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MS Code § 41-63-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-1. Definitions

  The terms "medical or dental review committee" or "committee," when used in this chapter, shall mean a committee of a state or local professional medical, nursing, pharmacy or dental society or a licensed hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility, or of a medical, nursing, pharmacy or dental staff or a licensed hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility or of a medical care foundation or health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, individual practice association, any ambulance service or other prehospital emergency response agency, or any trauma improvement committee established at a licensed hospital designated as a trauma care facility by the Mississippi State Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services program, or any regional or state committee designated by the Mississippi State Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services program, and which participates in the trauma care system, or similar entity, the function of which, or one (1) of the functions of which, is to evaluate and improve the quality of health care rendered by providers of health-care service, to evaluate the competence or practice of physicians or other health-care practitioners, or to determine that health-care services rendered were professionally indicated or were performed in compliance with the applicable standard of care or that the cost of health care rendered was considered reasonable by the providers of professional health-care services in the area and includes a committee functioning as a utilization review committee, a utilization or quality control peer review organization, or a similar committee or a committee of similar purpose, and the governing body of any licensed hospital while considering a recommendation or decision concerning a physician's competence, conduct, staff membership or clinical privileges.   The term "proceedings" means all reviews, meetings, conversations, and communications of any medical or dental review committee.   The term "records" shall mean any and all committee minutes, transcripts, applications, correspondence, incident reports, and other documents created, received or reviewed by or for any medical or dental review committee.
MS Code § 41-63-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-3. Authority to establish medical or dental review committees; purposes of committees; certain medical and dental information may be furnished for evaluation and improvement of quality and efficiency of medical or dental care

  Any hospital, medical staff, state or local professional medical, pharmacy or dental society, nursing home, health maintenance organization, medical care foundation, preferred provider organization or other health-care facility is authorized to establish medical or dental review committees one of the purposes of which may be to evaluate or review the diagnosis or treatment or the performance or rendition of medical or hospital services, to evaluate or improve the quality of health care rendered by providers of health-care service, to determine that health-care services rendered were professionally indicated or were performed in compliance with the applicable standard of care or that the cost of health care rendered was considered reasonable under the circumstances.   Any person, professional group, hospital, sanatorium, extended care facility, skilled nursing home, intermediate care facility or other health-care facility or organization may provide medical or dental information, reports or other data relating to the condition and treatment of any person to the Mississippi Hospital Association, Mississippi State Medical Association, Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association, Mississippi Dental Association, Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association, Division of Medicaid, any allied medical or dental organization or any duly authorized medical or dental review committee, to be used in the evaluation and improvement of the quality and efficiency of medical or dental care provided in such medical, dental or health-care facility, including care rendered at the private office of a physician or dentist. Such data and records shall not divulge the identity of any patient.
MS Code § 41-63-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-5. Immunity from liability of furnishers of medical or dental information and of members of review committees for action taken

 No physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, hospital, organization or institution furnishing information, data, reports or records under Section 41-63-3 or 41-63-4 shall, by reason of furnishing such information be liable in damages to any person. No hospital, hospital governing body, medical or dental review committee, or member of such a committee or governing body, or employee thereof, shall be liable in damages to any person for any action taken or recommendation made within the scope of the functions of any medical or dental review committee if such committee or committee member acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that such action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to him at the time of such action or recommendation.
MS Code § 41-63-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-7. Confidentiality of names of patients studied

 The identity of any person whose condition or treatment has been studied shall be confidential and shall not be revealed under any circumstances. Any person who reveals the identity of such person in violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to confinement in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year and fined a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
MS Code § 41-63-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-9. Discoverability and admissibility into evidence of proceedings and records of review committees

  Notwithstanding any conflicting statute, court rule or other law, in order to encourage medical and dental review activity, the proceedings and records of any medical or dental review committee shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action arising out of the matters which are the subject of evaluation and review by such committee. No person who was in attendance at a meeting of such committee shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action regarding any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the proceedings of the committee or as to any findings, recommendations, evaluations, opinions or other actions of the committee or its members. However, information, documents or records otherwise discoverable or admissible from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were presented during the proceedings of such committee, nor should any person who testifies before such committee or who is a member of such committee be prevented from testifying as to other matters within his knowledge. Provided, however, a witness shall not be questioned concerning his participation on or testimony before such committee or opinions formed by him as a result of such committee hearings or proceedings.   The provisions of subsection (1) of this section which limit the discovery of medical or dental review committee records and proceedings shall not apply in any legal action brought by a medical or dental review committee to restrict or revoke a physician's license to practice medicine or hospital staff privileges, or in any legal action brought by an aggrieved physician against any member of the committee or the legal entity which formed such committee for actions alleged to have been malicious.   The provisions of this statute, including the confidentiality provided in this subsection, shall be deemed part of the substantive law of this state enacted for the expressed legislative purpose of promoting quality patient care through medical and dental peer review activities.
MS Code § 41-63-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-21. Accreditation and quality assurance materials of health-care organizations; definition; confidentiality of materials generally

 The term "accreditation and quality assurance materials" as used in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 means and shall include written reports, records, correspondence and materials concerning the accreditation or quality assurance of any hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility and any medical care foundation, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, individual practice association or similar entity or any ambulance service or other prehospital emergency response agency. However, the term does not include reports, records, correspondence and materials concerning accreditation or quality assurance that are prepared by the State Department of Health. The confidentiality established by Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 shall apply to accreditation and quality assurance materials prepared by an employee, advisor or consultant of any hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility and any medical care foundation, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, individual practice association or similar entity or any ambulance service or other prehospital emergency response agency and to materials provided by an employee, advisor or consultant of an accreditation, quality assurance or similar agency or similar body and to any individual who is an employee, advisor or consultant of a hospital, nursing home or other health-care facility and any medical care foundation, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, individual practice association or similar entity or any ambulance service or other prehospital emergency response agency, or accrediting, quality assurance or similar agency or body.
MS Code § 41-63-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-23. Accreditation and quality assurance materials of health-care organizations; discovery or introduction into evidence in civil actions; admissibility of testimony relating to preparation, evaluation or review of materials; admissibility of documents from original sources

 Accreditation and quality assurance materials, as defined in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29, shall be held in confidence and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action against the health-care professional or institution. No person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation or quality assurance materials shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the course of preparation, evaluation or review of such materials or as to any finding, recommendation, evaluation, opinion, or other action of such accreditation or quality assurance or other person involved therein. Information, documents or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as being unavailable for discovery or for use in any civil action merely because they were presented or used in preparation of accreditation or quality assurance materials, nor should any person involved in preparation, evaluation or review of such materials be prohibited from testifying as to matters within his knowledge, but the witness testifying should not be asked about any opinions or data given by him in preparation, evaluation or review of accreditation or quality assurance materials.
MS Code § 41-63-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-25. Accreditation and quality assurance materials of health-care organizations; use of materials in proceedings relating to restriction or revocation of physician's license

 The provisions of Section 41-63-23 shall not apply in any legal action brought by a hospital or other health-care entity to restrict or revoke a physician's license to practice medicine or hospital staff privileges, or in any legal action brought by an aggrieved physician against any hospital, health-care entity, or person acting on behalf of any such entity for actions alleged to have been malicious.
MS Code § 41-63-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-27. Construction of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 with Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence

 It is not the intent of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 to amend, alter or modify the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence as promulgated by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
MS Code § 41-63-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 63 - Evaluation and Review of Professional Health Services Providers|§ 41-63-29. Effect and purpose of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29

 The provisions of Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29, including the confidentiality provided in Sections 41-63-21 through 41-63-29 shall be deemed part of the substantive law of this state enacted for the express legislative purpose of promoting quality patient care through accreditation and quality assurance functions.
MS Code § 41-71-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Home health agency" means a public or privately owned agency or organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, properly authorized to conduct business in Mississippi, which is primarily engaged in providing to individuals, at the written direction of a licensed physician, in the individual's place of residence, skilled nursing services provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse licensed to practice in Mississippi, and one or more of the following services or items:   Physical, occupational or speech therapy;   Medical social services;   Part-time or intermittent services of a home health aide;   Other services as approved by the licensing agency;   Medical supplies, other than drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances; or   Medical services provided by an intern or resident in training at a hospital under a teaching program of such hospital.   "Licensing agency" means the State Department of Health.
MS Code § 41-71-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-3. License required to operate home health agency

 No person or other legal entity acting alone or in concert with others, shall establish, conduct, or maintain a home health agency without securing a license under the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 41-71-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-5. Application for license; fee

 An application for a license shall be made to the licensing agency upon forms provided by the agency and shall contain such information as the agency shall require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such reasonable standards, rules and regulations as are lawfully prescribed under this chapter. A license fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), payable to the licensing agency, shall be submitted with each application. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.
MS Code § 41-71-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-7. Terms and conditions of license; renewal

 Upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee, and a determination by the licensing agency that the application is in compliance with Section 41-7-173 et seq. and in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, such license shall be issued. A license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewable annually upon payment by the licensee of a renewal fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and upon approval by the licensing agency of an annual report, required to be submitted by the licensee, containing such information in such form and at such time as the licensing agency prescribes by rule or regulation. Any increase in the fee charged by the licensing agency under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65. Each license shall be issued only for the home health agency and person or persons or other legal entity or entities named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the licensing agency. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the designated business office of the licensee. Each licensee shall designate, in writing, one (1) individual person as the responsible party for the conducting of the business of the home health agency with the licensing agency.
MS Code § 41-71-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-9. Denial, suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing; procedure; costs

 The licensing agency, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to the applicant or licensee, is authorized to deny, suspend or revoke a license in any case in which it finds that the applicant or licensee has failed to comply with the requirements established by this chapter or the rules, regulations or standards promulgated in furtherance of this chapter. Such notice shall be given by registered mail, or by personal service, setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date of not less than thirty (30) days from the date of such mailing or such personal service, at which time the applicant or licensee shall be given an opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing. On the basis of any such hearing, or upon default of the applicant or licensee, the licensing agency shall make a determination specifying its findings of fact and conclusions of law. A copy of such determination shall be sent by registered mail or served personally upon the applicant or licensee. The decision revoking, suspending or denying the license or application shall become final thirty (30) days after it is so mailed or served, unless the applicant or licensee, within such thirty-day period, appeals the decision to the chancery court pursuant to Section 41-71-11. The procedure governing hearings shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the licensing agency. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings, and all testimony shall be recorded but need not be transcribed unless the decision is appealed pursuant to Section 41-71-11. Witnesses may be subpoenaed by either party. Compensation shall be allowed to witnesses as in cases in the chancery court. Each party shall pay the expense of his own witnesses. The cost of the record shall be paid by the licensing agency, but any other party desiring a copy of the transcript shall pay therefor the reasonable cost of preparing the same.
MS Code § 41-71-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-11. Appeal

 Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by the decision of the licensing agency after a hearing may, within thirty (30) days after the mailing or serving of notice of the decision, file a notice of appeal in the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, or the chancery court of the county in which the home health agency is located or to be located, and the chancery clerk shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal upon the licensing agency. Thereupon the licensing agency shall, within sixty (60) days or such additional time as the court may allow from the filing of such notice, certify to the court a copy of the record and decision, including the transcript of the hearings on which the decision is based. Findings of fact by the licensing agency shall be conclusive unless substantially contrary to the weight of the evidence, but upon good cause shown, the court may remand the case to the licensing agency to take further evidence, and the licensing agency may thereupon affirm, reverse or modify its decision. The court may affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the licensing agency and either the applicant or licensee or the licensing agency may appeal from this decision to the Supreme Court as in other cases in the chancery court. Pending final disposition of the matter the status quo of the applicant or licensee shall be preserved, except as the court otherwise orders in the public interest. Rules with respect to court costs as in other cases in chancery shall apply equally to cases under this section.
MS Code § 41-71-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-13. Rules, regulations and standards

 The licensing agency shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce rules, regulations and standards, including classifications, with respect to home health agencies licensed, or which may be licensed, to further the accomplishment of the purpose of this chapter in protecting and promoting the health, safety and welfare of the public by insuring adequate care of individuals receiving such services. Such rules, regulations and standards shall be adopted and promulgated by the licensing agency in accordance with the provisions of Section 25-43-1 et seq., and shall be recorded and indexed in a book to be maintained by the licensing agency in its office in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, entitled "Records of Rules, Regulations and Standards." The book shall be open and available to all home health agencies and the public generally at all reasonable times.
MS Code § 41-71-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-15. Compliance by existing agencies

 Any home health agency which is in operation on July 1, 1981, shall be given a reasonable time under the particular circumstances, not to exceed one (1) year from July 1, 1981, within which to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and standards promulgated in furtherance of this chapter.
MS Code § 41-71-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-17. Inspections and investigations

 The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made such inspections and investigations as it deems necessary, including visitation of patients at their places of residence.
MS Code § 41-71-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 71 - Home Health Agencies|§ 41-71-19. Confidentiality of information

 Information received by the licensing agency through filed reports, inspection, or as otherwise authorized under this chapter, shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify individuals, except in proceedings involving the question of licensure; however, the licensing agency may utilize statistical data concerning types of services and the utilization of those services for home health-care agencies in performing the statutory duties imposed upon it by Section 41-7-171, et seq. and regulations necessarily promulgated for participation in the medicare or medicaid programs.