of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, or his or her respective designee. The Governor shall be the Chairman of the commission and the Secretary of State shall be the Secretary. The commission shall meet quarterly and at such other times as meetings may be called by the chair. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. Any final action taken by the commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members. The Office of the Governor shall provide such support of the commission necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, research and clerical assistance. Any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state shall provide, at the request of the chair of the commission, such assistance and data as will enable the commission to carry out its duties.   The commission shall be responsible for the active supervision of state executive branch occupational licensing boards controlled by active market participants to ensure compliance with state policy in the adoption of an occupational regulation promulgated by an occupational licensing board. The active supervision required under this chapter shall not extend to individual disciplinary actions taken or imposed by an occupational licensing board as to any active market participant subject to the jurisdiction of the occupational licensing board.   An occupational licensing board must submit any proposed occupational regulation to the commission before the occupational licensing board may file the occupational regulation in the Office of the Secretary of State if the occupational regulation is required to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State by Chapter 43, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, (Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law), or before the occupational regulation becomes effective if filing is not required.   The commission shall issue resolutions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, including the process, procedures and timelines that will govern any submission filed in accordance with the chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to subject the commission to any of the administrative procedures of Chapter 43, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, (Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law).
MS Code § 73-47-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 47 - Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017|§ 73-47-11. Application of chapter

 This chapter shall not apply to occupational licensing boards that are not controlled by active market participants.
MS Code § 73-49-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 49 - Health Care Provider Licensing Boards|§ 73-49-1. State boards that license health care providers prohibited from promulgating or enforcing rules or regulations in a manner that discriminates among licensees

 No state board or agency that licenses health care providers shall promulgate or enforce any rule or regulation affecting the practice of its licensees that does not apply equally to the practice of all of its licensees. This section applies to all rules and regulations promulgated and implemented by those boards or agencies both before and after July 1, 2000.
MS Code § 73-49-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 49 - Health Care Provider Licensing Boards|§ 73-49-3. Conditioning of licensing of certain health care providers upon provider's participation in public or private health insurance plans, public health care systems, public service initiatives or emergency room coverage prohibited

  This section is applicable to licensed physicians, osteopaths, dentists, optometrists, chiropractors, advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants.   Licensure of providers named in subsection (1) of this section in this state shall not be conditioned upon or related to participation by the provider in any public or private insurance plan, public health care system, public service initiative, or emergency room coverage.   Licensure of providers named in subsection (1) of this section in this state shall not be conditioned upon or related to their compliance with the "meaningful use" of electronic health records as set forth in CFR 5 Part 170.
MS Code § 73-51-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 51 - Unlicensed Practice of Profession|§ 73-51-1. Injunction to prohibit unlicensed practice of profession

  An action for an injunction may be brought and maintained in the name of any state board authorized to hold examinations and grant licenses to practice any profession to enjoin and prohibit any person from the practice of any profession required to be licensed by said board, when such person is practicing said profession and has not been granted a license therefor.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the board of bar admissions shall not be authorized to bring or maintain actions to enjoin or prohibit any person from engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, and all complaints and notices which the board of bar admissions may receive concerning the unauthorized practice of law shall be immediately delivered to the board of commissioners of the Mississippi State Bar, or its executive director, and such board is hereby authorized to bring and maintain all such actions to enjoin and prohibit the unauthorized practice of law without the necessity of proving irreparable injury or establishing that there is no adequate remedy at law. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to affect any actions or proceedings commenced prior to July 1, 1983.
MS Code § 73-51-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 51 - Unlicensed Practice of Profession|§ 73-51-3. Filing, hearing and determination of action for injunction

 An action for an injunction authorized by Section 73-51-1 shall be filed and heard either in the county in which the defendant resides or in which he practices the profession sought to be enjoined, and no bond shall be required, and no damages, fees or other costs shall be taxed against said board for the bringing of such suit. The court or judge shall not issue a temporary restraining order or injunction under this chapter, but shall hear and decide said matter on its merits either in term time or vacation as soon as possible.
MS Code § 73-51-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 51 - Unlicensed Practice of Profession|§ 73-51-5. Effect of chapter

 The authority conferred by this chapter is in addition to and supplementary to all other statutes, civil and criminal, dealing with the subject matter herein, and the institution and prosecution of any action shall not preclude the institution and prosecution of an action under other appropriate civil or criminal statutes dealing therewith.
MS Code § 73-52-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 52 - Licensure Records|§ 73-52-1. Certain licensure application and examination records to be exempt from public access requirements

  Applications for licensure in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, except that which may be released to the person who made the application or with the prior written consent of the person who made the application, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Test questions in the possession of a public body, as defined by paragraph (a) of Section 25-61-3, that are to be used in future license examinations, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.   Recommendations in the possession of any state board which is authorized to hold examinations and grant licenses or certificates to practice any profession, respecting any application for a professional license or certificate, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.
MS Code § 73-53-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-1. Legislative declarations and intent

 It is declared to be the policy of the State of Mississippi that the profession of social work affects the public health, safety and welfare and requires appropriate regulation and control in the public interest. It is the intent of this chapter to protect the people of Mississippi by promoting high standards of professional performance for those engaged in the profession of social work by regulating the title and by setting standards of qualification, education, training and experience for those who engage, or seek to engage, in the practice of social work.
MS Code § 73-53-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-5. Construction and effect of chapter

  No provision in this chapter shall be construed to prevent individuals licensed or certified by this state, whose activities overlap with the practice of social work, from carrying out the functions covered by their respective licenses or certificates, or to prevent ministers or individuals engaged in professional counseling who have recognized professional degrees in counseling, guidance or a related counseling field, whose activities overlap with the practice of social work, from carrying out the functions for which they have been trained, provided that such ministers or individuals shall not hold themselves out to the public by any title set out in this chapter.   No provision in this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with any office, officer, agency or employee of the United States of America, while such office, officer, agency or employee is engaging in the performance of official duties within the course and scope of such employment or duties.   No provision of this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with an individual who performs services described by this chapter solely for the benefit of a member of that individual's family without compensation.   No provision of this chapter shall be construed to apply to or in any way interfere with the activities and services of a student while pursuing a course of professional education qualifying as education under this chapter if these activities or services constitute a part of such student's supervised course of study and such activities are supervised by a licensee under this chapter.
MS Code § 73-53-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-7. Licensure as prerequisite to performance of services and use of certain titles or letters; grandfathering provisions; penalties for violating provisions of chapter

  A person, corporation, association or business entity shall not use, cause to be used or advertise in connection with that person's or party's name or the name or activity of the business the words, "social worker," "licensed social worker," "licensed master's social worker," "licensed certified social worker," "licensed clinical social worker," the letters "SW," "LSW," "LMSW," "LCSW" and/or any words, combination of words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying directly or indirectly that social work services are provided or supplied unless those services are provided by a person holding a valid and current license issued under this chapter or under the supervision (as provided by board rule) of a licensed certified social worker with a valid and current license issued under this chapter.  A person who does not hold a valid and current license issued by the board shall not practice social work, nor advertise the performance of that practice.   A person or party who engages in or attempts to engage in the conduct described by this section is considered to be engaged in the practice of social work.    Any person not licensed under this chapter on July 1, 1993, who is actively engaged in the practice of social work before July 1, 1994, as an employee of the State of Mississippi or any agency, political subdivision or municipality thereof or any community action agency or Head Start agency, and who is not eligible to be issued a license under subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a provisional license as a licensed social worker by the board, if the person applies for such provisional license before July 1, 1994, and, at the time that the application is made, the person is so actively engaged. The license shall be issued by the board upon application therefor, the submission of proof satisfactory to the board of the applicant's employment in the practice of social work as provided in this subsection, and the payment of the appropriate fee. Such license shall be valid for a maximum period of two (2) years, but not to extend past June 30, 1995, during which time the provisional licensee must pass the ASWB social work examination at the basic level.   From and after July 1, 2001, any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for his first violation, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the second violation, and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the third and each subsequent violation.
MS Code § 73-53-10 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-10. Fiscal support of board

  No appropriations from the State General Fund shall be used to operate the board. The board shall be supported by fees collected for license application and renewal and/or other monies raised by the board.   All fees and any other monies received by the board shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury and shall be used for the implementation and administration of this chapter and Sections 73-54-1 through 73-54-39 when appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose. The monies in the special fund shall be subject to all provisions of the state budget laws that are applicable to special fund agencies, and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer only upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer upon requisitions signed by a designated board member and staff member designated by the board. Any interest earned on this special fund shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the fund and shall not be paid into the State General Fund. Any unexpended monies remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.
MS Code § 73-53-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-15. Licensure; application; license fees and renewal; temporary license

  Upon passing the examination and meeting the requirements prescribed for licensure and upon paying the initial licensure fee, an applicant shall be issued the appropriate license by the board. Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, licenses shall be renewed biennially after initial licensure in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board and upon the payment of the fees for renewal prescribed by the board. However, the fee for an initial license may be prorated in proportion to the period of time from the date of issuance.   Any person who desires to be licensed as a social worker or marriage and family therapist shall apply to the board in writing on a form furnished by the board. The applicant shall provide any documents as required by the application forms provided by the board. The applicant shall pay the board at the time of filing an application fee to the board, no part of which shall be refunded. Additionally, the board shall adopt a fee schedule by rule and regulation, which shall include late fees.   The initial and renewal license fees shall not exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a licensed social worker, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for a licensed master's social worker, and Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.00) for a licensed certified social worker. When increased by the board, fees may not be increased by more than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the previous year's fee.   Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, in all instances where the board uses the services of a national testing service for preparation, administration, or grading of examinations, the applicant shall pay the required fees to the national testing service, in addition to other board fees.   During a lawfully declared local, state or national disaster or emergency, the board may issue a temporary license to any otherwise qualified social worker or marriage and family therapist licensed and in good standing in another state or territory of the United States of America and who meets any other requirements as the board may prescribe by rule and regulation.   Every person to whom a license is issued under the authority of the board shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance, pay the application and any other fee(s) prescribed by the board.
MS Code § 73-53-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-19. Complaints against licensee

 All complaints concerning a licensee's business or professional practice shall be received by the board. Each complaint received shall be logged, recording at a minimum the following information: (a) licensee's name; (b) name of the complaining party; (c) date of complaint; (d) brief statement of complaint; and (e) disposition.
MS Code § 73-53-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-21. Request for hearing following denial of license; disciplinary proceedings, notice and hearing

  Any person whose application for a license is denied shall be entitled to a hearing before the board if he or she submits a written request for a hearing to the board. The board shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall cause a written copy of the reason for denial of the license, together with a notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing to be served on the applicant requesting the hearing.   Following the investigative process, the board may file formal charges against the licensee. Such formal complaint shall, at a minimum, inform the licensee of the facts which are the basis of the charge and which are specific enough to enable the licensee to defend against the charges.   Each licensee whose conduct is the subject of a formal charge which seeks to impose disciplinary action against the licensee shall be served notice of the formal charge at least thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing, which hearing shall be presided over by the board or the board's designee.   Service shall be considered to have been given if the notice was personally served on the licensee or applicant or if the notice was sent by certified United States mail to the licensee or applicant to the licensee's or applicant's last known address as listed of record with the board.   The board or its designee shall hear evidence produced in support of the formal charges and contrary evidence produced by the licensee. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall issue an order.   All proceedings pursuant to this section are matters of public record and shall be preserved pursuant to state law.
MS Code § 73-53-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 53 - Licensing and Regulation of Social Workers|§ 73-53-25. Appeals from disciplinary decisions

 Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county of the residence of the aggrieved party or to the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in the manner provided by law for appeals from administrative decisions. Actions taken by the board in suspending a license when required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 are not actions from which an appeal may be taken under this section. Any appeal of a license suspension that is required by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 shall be taken in accordance with the appeal procedure specified in Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, rather than the procedure specified in this section.