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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-3 - Declaration of public policy

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Mississippi, acting through its legislature, to control and regulate the transportation over the highways of this state and the disposal of poultry by-products, slaughter house offal and wastes, and meat processing plant bones, meat scraps, fats, and all otherwise inedible meats and meat products, and the carcasses of dead animals, not slaughtered and intended for human food, to the end that the spread of poultry and animal diseases in this state shall be controlled and also that the public health and welfare of the citizens of this state shall be conserved and protected against dangers, annoyances and nuisances that might arise from such poultry by-products and carcasses or from such transportation and disposal thereof, if the same be not regulated by law. This chapter is designed to effectuate such purposes and public policy, through the exercise of the police powers of the state. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect such policy and to promote such objects.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-103; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 3; Laws, 1966, ch. 232, § 2, eff. 5/31/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-5 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the words and terms used herein shall have ascribed to them the following meanings:
(a)
The term "disposal plant," or "rendering plant," or "plant" shall apply to and include any plant and all equipment thereof described or referred to in any section of this chapter that is constructed and intended to be operated for the disposal of poultry by-products, slaughter house offal and wastes, and meat processing plant bones, meat scraps, fats, and all otherwise inedible meats and meat products, the bodies of dead animals or parts thereof or excrements therefrom, by means of burying or burning or cooking or otherwise processing, whether for the purpose of producing or manufacturing by-products or otherwise. Such a term shall also include all substations of any such plant that are used in connection with such business solely for the temporary disposal or storage of such poultry by-products, dead bodies or parts thereof or excrements therefrom pending final delivery thereof to any such disposal plant or rendering plant, and shall also include all vehicles and equipment thereof used in Mississippi for the transportation of such bodies or parts thereof or excrements therefrom, bones, meat scraps, fats, and otherwise inedible meats and meat products to such plant for their disposal therein in the manner herein prescribed.
(b)
The term "dead animals" shall mean the carcasses of dead animals, parts thereof or excrements therefrom.
(c)
The word "person" shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations and any other legal entities recognized by law.
(d)
The term "poultry by-products" shall mean heads, feet, viscera, blood and feathers.
(e)
The term "slaughter house offal and wastes" shall mean heads, feet, viscera, blood and any associated material therewith.
(f)
The word "commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, or his duly authorized deputies.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-102; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 2; Laws, 1966, ch. 232, § 1, eff. 5/31/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-7 - Persons, matters or vocations not affected by chapter

Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit:
(a)
Any persons legally engaged in the course of slaughtering, butchering, manufacturing, or selling, in any manner, any animal flesh and products, where such animals are killed for the purpose of being used solely for human consumption, or any persons engaged in transporting and disposing of the dead bodies of any such animals so killed or of any parts or products thereof to any persons solely for such purpose and use.
(b)
Any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or skins of animals, or tanning such hides or skins for himself or other persons.
(c)
Any bodies of dead game, birds, fish, reptiles, or small animals of any kind, such as dogs, cats and small game.
(d)
Slaughter houses and poultry processing plants which are engaged in the processing of animals or poultry for human consumption and which are operating a rendering plant under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce or the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of disposing of the waste and by-products from such plants only.
(e)
Any governmental agency, collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of any dead animals in any manner.
(f)
Any person slaughtering animals on his own premises for the manufacture of pet foods, provided the products of same are not transported from his own premises until canned or packaged and properly labeled.
No provisions of any other laws or ordinances regulating any of the persons, matters or vocations aforesaid shall be affected or repealed by this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-104; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 4; Laws, 1966, ch. 232, § 3, eff. 5/31/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-9 - Powers and duties of the commissioner

The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the orderly administration and enforcement of this chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, and shall spread same upon the minutes to be kept in his office. The commissioner shall prescribe and supply the necessary and proper forms to be used in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
The commissioner shall also obtain and keep in his office a minute book which shall be plainly identified as a record of the things had and done in carrying out the administration of this chapter, and for the proper recordation of the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Every licensee shall be furnished a copy of such rules and regulations when a license is issued. No amendment to a rule or regulation containing a penalty for the violation thereof shall become effective in less than thirty (30) days from the date of such amendment, and the date of such amendment must be spread upon the minutes of the commission.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-106; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 6, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-11 - Regulation of transportation and storage

All poultry and meats and their component parts or products having physical characteristics of an edible product or capable of being used for or diverted to human food, and all poultry and meats and their products which have become unsound, unwholesome, or any other way unfit for human food including any rendered or unrendered grease, tallow or other fats, or the carcass or parts of carcass of any other animal or poultry which is unfit for human consumption shall not be transported or stored within the State of Mississippi until and unless the same shall have been decharacterized, denatured or otherwise destroyed for human food purposes. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the safe and proper handling of these poultry and animal parts or products in the interest of public health. The commissioner shall exercise the police powers of the state in the search, seizure, confiscation and destruction in the investigation and prosecution of violations of this section.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-103; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 3; Laws, 1966, ch. 232, § 2, eff. 5/31/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-13 - Application for license to operate plant; fees

It shall be the duty of every person operating a disposal plant or rendering plant to apply to the commissioner for a license to operate such establishment, and no person shall engage in this state in the business of operating such a disposal plant or rendering plant without first having obtained for each such disposal plant so operated by him, or in his behalf, a license pursuant to this chapter.
Said commissioner shall keep a record of all applications for licenses, showing all issued, denied or revoked by him and such other facts as he may prescribe. The application for a license shall be made on a form to be supplied by the commissioner, and shall show the location of each establishment and the name and address of the owner and the name and address of the lessor or lessee. Such application shall also set forth the particular method or methods which the applicant intends to employ, or is employing, in the transportation and in the disposal or processing of poultry by-products or the bodies of such dead animals; the number and location of all substations he desires to operate, if any; the number and kind of vehicles he will use; and such other essential information thereto as the commissioner, by his rules and regulations, may require.
The application shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person applying for the licensing that the facts set forth therein are true and correct.
Such application shall be accompanied by an initial fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each disposal plant or rendering plant, Five Dollars ($5.00) for each substation operated in conjunction therewith, and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each vehicle unit used in transportation of the poultry by-products, bodies of dead animals and products of said rendering operation. Like fees shall be paid to the commissioner annually for each renewal thereof. All fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund in the state treasury.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-105; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 5; Laws, 1970, ch. 255, § 7, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-15 - Inspection of plant; issuance and term of licenses

Upon receipt of such application, the commissioner, or some person appointed and designated by him, shall, within thirty (30) days, inspect the plant, and the locality where such applicant is conducting or proposes to conduct such business, and shall ascertain whether such applicant is a responsible and suitable person, financially and otherwise, to be entrusted with a license to conduct such business and that such applicant has fulfilled and complied with the requirements of all the sections of this chapter and of the rules and regulations authorized in this chapter relating to such business.
If such commissioner shall find that such applicant is such a responsible and suitable person to conduct such business, and that the plant of such applicant, and the methods of operation thereof comply with all the provisions of this chapter and with the rules and regulations authorized in this chapter, and that such business is located in a place permitted by this chapter, he shall thereupon issue to such applicant a certificate to that effect.
All licenses and certificates issued under this chapter shall remain effective until and unless voluntarily surrendered, or suspended or revoked, as provided in this chapter, conditioned, however, upon payment to the commissioner on or before July 15th subsequent to the year of issuance, of the required total annual license fee, which payment shall operate, without further application, to continue such licenses and certificates in full effect during each year for which such license fee shall be paid, unless sooner surrendered or suspended or revoked.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-105; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 5; Laws, 1970, ch. 255, § 7, eff. 7/1/1970.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-17 - Additional inspections of non-complying applicants; fees therefor

Whenever the commissioner, by his first inspection of the applicant's plant, shall find that the applicant has not complied with all the requirements of this chapter and of such rules and regulations, he shall at once notify the applicant in writing, delivered in person or by registered mail, with return receipt, specifying the particulars of such failure to comply therewith and of any further objections he may have. Upon being notified in like manner by the applicant in writing of such compliance and that such plant conforms to the requirements of this chapter and of such rules and regulations, the commissioner shall, within ten (10) days, make a similar second inspection thereof. The commissioner shall not be required to make more than two (2) of the aforesaid initial inspections of the same plant, substation and vehicles under one (1) application and the original payment of fees unless he so desires. If one (1) or two (2) inspections additional to the second inspection are desired by the applicant in effecting a compliance by him with the requirements of this chapter, such applicant shall request the same in writing and pay in advance additional inspection fees of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each such inspection so requested by him; for any further such inspections, he shall pay a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each.
In the event such applicant shall be refused a license and such refusal be finally sustained upon any appeal, no part of the fees paid by him shall be refunded, but all such fees shall belong to the State of Mississippi, as a part of its general fund.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-107; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 7, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-19 - Location of plants

No new plant shall be located or constructed, or any discontinued plant reconstructed or reopened, at any place in this state inside of, or within two (2) miles of the nearest point of, the existing corporate limits of any municipality with a population in excess of five hundred (500) according to the latest federal census, or within one (1) mile of the nearest boundary of the lands owned or controlled in connection either with any state, county, township, city or town park, or boulevard, or of any public school or hospital, or of any charitable, religious or educational institution.
Any existing plant which shall, on March 26, 1964, be in operation upon a site located in, or within the distance aforesaid from, any of the places or objects designated in this section shall not be denied a license solely by reason of its location.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-108; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 8; Laws, 1968, ch. 238, § 1, eff. 3/28/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-21 - When plant may be deemed suitable or sanitary

No disposal plant or rendering plant shall be deemed a suitable or sanitary place for disposing of poultry by-products or the bodies of dead animals by any process of cooking or burning, unless it conforms to the following minimum specifications:
(a)
The building must have four (4) walls complete and be provided with concrete or cement floors and with good drainage and be thoroughly sanitary in construction and maintenance. Any sewage, drainage, or waste water of any kind, if of an offensive or obnoxious character or odor, detrimental to human, animal, agricultural or aquatic life, shall not be permitted to escape therefrom until first treated as herein specified. All sewage and plant wastes shall be disposed of according to recognized and accepted sanitary engineering methods which will not create a public health hazard or unsanitary situation so as to be a nuisance.
(b)
All such plants must be properly equipped and operated with steel tanks, enclosed dryers and cold water condensers. All tanks shall be airtight except proper escapes for live steam, passing through the tanks during cooking, which steam shall be condensed by use of cold water condensers. All such equipment and any other equipment which may be invented, manufactured and installed for use in disposal or rendering plants shall be so constructed and maintained as to prevent any avoidable escape of odors into the air.
(c)
All skinning and dismembering of bodies shall be done within such building and in such manner and shall be so kept therein that no unnecessary annoyance shall be caused other persons by the conditions or unsightly appearance of such bodies or any parts and contents thereof, and all such bodies and all parts and contents thereof shall be disposed of within twenty-four (24) hours after delivery to such plant, by some method herein specified, except where rendered impossible by accident or other casualty preventing the operation of the plant, or except where some epidemic or act of God has caused more bodies to be accumulated than can be reasonably disposed of within such period of time by the continuous operation of the plant. In such events the plant shall be placed in operation as soon as possible and shall be operated continuously until all bodies are disposed of.
(d)
Such disposal plant shall be so situated, constructed and maintained and all operations therein so conducted at all times as not to create and continue unnecessarily a public nuisance.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-109; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 9, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-23 - Annual inspection of plant

The commissioner, in person or by anyone authorized by him, shall inspect each plant and place licensed under this chapter, at least once each year, and as often as he may deem necessary, and shall see that the licensees and all other persons comply with this chapter and conduct such business in conformity to this chapter and to the rules and regulations made and published by him pursuant thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-110; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 10, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-25 - Proceedings to suspend or revoke license

The commissioner shall have power to suspend for any fixed period, or to revoke, the license held by any licensee under this chapter in the event that such licensee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, or in the event the state board of health shall certify in writing to the commissioner that any particular disposal plant or rendering plant is a menace to the public health, stating the charges specifically and definitely, in which case the hearing hereinafter provided for shall be held within thirty (30) days after such charges of said board are so filed.
Before any license shall be suspended or revoked, the licensee shall be furnished with a written copy of the charges made against him and a hearing shall be had before the commissioner, or his authorized representative, at such time and place as he may fix, upon at least ten (10) days' notice in writing to the licensee, to determine whether such license shall be suspended or revoked. Such notice may be served either by registered mail, with return receipt, addressed to such licensee at the address shown in his application, or in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons. At the time and place fixed for the hearing, the licensee may appear in person and by counsel and such charges shall be deemed denied, without any answer thereto. The licensee may, however, file an answer if he so desires. Any other person whose interest would be adversely affected either by the suspension or revocation of such license or by its continuing in effect may intervene and offer evidence at such hearings. The hearing shall be conducted in a summary manner, under such procedure as the rules and regulations may prescribe, and the commissioner, or his representative, shall receive and hear all the evidence and arguments offered by both parties and shall afford the licensee full opportunity to present all defenses available to him. When a hearing under this section is conducted before a representative of the commissioner, a written report and summary of the evidence at such hearing shall be made by him to the commissioner, with recommendation for action thereon. The commissioner, after such hearing before him, or after considering such report and summary of the evidence by his representative, shall render such decision and make such order as he may deem just, either dismissing the proceedings, or suspending the license for any fixed period, or revoking the license. Such order shall be entered on his records and written notice thereof shall be forthwith mailed by registered mail, with return receipt, to or served personally upon such licensee.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-111; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 11, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-27 - Recorded hearing

Any licensee or other interested person, aggrieved by a decision or order of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter but entered without a recorded hearing, may make written request to the commissioner for a recorded hearing thereon. The commissioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty (30) days after receipt of such request and shall give not less than fifteen (15) days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Within thirty (30) days after such hearing the commissioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action, specifying his reason therefor. Pending such hearing, and decision thereon, the commissioner shall suspend or postpone the effective date of his previous order.
The proceedings, evidence and decision or order of the commissioner in any hearing requested pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be recorded, and any hearing ordered by the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter may, at his direction or upon the request of a party thereto, be so recorded. Nothing herein shall require the observance at any hearing of formal rules of pleading or evidence.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-112; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 12, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-31 - Penalties

Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, is hereby made a misdemeanor, and any person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Codes, 1942, § 4575-113; Laws, 1964, ch. 224, § 13, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 51 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY BY-PRODUCTS DISPOSAL OR RENDERING PLANTS (§§ 41-51-1 — 41-51-33) › Section 41-51-33 - Injunctive relief

The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi may bring an action in the name of the people of the State of Mississippi to enjoin the continued operation of any disposal or rendering plant found to be operating within this state for which no license has been obtained under this chapter or for which such license has been suspended or revoked.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-114; Laws, 1964, ch. 214, § 14, eff. 3/26/1964.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-1 - Rabies inoculation of dogs and cats required

Every person in the State of Mississippi who owns, or has in his or her possession, any dog or cat of the age of three (3) months or over shall have said dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated) against rabies as provided herein with the recommended dosage of an anti-rabic virus (vaccine) approved by the State Board of Health, and it shall be unlawful for any person within the State of Mississippi to own or have in his or her possession within the State of Mississippi any dog or cat three (3) months of age or over which has not been inoculated (vaccinated) against rabies with the approved dosage of an approved anti-rabic virus (vaccine). It shall be the duty of every person in this state so owning or having in his or her possession a dog or cat to have said dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated) immediately after said dog or cat has reached the age of three (3) months, and it shall be said person's further duty to have said dog or cat so inoculated (vaccinated) thereafter as required by the State Board of Health. For a failure to comply with this section said person shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section
41-53-13
.
Codes, 1942, § 6815; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1950, ch. 459, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 29, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-3 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 50, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 6816; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 2; Laws, 1950, ch. 459, § 2
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-5 - Who may administer virus

All inoculations (vaccinations) done in accordance with this chapter must be done by either a licensed veterinarian or other competent person granted a permit to administer virus (vaccine) by the state board of health.
Codes, 1942, § 6817; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 3; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 30, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-7 - Tags

It shall be the duty of the manufacturer or manufacturers contracted with to furnish virus (vaccine) to furnish with each ampoule (dose) of virus (vaccine), a suitable metal tag approved by the state board of health, which may be securely bradded to the collar of the dog inoculated (vaccinated). Said tag shall have stamped thereon the serial number of vaccination and the year in which said dog was inoculated. This tag shall be furnished to the owner when said dog is inoculated (vaccinated), and it shall be his duty to securely attach same to the collar, and each dog owned by or in the possession of any person within the State of Mississippi shall wear at all times a collar or other device which shall have securely bradded on to it the metal tag provided for above. Any such tag shall not be transferable to any dog other than the dog for which it was issued.
Codes, 1942, § 6818; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-9 - Certificate of inoculation; records

All persons administering virus (vaccine) in accordance with this chapter shall furnish the owner of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated) a certificate of inoculation (vaccination) for each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated) indicating the breed of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated), the sex of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated), and the markings and the serial number of the tag attached to the collar or some other device on each dog. Persons administering virus (vaccine) in accordance with this chapter shall maintain records of each inoculation, indicating the owner of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated), the breed of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated), the sex of each dog or cat inoculated (vaccinated), and the markings and serial number of the tag furnished to the owner of each dog.
Codes, 1942, § 6820; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 6; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 31, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-11 - Dogs running at large

(1)
It shall be lawful and it shall be their duty for any sheriff, conservation officer or peace officer of a county or municipality to kill any dog above the age of three (3) months found running at large on whose neck there is no such collar and tag. No action shall be maintained by the owner for such killing. However, it shall be the duty of said officer who finds a dog or dogs running at large to first keep said dog or dogs for a period of five (5) days and notify the sheriff of said county that he has said dog or dogs, giving the sheriff a description of same. If anyone proves himself to be the owner of same, he shall pay said officer the sum of fifty cents (50¢) before the dog is delivered to the owner.
(2)
It shall be the duty of any sheriff, conservation officer or peace officer of a county or municipality to kill or otherwise destroy any and all dogs above the age of three (3) months which are running at large and have not been inoculated (vaccinated) as required in this chapter.
Codes, 1942, §§ 6819, 6821; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 5; Laws, 1974, ch. 569, § 5; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 32, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 53 - RABIES CONTROL IN DOGS AND CATS (§§ 41-53-1 — 41-53-13) › Section 41-53-13 - Penalties

The failure or refusal of any person to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor, and the offender shall, on conviction thereof, be fined for the first offense in a sum not to exceed Five Dollars ($5.00) and for the second offense in a sum not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and for the third offense a sum not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00), together with all costs. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs, conservation officers and all peace officers of the counties and municipalities of Mississippi to enforce this chapter. It shall be the duty of the county attorneys and district attorneys of this state to prosecute all violators of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 6821; Laws, 1938, ch. 357, § 7; Laws, 1974, ch. 569, § 6, eff. 4/24/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-1 - Maintenance and operation of public ambulance service by political entities

The board of supervisors of any county and the governing authorities of any city, town, or any political subdivision thereof, either separately or acting in conjunction, in their discretion and upon finding that adequate public ambulance service would not otherwise be available, may own, maintain, and operate a public ambulance service as a governmental function, fix and collect charges therefor, and adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the operation of said service. Any political subdivision, or parts thereof, acting hereunder may contract and otherwise cooperate with any department or agency of the United States Government or the State of Mississippi, or any county, city, town, or supervisors district of the same, or other counties of the State of Mississippi in carrying out any of the powers herein conferred or otherwise effectuating the purposes of Sections
41-55-1
through
41-55-11
and in so doing accept gifts, money, and other property of whatever kind.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-21; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 1, eff. 7/19/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-2 - Defrayal of cost of public ambulance service

The board of supervisors of counties having a population of not more than twenty-two thousand (22,000) nor less than fifteen thousand (15,000) as shown by the 1970 federal census and having an assessed valuation in excess of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in 1970 and being traversed by Interstate Highway No. 55, may, in the discretion of the board, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to be used solely for defraying the cost of providing public ambulance service as authorized by Sections
41-55-1
through
41-55-11
.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-21; Laws, 1972, ch. 462, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 25, eff. 10/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-3 - Joint service by counties and municipalities; contracts, apportionment of ownership of property and costs of operation

In acting jointly the board of supervisors of any such county acting for the county or supervisors district of the county, and the governing authorities of any city or town, acting for the city or town, are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with each other, for and on behalf of the political subdivisions or parts thereof which each represents, with respect to any and all things related to the matters and things authorized in Sections
41-55-1
through
41-55-11
, and particularly to apportion and prorate the ownership of the property acquired or to be acquired in such a joint undertaking, and to determine the proportionate part of the cost of maintenance, support and operation to be assumed by each.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-22; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 2, eff. 7/19/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-5 - Casualty and liability insurance in connection with ambulance service; partial waiver of immunity

The governing authority of or for any such political subdivision or part thereof shall have further power and authority to obtain insurance against casualty to the property used or useful in such public ambulance service.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-23; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 3; Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 18; reenacted and amended, Laws 1985, ch. 474, § 26; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 27; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 28; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 25; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 24; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 25; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 24; Laws, 1992, ch. 491 § 25, eff. 5/12/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-7 - Effect of existence of adequate private ambulance service; public subsidies

If there is in operation an adequate privately run ambulance service, then the governing authorities are hereby prohibited from contracting for ambulance services to be run by the public body. The governing authorities may, however, subsidize such existing privately run ambulance service, in their discretion, if they deem necessary to keep such service in operation.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-25; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 5, eff. 7/19/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-9 - Maintenance and operation of ambulance service by certain hospitals

In addition to other authority specifically conferred on it or arising by necessary implication, the board of commissioners or board of trustees of any hospital owned separately or jointly by one or more of such counties, cities, towns, or supervisors districts of the same or other such counties as defined in Section
41-55-1
may, in its discretion and upon a finding that adequate ambulance service would not otherwise be available, own, operate, and maintain a public ambulance service as an integral part of its governmental function of operating and maintaining a hospital and, in so doing, shall possess and may exercise and enjoy the same authority, powers, rights, privileges and immunities with respect to the operation and maintenance of said service as it possesses and may exercise and enjoy with respect to the operation and maintenance of other departments of the hospital, including the right to fix and collect charges for such ambulance service, and to adopt, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations for the operation of said service.
In addition to the foregoing, the board of commissioners or board of trustees of any such public hospital may, in its discretion and upon a finding that adequate public ambulance service would not otherwise be available, either contract with the governing authority or authorities of one or more other such public hospitals, with the governing authority or authorities of one or more private nonprofit hospitals, or with the governing authorities of a combination of both types of hospitals as aforesaid, for the joint ownership, operation and maintenance of a public ambulance service. Moreover, the board of commissioners or board of trustees of any such public hospital, upon a further finding that it is necessary or expedient to do so, may, individually or jointly with the governing authority or authorities of either or both types of hospitals as aforesaid, organize and participate in the ownership of a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi for the specific purpose of providing public ambulance service. Any such contract and any such charter of incorporation shall include specific provisions for retaining majority control in the public hospital or hospitals involved, to preserve and protect the funds and property of the public hospital or hospitals involved and to provide for termination of the arrangement upon reasonable notice by the public hospital or hospitals.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-24; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 4, eff. 7/19/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICES BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-11) › Section 41-55-11 - [Repealed]

Repealed by its own terms by Laws, 1992, ch. 491, § 26, eff. 10/1/1993.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-26; Laws, 1968, ch. 290, § 6; repealed, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 36, and repealed by Laws, 1984, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 8, § 3; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 43; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 28; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 29; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 26; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 25; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 26; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 25; Laws, 1992, ch. 491 § 26.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-31 - Legislative declaration

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that deaths from highway traffic accidents have reached an alarming rate, that ambulance service is not readily available to many rural outposts in the state, that many deaths could be prevented if prompt medical attention were provided, and that the provision of air ambulance service would be for the general welfare of the entire population of the State.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-41; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 1, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-33 - Establishment of air ambulance service districts authorized; boundaries

The boards of supervisors of two or more counties are hereby authorized to act jointly in the establishment of an air ambulance service district by spreading upon their minutes by resolution their intention to create the district. The boundaries of the districts as they are established shall coincide with the nine districts of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol as constituted on March 29, 1971.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-42; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 2, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-35 - Publication of notice of intention; election

Notice of the intention to create an air ambulance service district shall be published at least three (3) times during a period of twenty-one (21) days in one (1) newspaper circulated in the county in which shall be stated the counties cooperating to create the district, the date the district shall be created, and the purpose of the district. If twenty percent (20%) or one thousand five hundred (1,500) of the qualified electors of said county shall file a written protest against the creation of said district on or before the date specified in such resolution then an election on the question of said county joining said district shall be called and held as provided by law. The determination of said issue shall be determined by a majority of the qualified electors voting in said election.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-43; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 3, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-37 - Board of directors established; qualifications and term

When the Governor shall have received at least two (2) such resolutions from any one (1) air ambulance service district, he shall within five (5) days appoint from the district-at-large his one (1) member of the board of directors of the district. Thereafter the board of supervisors of each county in the district which has certified to its joinder in the district shall appoint one resident of its county as its member of the board of directors of the district. The appointee may by vocation be related to the hospital or medical fields or engaged in an ambulance service but all appointments shall not be limited to persons with such backgrounds. The term of each member shall coincide with that of the appointing official, so that after the initial appointment the terms shall be for a period of four (4) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-44; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 4, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-39 - Oath of office

Each director of an air ambulance service district shall take and subscribe to the general oath of office, required by Section 268 of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, before a chancery clerk that he will faithfully discharge the duties of the office, which oath shall be filed with the said clerk and by him preserved.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-45; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 5, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-41 - Compensation

If compensation is to be paid to any member of the board of directors of an air ambulance service district, it shall be paid by the district from any funds available. In no event shall such compensation exceed the sum of Twenty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($22.50) per day.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-46; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 6, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-43 - Officers; bond

The board of directors of an air ambulance service district shall annually elect from its number a president and a vice president of the district, and such other officers as in the judgment of the board are necessary. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the district and the presiding officer of the board, and shall have the same right to vote as any other director. The vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all powers conferred by Sections
41-55-31
through
41-55-57
upon the president when the president is absent or fails or declines to act, except the president's right to vote. The board shall also appoint a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be members of the board, and it may combine these offices.
The treasurer shall give bond in the sum of not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) as set by the board of directors, and each director may be required to give bond in the sum of not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), with sureties qualified to do business in this state. The premiums on said bonds shall be an expense of the district. The condition of each such bond shall be that the treasurer or directors will faithfully perform all duties of their offices and account for all money or other assets which shall come into his custody as treasurer or director of the district.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-47; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 7, eff. 3/29/1971.