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MS Code § 73-14-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-31. Renewal of licenses; continuing education requirement

 Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, a person who practices the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids shall biennially pay to the board a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a renewal of his license. A grace period of thirty (30) days shall be allowed after the expiration of a license, during which the same may be renewed on payment of a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to the board. The license of any person who fails to have his license renewed by the expiration of the grace period of thirty (30) days shall be considered to have lapsed. After the expiration of the grace period, the board may reinstate a license upon payment of a fee of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to the board. No person who applies for reinstatement, whose license was suspended for the sole reason of failure to renew, shall be required to submit to any examination as a condition of reinstatement, provided such person applies for reinstatement within one (1) year from the date of lapse of the license.   The board shall require the applicant for license renewal to present evidence of the satisfactory completion of continuing education requirements as determined by the board.   In the event that any licensee shall fail to meet the annual educational requirement, his license shall not be renewed by the board, but the board may renew the license upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence of educational study of a standard approved by the board and upon the payment of all fees due. No governmental entity or agency shall be required to pay the fee or fees set forth in this section.   Any increase in the fees charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.
MS Code § 73-14-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-33. Place of practice; licensee with principal place of business not within state

 A person who holds a license or temporary license shall notify the board in writing of the address of the place or places where he engages or intends to engage in the practice of fitting or dispensing of hearing aids.   The board shall keep a record of the places of practice of persons who hold licenses or temporary licenses. Any notice required to be given by the board to a person who holds a license or temporary license may be given by mailing it to him at the address given by him to the board.   A person who holds a license or temporary license to practice as a hearing aid specialist in this state but whose principal place of business is not in this state shall certify to the board that they will:   Display their Mississippi license while conducting business in Mississippi; and   Shall make all records regarding clients who are residents of Mississippi available to the licensing authority within seventy-two (72) hours of receiving such a request in writing.   Failure to comply with the requirements of (a) or (b) above shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action under the provisions of this chapter and/or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
MS Code § 73-14-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-35. Grounds for revocation or suspension of license or certificate of endorsement

  Any person registered under this chapter may have his license or certificate revoked or suspended for a fixed period to be determined by the board for any of the following causes:   Being convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude. The record of such conviction, or certified copy thereof from the clerk of the court where such conviction occurred or by the judge of that court, shall be sufficient evidence to warrant revocation or suspension.   By securing a license or certificate under this chapter through fraud or deceit.   For unethical conduct or for gross ignorance or inefficiency in the conduct of his practice.   For knowingly practicing while suffering with a contagious or infectious disease.   For the use of a false name or alias in the practice of his profession.   For violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.   For violating the provisions of any applicable federal laws or regulations.   Discipline by another jurisdiction if at least one (1) of the grounds for the discipline is the same or substantially equivalent to those set forth in this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.     In addition to the causes specified in subsection (1) of this section, the board shall be authorized to suspend the license of any licensee for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153. The procedure for suspension of a license for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, shall control.
MS Code § 73-14-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-37. Revocation proceedings

  Any person, whose license is sought to be revoked under the provisions of this chapter, shall be given thirty (30) days' notice, in writing, enumerating the charges and specifying a date for public hearing thereon. The hearing shall be held in the county where the person's business is conducted. The board may issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and place them under oath, the same as any court of competent jurisdiction where the hearing takes place.   At all hearings the board may designate in writing one or more persons deemed competent by the board to conduct the hearing as trial examiner or trial committee, with the decision to be rendered in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section.   After a hearing has been completed the trial examiner or trial committee who conducted the hearing shall proceed to consider the case and, as soon as practicable, shall render a decision. In any case, the decision must be rendered within sixty (60) days after the hearing. The decision shall contain:   The findings of fact made by the trial examiner or trial committee;   Conclusions of law reached by the trial examiner or trial committee; and   The order based upon these findings of fact and conclusions of law.
MS Code § 73-14-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-39. Appeal

  From any revocation, the person charged may, within thirty (30) days thereof, appeal to the chancery court of the county of the residence of the licensee.   Notice of appeals shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court, who shall issue a writ of certiorari directed to the board, commanding it within ten (10) days after service thereof to certify to such court its entire record in the matter in which the appeal has been taken. The appeal shall thereupon be heard in the due course by said court without a jury, and the court shall review the record and make its determination of the cause between the parties.   Any order, rule or decision of the board shall not take effect until after the time of appeal in the said court shall have expired. If there is an appeal, such appeal may, in the discretion of and on motion to the chancery court, act as a supersedeas. The chancery court shall dispose of the appeal and enter its decision promptly. The hearing on the appeal may, in the discretion of the chancellor, be tried in vacation.   Any person taking an appeal shall post a satisfactory bond in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for payment of any costs which may be adjudged against him.   Actions taken by the board in suspending a certificate of registration 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 suspension of a certificate 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.
MS Code § 73-14-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-41. Prohibited acts

 No person may:   Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license.   Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualifications to practice the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids.   Alter materially a license with fraudulent intent.   Use or attempt to use as a valid license one which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered.   Willfully make a false material statement in an application for registration or for renewal of a license.
MS Code § 73-14-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-43. Penalties

 Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days in the county jail, or by both.
MS Code § 73-14-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-45. Enforcement

 The board may enforce any provisions of this chapter by injunction or by any other appropriate proceeding. No such proceeding shall be barred by any proceeding had or pending pursuant to any other section of this chapter, and the authority conferred in this chapter is in addition to and supplementary to any other statute, civil or criminal, dealing with the subject matters herein and the institution and prosecution of any action shall not preclude the institution and prosecution under other appropriate civil or criminal statutes dealing therewith.
MS Code § 73-14-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 14 - Hearing Aid Dealers|§ 73-14-47. Disposition of fees

 All fees and monies received by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury and shall be used for the implementation and administration of this chapter when appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose.
MS Code § 73-17-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 17 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 73-17-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Nursing Home Administrators Law of 1970."
MS Code § 73-17-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 17 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 73-17-3. Licenses required of administrators

 From and after July 1, 1970, it shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association or corporation to act as the administrator, hereinafter defined, of a nursing home within this state without first obtaining a license as a nursing home administrator as provided for in this chapter, from the Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.
MS Code § 73-17-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 17 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 73-17-5. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   The term "nursing home administrator" or "administrator" means any individual who is charged with the general administration of a nursing home, whether or not such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether or not the functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals. "General administration of a nursing home" shall mean the duties of administrative performance and the making of day-to-day decisions involved in the planning, organizing, directing and/or controlling of a nursing home.   The term "nursing home" means a place, either governmental or private, profit or nonprofit, which provides group living arrangements for four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the operator and who are being provided food, shelter and personal care, and which employs at least one (1) registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. The term "nursing home" does not include hospitals, clinics, personal care homes and other institutions devoted primarily to providing medical services.   "Board" means the Mississippi State Board of Nursing Home Administrators.   "Person" means an individual or natural person, and does not include a firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution, public body, joint stock association or other group of individuals.
MS Code § 73-17-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 17 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 73-17-9. Board of nursing home administrators; duties

 It shall be the function and duty of the board to:   Develop, impose, and enforce standards which must be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators;   Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations, for determining whether an individual meets such standards;   Issue licenses to individuals determined, after the application of such techniques, to meet such standards, and revoke or suspend licenses previously issued by the board in any case where the individual holding any such license is determined substantially to have failed to conform to the requirements of such standards;   Establish and carry out procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards;   Receive, investigate, and take appropriate action with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the board to the effect that any individual licensed as a nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards;   Conduct a continuing study and investigation of nursing homes and administrators of nursing homes within the state with a view to the improvement of the standards imposed for the licensing of such administrators and of procedures and methods for the enforcement of such standards with respect to administrators of nursing homes who have been licensed as such; and   To devise and implement an educational program designed to increase the professional proficiency of nursing home administrators and to assist otherwise qualified individuals to prepare for careers in nursing home administration.
MS Code § 73-17-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 17 - Nursing Home Administrators|§ 73-17-13. Offenses; penalty

 It shall be an offense punishable as a misdemeanor for an individual to (a) perform the duties of a nursing home administrator after July 1, 1970 without a valid license issued hereunder, (b) provide any false information, either written or oral, incident to either an application for a license hereunder, the renewal of a license hereunder, or a hearing held under the provisions of this chapter, (c) knowingly employ an unlicensed individual to perform the duties of a nursing home administrator. Upon conviction of a violation of this section, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
MS Code § 73-22-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 22 - Orthotics and Prosthetics|§ 73-22-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   "Appropriately trained" means the satisfactory completion of a course of study that covers fitting and patient management of therapeutic diabetic shoes and inserts that is approved by the National Commission for Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (N.C.O.P.E.), or a course of study offered by a manufacturer.   "Orthotic device" means a brace or support, but does not include fabric and elastic supports, corsets, arch supports, trusses, elastic hose, canes, crutches, cervical collars, dental appliances or other similar devices carried in stock and sold by drug stores, department stores, corset shops or surgical supply facilities.   "Orthotics" means the science or practice of measuring, designing, constructing, assembling, fitting, adjusting or servicing orthotic devices for the support, correction or alleviation of musculoskeletal diseases, injuries, disabilities or deformities as permitted by prescriptions from a licensed doctor of medicine.   "Orthotist" means a person who is certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification as a certified orthotist.   "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association or other organization.   "Prosthetic device" means any artificial device that is not surgically implanted and that is used to replace a missing limb, appendage or any other external human body part, including devices such as artificial limbs, hands, fingers, feet, toes, but excluding artificial eyes or appliances for the eyes, dental plates, and largely cosmetic devices such as wigs, artificial breasts, eyelashes, ears and noses or other devices which could not by their use have a significantly detrimental impact upon the musculoskeletal functions of the body.   "Prosthetics" means the science or practice of measuring, designing, constructing, assembling, fitting, adjusting or servicing prosthetic devices as permitted by prescriptions from a licensed doctor of medicine.   "Prosthetist" means a person who is certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification as a certified prosthetist.
MS Code § 73-24-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Occupational Therapy Practice Act|§ 73-24-1. Title

 This chapter shall be known as the "Mississippi Occupational Therapy Practice Act."
MS Code § 73-24-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Occupational Therapy Practice Act|§ 73-24-5. State Board of Health to discharge provisions of chapter

 The State Board of Health established and empowered by Section 41-3-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, shall discharge the provisions of this chapter in the examination, licensing and regulation of persons who provide services of occupational therapy.
MS Code § 73-24-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Occupational Therapy Practice Act|§ 73-24-7. License required to use title of occupational therapist or similar titles; making of material false statement in application; penalties

  It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this chapter as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant, or whose license has been suspended or revoked, to:   In any manner represent himself as someone who provides occupational therapy services, or use in connection with his name or place of business the words "occupational therapist," "licensed occupational therapy assistant" or the letters "O.T.," "L.O.T.," "O.T.L.," "O.T.A." or "O.T.A.L." or any other words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that he is an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or that he provides occupational therapy services; or   To show in any way, orally, in writing, in print or by sign, directly or by implication, or to represent himself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or someone who provides occupational therapy services.     Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation.   Any person who knowingly shall make a material false statement in his application for license under this chapter or in response to any inquiry by the department or the board shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 73-24-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 24 - Mississippi Occupational Therapy Practice Act|§ 73-24-9. Application of chapter; exceptions

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services or activities of:   Any person, licensed in this state by any other law, from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he or she is licensed;   Any person who is employed as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant by the United States Armed Services, the United States Public Health Service, the Veteran's Administration or other federal agencies, if such person provides occupational therapy solely under the direction or control of the organization by which he is employed;   Any person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree or certificate in occupational therapy in an accredited, recognized or approved educational program, or advanced training in a specialty area, if such activities and services constitute a part of the supervised course of study, and if such person is designated by a title which clearly indicates his status as a trainee or student;   Any person fulfilling the supervised fieldwork experience requirements of Section 73-24-19, if such activities and services constitute a part of the experience necessary to meet the requirements of that section;   Any person employed as an occupational therapy aide or who works under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist;   Any person performing occupational therapy services in the state, if these services are performed for no more than thirty (30) days in a calendar year under the supervision of an occupational therapist licensed under this chapter, if:   The person is licensed under the law of another state which has licensure requirements at least as stringent as the requirements of this chapter, or   The person is certified as an Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) or a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), established by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT), or its successor organization; or   Any person certified by the American Board of Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics as a Certified Orthotist, C.O., Certified Prosthetist, C.P., Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist, C.P.O., or anyone working under their direct supervision.