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MS Code § 41-23-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|In General|§ 41-23-39. Definitions applicable to Section 41-23-41

 The following terms when used in Sections 41-23-39 and 41-23-41 shall have the following meanings ascribed in this section:   "Emergency medical technician" means a person licensedunder Section 41-59-1 et seq. to provide emergency medical services as an emergency medical technician-ambulance, emergency medical technician-advanced, emergency medical technician-paramedic, or emergency medical technician-nurse-paramedic.   "Fire department" means service groups (paid or volunteer) that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from fire and/or other emergencies.   "Firefighter" means an individual who is assigned to fire fighting activity and is required to respond to alarms and perform emergency actions at the location of a fire, hazardous materials or other emergency incident.   "Infectious disease" means any condition as listed or determined by the State Department of Health that may be transmitted by an infected person.   "Licensed facility" means hospital, nursing home, medical clinic or dialysis center, as licensed by the state to provide medical care, but shall not include a physician's office.   "Bystanding caregiver" means any person who is unlicensed or noncertified in providing medical services or emergency medical services, who provides care or services to an injured person at the scene of an emergency before the arrival and rendering of emergency medical services by a licensed or certified emergency medical services provider.
MS Code § 41-23-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|In General|§ 41-23-41. Emergency service provider notice of exposure to blood or body fluids; licensed facility duties regarding infectious disease

 If, in the course of providing emergency services to any person subsequently transported to a licensed facility, an emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver or other provider of emergency rescue services is exposed by direct contact to the patient's blood or other internal body fluids, the emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver or the emergency service provider, or his/her employer, shall notify the licensed facility to which the patient is transported of the blood and/or body fluid exposure. If the patient is subsequently diagnosed as having an infectious disease specified by the State Department of Health as being transmissible by blood or other internal body fluids, the licensed facility shall notify the emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver, emergency service provider, or his/her employer, in such detail and according to the manner prescribed by the State Board of Health in its regulations. The State Board of Health shall adopt appropriate regulations to address the diseases involved.
MS Code § 41-23-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|In General|§ 41-23-45. Department of Health to provide educational material on availability of vaccines for meningitis and hepatitis A and B to public universities and colleges for distribution to students

 The State Department of Health shall prepare written educational information on the risks associated with meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availability and effectiveness of available vaccines for these diseases. The department shall provide this written educational information to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board to be used to inform students about meningitis and hepatitis A and B. This information shall be sent to students with their letters of acceptance for admission or included in the students' admission packets.
MS Code § 41-23-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|In General|§ 41-23-47. Preparation of statewide Hepatitis C Virus plan

 Not later than January 1, 2006, the State Department of Health, in collaboration with the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, shall prepare and deliver to the Legislature a statewide Hepatitis C Virus plan.
MS Code § 41-23-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|Rubella Screening, Counseling and Vaccination|§ 41-23-101. Rubella screening tests

 The state board of health is hereby authorized to offer rubella screening tests to all females of childbearing age and to collect fees to defray the costs of such tests, provided that such fees shall not exceed the applicable Medicaid rate.
MS Code § 41-23-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|Rubella Screening, Counseling and Vaccination|§ 41-23-103. Counseling as to risks and benefits of rubella immunization

 The state board of health shall counsel all females found after testing to be nonimmune to rubella as to the risks and benefits of immunization and as to the associated risks of birth defects in pregnancies occurring within ninety (90) days of vaccination.
MS Code § 41-23-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|Rubella Screening, Counseling and Vaccination|§ 41-23-105. Civil immunity for persons performing rubella tests, counseling and vaccinations

 Neither the state board of health nor any physician or nurse employed by the board who, in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care, performs testing for susceptibility to rubella, renders counseling as provided in Section 41-23-103, or administers vaccinations against rubella shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts committed in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care or omissions in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable care by such persons in performing such testing, counseling or vaccinations.
MS Code § 41-23-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine|School-located Influenza Vaccination Programs|§ 41-23-121. Funding for School-Located Influenza Vaccination Programs

  It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Health apply for federal grants and appropriations under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Public Law 111-148, to fund, build infrastructure, promote and expand school-located influenza vaccination programs to provide seasonal influenza vaccinations for school-aged children.The agency may seek grants and appropriations from any source.   The State Department of Health shall make information regarding federal grant and appropriations opportunities under PPACA available to local government agencies, local public health departments, school districts, and state and local nonprofit organizations via the agency's website.
MS Code § 41-26-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997."
MS Code § 41-26-2 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-2. Legislative purpose and intent

  The Legislature finds that:   An adequate supply of safe, pure drinking water is essential to the public health and welfare and the maintenance of that supply through viable water systems is an important natural resource in the economic development of the state;   The federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, provides a comprehensive framework for regulating the collection, treatment, storage and distribution of potable water; and   It is in the public interest of the state to assume primary enforcement responsibility under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended.     The purposes of this chapter shall be:   To establish a state program to assure provision of safe drinking water to the public by establishing drinking water standards consistent with the federal act and developing a state program to implement and enforce the standards. The standards shall protect the public health and welfare to the extent feasible using technology, treatment techniques and other means which are generally available.   To develop a process for implementing plans for the provision of safe drinking water in emergencies;   To provide public notice of potentially hazardous conditions that may exist in a water supply; and   To authorize the director to prevent the creation of new potentially non-viable community water systems, to provide technical assistance to existing potentially non-viable systems to help those systems become viable and to encourage the elimination of non-viable systems whose problems cannot be corrected.     It is the intent of the Legislature that the board in implementing Section 41-26-5(3) shall work cooperatively with organizations which provide training and assistance to public water systems. The board shall, consistent with state and federal law and rules and regulations and subject to the availability of funds, contract annually with and provide funding for those organizations. Any contract and funding shall be contingent upon receipt of an acceptable scope of work and cost proposal, as determined by the department and upon the contractor satisfactorily meeting performance objectives established in the contract.
MS Code § 41-26-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-5. Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations

  In addition to any other duties required by law, the board shall have the following powers and duties concerning safe drinking water:   To establish policies, requirements or standards governing the source, collection, distribution, purification, treatment and storage of water for public water systems as it deems necessary for the provision of safe drinking water;   To adopt, modify, repeal and promulgate, after due notice and hearing and in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law and Section 41-26-6, and where not otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, to make exceptions to and grant exemptions and variances from, and to enforce rules and regulations implementing the powers and duties of the board under this chapter;   To enter into, and to authorize the director to execute contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with, any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, interstate agency, or any other person in connection with carrying out this chapter; and   To discharge other powers, duties and responsibilities which may be necessary to implement this chapter.       Except as provided in Section 41-26-5(2)(b), regulations adopted under this section shall apply to each public water system in the state.   Regulations shall not apply to a public water system:   Which consists only of distribution and storage facilities, and which does not have any collection and treatment facilities;   Which obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which such regulations apply;   Which does not sell water to any person; and   Which is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce.       The board shall develop and implement a technical assistance program to help existing potentially non-viable community public water systems to become viable and to improve the technical, managerial or financial capabilities of small community public water systems. In developing this program, the board shall work cooperatively with organizations which currently provide training and assistance to public water systems.
MS Code § 41-26-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-6. Adoption of rules and regulations governing public water systems

  The board may adopt rules and regulations governing public water systems, but those rules and regulations shall, except as expressly required by law, be no more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage and effect than regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.   If federal regulations do not provide a standard, criteria or guidance addressing public water systems, the board may promulgate rules and regulations to address these matters when the board determines that the rules and regulations are necessary to protect the public health and welfare.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit the director by order or in the approval of plans for construction or changes from placing additional requirements on a public water system on a case by case basis in order to provide for the quantity and quality of drinking water or to protect the public health and welfare.
MS Code § 41-26-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-7. Powers and duties of director

 In addition to any other duties required by law, the director shall have the following powers and duties concerning safe drinking water:   To exercise general supervision over the administration and enforcement of this chapter and applicable rules and regulations;   To make inspections and investigations, collect samples and carry on research and analyses as may be necessary to carry out this chapter and applicable rules and regulations;   To enter at all reasonable times onto any property other than the interior of a private dwelling to make inspections, conduct investigations or studies or enforce this chapter and applicable rules and regulations;   To enter into contracts, grants or cooperative arrangements with any federal or state agency or subdivision thereof, interstate agency or any other person;   To receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies or organizations;   To participate in related programs of the federal government, other states, interstate agencies, or other public or private agencies or organizations;   To establish adequate fiscal controls and accounting procedures to assure proper disbursement of and account for funds appropriated or otherwise necessary to carry out this chapter;   To hold hearings, issue, modify or revoke orders, levy and collect any administrative fine or penalty and to enforce the laws, rules and regulations governing safe drinking water;   To keep any records and make reports with respect to the activities of the department;   To delegate any powers, duties and responsibilities as deemed appropriate to administer this chapter including delegation of any powers and duties regarding administrative enforcement to a designated administrative law judge or hearing officer; and   To perform all acts necessary to carry out this chapter or the federal act.
MS Code § 41-26-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-9. Action by director when contaminant is present in or likely to enter public water system

 The director, upon receipt of information that a contaminant which is present in or is likely to enter a public water system may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health, may take any actions deemed necessary to protect the public health. The actions may include, but shall not be limited to:   Issuing any orders either on the initiative of the director or through a designated administrative law judge or hearing officer as may be necessary to protect the public health of users of the system, including travelers; and   Commencing a civil action for appropriate relief, including a restraining order or permanent or temporary injunction.
MS Code § 41-26-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-11. Plan for provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances

 The director shall develop an adequate plan for the provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances. If, in the judgment of the director, emergency circumstances exist in the state for safe drinking water, the director may take any actions deemed necessary to provide safe drinking water where it otherwise would not be available.
MS Code § 41-26-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-13. Notices of noncompliance, failure to perform monitoring, variances, and exemptions

  A public water system shall, as soon as practicable, notify the county or district health department, the board and the administrator if one (1) of the following conditions exist: (a) the system is not in compliance with the Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations; (b) the system fails to perform monitoring required by regulations adopted by the board; (c) the system is subject to a variance granted for an inability to meet a maximum contaminant level requirement; (d) the system is subject to an exemption; or (e) the system fails to comply with the requirements prescribed by a variance or exemption.   In addition, the system shall provide public notice. The notice shall be provided to the Mississippi State Department of Health at least once every three (3) months, and that public notice shall be published by the department on its Web site. The system shall provide notice that the drinking water quality reports are available on the Mississippi State Department of Health Web site by placing the notice, including the Web site address, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area which is served by the water system, as determined by the director. The notice shall not be placed in the legal section of the newspaper. The notice shall be furnished to the other communications media serving the area as soon as practicable after the discovery of any condition for which the notice is required. If the water bills of a public water system are issued more often than once every three (3) months, the notice shall be included in at least one (1) water bill of the system every three (3) months, and if a public water system issues its water bills less often than once every three (3) months, the notice shall be included in each water bill issued by the system.
MS Code § 41-26-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-15. Prohibited acts

 The following acts and the causing of these acts are prohibited:   Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of Section 41-26-13, or dissemination by that supplier of any false or misleading information with respect to notices required under Section 41-26-13, or with respect to remedial actions being undertaken to achieve compliance with Mississippi Primary Drinking Water Regulations;   Failure by a supplier of water to comply with this chapter or applicable rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter, or with conditions of any variances or exemptions granted under this chapter;   Failure by any person to comply with any order issued by the director, administrative law judge or hearing officer under this chapter;   Refusal by a supplier of water to allow an authorized representative of the department to inspect any public water system;   Contamination of a public water system;   Intentionally damaging any pipe or other part of a public water system;   Discharge of sewage or other waste at any location that may come into contact with a public water system intake, unless that discharge is permitted or authorized by a state or federal agency; and   Abandonment or other termination of water services to more than fifty percent (50%) of the customers of a system by a supplier of water, without providing at least sixty (60) days' notice to all customers served by the public water system and the department.
MS Code § 41-26-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 41 - Public Health|Chapter 26 - Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Act of 1997|In General|§ 41-26-19. Powers of director; hearings under chapter

    Any hearing under this chapter may be conducted by the director or an administrative law judge or an administrative hearing officer designated by the director. The presiding official may conduct the hearings in the name of the director at any time and place as conditions and circumstances may warrant. The presiding official shall have the record of any hearing prepared which the official has conducted for the director.   In any pending matters under this chapter, the director shall have the same powers to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, examine witnesses under oath and conduct the hearing, as is now vested by law in the Mississippi Public Service Commission, for hearings before it. In addition, the director may issue all subpoenas, both at the instance of the petitioner and of the director. At any hearing the director, the staff of the department, any other petitioner or any other interested person, may offer proof, present witnesses and submit evidence. At the discretion of the presiding official, comments may be taken from members of the public who are subscribers of the public water system. Witnesses who are subpoenaed shall receive the same fees and mileage as in civil actions. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a notice of hearing or subpoena issued under this section, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction, upon application of the director or the director's representative, to issue an order requiring that person to appear and testify or produce evidence as the case may require and any failure to obey that order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt. Failure to appear at any hearing, without prior authorization to do so from the director or the director's representative, may result in the director finding the alleged violator guilty of the charges complained of by default. An order may be entered, including the assessment of a penalty, which, in the opinion of the director, will best further the purposes of this chapter.     All hearings shall be recorded either by a court reporter or by tape or mechanical recorders and subject to transcription upon order of the director or any interested person. If the request for transcription originates with an interested person, that person shall pay the cost prior to the production of the transcription.