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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-13 - Findings; WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN pilot programs established to reduce the incidences of certain chronic diseases among Mississippians through education, prevention and early screening and detection

(1)
The Legislature makes the following findings:
(a)
Chronic diseases are among the most prevalent, costly and preventable of all health problems.
(b)
Screening tests are currently available that can detect heart disease, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and other chronic diseases early, when they can be most effectively treated, managed or controlled.
(c)
The risk factors for many chronic diseases can be addressed and reduced through education about those risk factors and the importance of actions that can be taken for prevention of chronic diseases.
(d)
People should partner with their health care providers to have their risk factors assessed, monitored and managed in accordance with national guidelines, and should be educated about the signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke and the importance of getting help quickly at the onset of those symptoms.
(e)
Mississippi should have programs that are specifically designed to reduce the incidences of chronic diseases among our population.
(2)
The State Department of Health is authorized in its discretion to establish the WISEWOMAN pilot program and the WISEMAN pilot program, the purposes and goals of which are to reduce the incidences of certain chronic diseases among Mississippians through education, prevention and early screening and detection. The pilot program shall be conditioned upon the availability of funds obtained for such purpose from public or private sources. The focus of the WISEWOMAN pilot program shall be heart disease, stroke, breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer in women, and the focus of the WISEMAN pilot program shall be heart disease, stroke, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and diabetes in men. At a minimum, the WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN pilot programs shall:
(a)
Provide for education about healthy behaviors and how to reduce the risk factors for those chronic diseases;
(b)
Provide for screening and testing to detect those chronic diseases early when they can be effectively treated, managed or controlled; and
(c)
Be directed toward those populations at greatest need and be based on a foundation of scientific evidence.
(3)
In implementing the WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN pilot programs, the department shall contract with public or private clinics or agencies that have demonstrated success in reducing incidences of those chronic diseases through education, prevention and early screening and detection.
(4)
The department shall seek and apply for grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public or private entities to obtain funding for the WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN pilot programs.
Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 14, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-15.1 - Mississippi Center for Rural Health Innovation established; purpose; definition of "rural hospital"; areas of service provided; department to provide personnel and resources; department authorized to enter into contracts

(1)
The Mississippi Center for Rural Health Innovation is established within the Office of Rural Health of the State Department of Health. The purpose of the center is to provide services and resources to rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, rural health clinics and rural federally qualified health centers, including expert analysis, guidance, training opportunities and telehealth investment. For the purposes of this section, the term "rural hospital" means a licensed Mississippi hospital that:
(a)
Has fifty (50) or fewer licensed general acute, nonspecialty beds; or
(b)
Is located within the geographic boundaries of a municipality that has a population of less than seven thousand four hundred (7,400) people according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
(2)
The specific areas of service to be provided by the center shall be, at a minimum:
(a)
Expert consultation, including, but not limited to, detailed financial evaluation, service line assessment, contract review and transitional planning;
(b)
Telehealth innovation, including, but not limited to, telehealth expert consultation and telehealth development grants;
(c)
Business development training grants, including, but not limited to, billing specialist training grants and administrative development grants;
(d)
Peer support network services; and
(e)
Any other related services as determined by the State Board of Health.
(3)
The department shall provide personnel and resources as necessary to provide for the operation of the center, and shall be authorized to enter into contracts as necessary to carry out the purpose of the center.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 388, HB 94,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-17 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2029] Power to make and publish rules and regulations

The State Board of Health is authorized to make and publish all reasonable rules and regulations necessary to enable it to discharge its duties and powers and to carry out the purposes and objectives of its creation. It is further authorized to make reasonable sanitary rules and regulations, to be enforced in the several counties by the county health officer under the supervision and control of the State Board of Health. The State Board of Health shall not make or enforce any rule or regulation that prohibits consumers from providing their own containers for the purpose of purchasing or accepting water from any vending machine or device which filters or treats water that has already been tested and determined to meet or exceed the minimum health protection standards prescribed for drinking water under the Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Law, if that vending machine or device meets or exceeds United States Environmental Protection Agency or national automatic merchandising standards.
Codes, 1892, § 2273; 1906, § 2489; Hemingway's 1917, § 4838; 1930, § 4875; 1942, § 7031; Laws, 1968, ch. 441, § 3; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 7; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1990, ch. 568, § 7; reenacted without change, Laws, 1994, ch. 462, § 7; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 363, § 7; Laws, 1996, ch. 516, § 22; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 420, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 8, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Reenacted by Laws, 2024, ch. 486, HB 764,§ 8, eff. 5/8/2024.
Reenacted by Laws, 2021, ch. 399, HB 160,§ 8, eff. 3/25/2021.
Reenacted by Laws, 2017, ch. 374, SB 2289, 7, eff. 7/1/2017.
Reenacted by Laws, 2014, ch. 352, SB 2015, 8, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-18 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2029] Assessment of fees

(1)
The board shall assess fees in the following amounts and for the following purposes:
(a)
Food establishment annual permit fee, based on the assessment factors of the establishment as follows:
Assessment Category 1 .................... $ 30.00
Assessment Category 2 .................... 100.00
Assessment Category 3 .................... 150.00
Assessment Category 4 .................... 200.00
(b)
Private water supply approval fee .................... $ 10.00
The board may develop such reasonable standards, rules and regulations to clearly define each assessment category. Assessment categories shall be based upon the factors to the public health implications of the category and type of food preparation being utilized by the food establishment, utilizing the model Food Code of 1995, or as may be amended by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Any increase in the fees charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section
41-3-65
.
(2)
The fee authorized under subsection (1)(a) of this section shall not be assessed for:
(a)
Food establishments operated by public schools, public junior and community colleges, or state agencies or institutions, including, without limitation, the state institutions of higher learning and the State Penitentiary; and
(b)
Persons who make infrequent casual sales of honey and who pack or sell less than five hundred (500) gallons of honey per year, and those persons shall not be inspected by the State Department of Health unless requested by the producer.
(3)
The fee authorized under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall not be assessed for private water supplies used by foster homes licensed by the Department of Child Protection Services.
Laws, 1986, ch. 371, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 395, § 5; Laws, 1989, ch. 313, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 547, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 568, § 8; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 1994, ch. 462, § 8; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 363, § 8; Laws, 1997, ch. 427, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 420, § 9; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 10; Laws, 2008, ch. 315, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 331, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 9, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Reenacted by Laws, 2024, ch. 486, HB 764,§ 9, eff. 5/8/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 516, HB 1149,§ 25, eff. 7/1/2023.
Reenacted by Laws, 2021, ch. 399, HB 160,§ 9, eff. 3/25/2021.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 4, eff. 7/1/2016, rep. 7/1/2020, repeal date removed by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 65, eff. 7/1/2020.
Reenacted by Laws, 2014, ch. 352, SB 2015, 9, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-19 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2029] Report to the Governor

It is the duty of the State Board of Health to make a report, in writing, to the Governor, on or before the first day of December next preceding each session, not an extraordinary session of the Legislature, upon the sanitary condition, prospect, and needs of the state, setting forth the action of said board, of its officers and agents, the names thereof, and all its expenditures since the last preceding report, and such other matters as it may deem proper for the promotion of health or the prevention of disease. The report shall be laid before the Legislature by the Governor at its ensuing term.
Codes, 1892, § 2272; 1906, § 2488; Hemingway's 1917, § 4837; 1930, § 4874; 1942, § 7030; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 8; reenacted, Laws, 1990, ch. 568, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 1994, ch. 462, § 9; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 363, § 9; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 420, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 11; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 10, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Reenacted by Laws, 2024, ch. 486, HB 764,§ 10, eff. 5/8/2024.
Reenacted by Laws, 2021, ch. 399, HB 160,§ 10, eff. 3/25/2021.
Reenacted by Laws, 2017, ch. 374, SB 2289, 8, eff. 7/1/2017.
Reenacted by Laws, 2014, ch. 352, SB 2015, 10, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-20 - Repeal of Sections 41-3-1.1, 41-3-3, 41-3-4, 41-3-5.1, 41-3-6, 41-3-15, 41-3-16, 41-3-17, 41-3-18 and 41-3-19

Sections
41-3-1.1
,
41-3-3
,
41-3-4
,
41-3-5.1
,
41-3-6
,
41-3-15
,
41-3-16
,
41-3-17
,
41-3-18
and
41-3-19
, which create the State Board of Health, establish the position of Executive Officer of the State Department of Health and establish the State Department of Health and prescribe its powers and duties, shall stand repealed on July 1, 2029.
Laws, 1994, ch. 462, § 11; Laws, 1995, ch. 363, § 10; Laws, 2001, ch. 420, § 11; Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 11, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 486, HB 764,§ 11, eff. 5/8/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 399, HB 160,§ 11, eff. 3/25/2021.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 374, SB 2289, 9, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 352, SB 2015, 13, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-21 - Mississippi Public Health Laboratory created; powers and duties

(1)
There is hereby established the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory in the Mississippi State Department of Health.
(2)
The Mississippi Public Health Laboratory shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
To perform such laboratory tests and procedures as shall be determined beneficial to the health of the people of Mississippi;
(b)
To apply for and maintain any and all necessary federal or other certifications and/or licenses for the performance of its duties, unless such authority shall be otherwise assigned by official action of the State Board of Health;
(c)
The Mississippi Public Health Laboratory shall be under the management of a director, who shall be appointed by the State Health Officer. The responsibility for the laboratory shall be vested in the director. The director shall be the administrative officer of the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory and shall perform the duties as may be assigned to him or her by the State Board of Health. The director shall receive compensation as may be fixed by the State Board of Health, subject to the approval of the State Personnel Board. The State Health Officer may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The compensation and the terms and conditions of their employment shall be determined by the State Board of Health in accordance with applicable state law and rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board.
Laws, 2009, ch. 301, § 1, eff. 1/28/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-22 - Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory named the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory

The Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory, located at 570 East Woodrow Wilson in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be named the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory. The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Dr. F.E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr., Mississippi State Public Health Laboratory, which states the background, accomplishments and public health service to the state and nation of Ed Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
Laws, 2010, ch. 305, § 1, eff. 2/23/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-23 - Mississippi Public Health Laboratory Fund established; use of other funds to support Mississippi Public Health Laboratory authorized

(1)
There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory Fund, which shall be comprised of any funds that are authorized or required to be deposited in the special fund including, but not limited to, all laboratory fees collected and other income generated by the laboratory. Monies in the fund shall be used for the operations of the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory or the administration thereof. All income from the investment of the funds in the special fund shall be credited to the account of the special fund. Any funds in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.
(2)
The State Department of Health is authorized to utilize any other funds not otherwise specifically appropriated by the Legislature for the support of the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory as necessary.
Laws, 2009, ch. 301, § 2, eff. 1/28/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-25 - through 41-3-29 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 16, eff. 7/1/1982.
§ 41-3-25. [Codes, 1942, § 1697; Laws, 1968, ch. 441, § 4] § 41-3-27. [Codes, 1942, § 7066-02; Laws, 1968, ch. 441, § 7] § 41-3-29. Codes, 1942, § 7066-03; Laws, 1968, ch. 441, § 8]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-30 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1994, ch. 462, § 10, eff. 7/1/1994.
Laws, 1979, ch. 301, § 47; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 9; Laws, 1990, ch. 568, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-31 - through 41-3-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1976, ch. 469, § 21, eff. 5/25/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 435, §§ 1, 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-37 - Appointment of county health officer

A competent physician shall be appointed county health officer for each county by the State Board of Health or its executive officer. Said board shall cause the appointment to be certified by its secretary to the board of supervisors of the county for which the appointment was made.
Codes, 1892, § 2275; 1906, § 2491; Hemingway's 1917, § 4840; 1930, § 4877; 1942, § 7033; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 10, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-39 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 16, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1892, § 2285; 1906, § 2509; Hemingway's 1917, § 4858; 1930, § 4895; 1942, § 7051.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-41 - Duties of county health officer

It shall be the duty of the county health officer to administer programs and enforce the public health provisions of the Mississippi Code and the rules and regulations of the state board of health applicable in his county. He shall report his actions and all informations and results of his investigations to the board of supervisors and state board of health, and he shall do such other things as the state board of health may lawfully require of him.
Codes, 1892, § 2276; 1906, § 2494; Hemingway's 1917, § 4843; 1930, § 4880; 1942, § 7036; Laws, 1894, ch. 39; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 11, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-43 - County department of health; director

(1)
Each county in the state is authorized in its discretion to create a county health department and to appropriate funds for its support. A director for the same shall be appointed in accordance with Section
41-3-37
and certified to the board of supervisors of the county. Said director shall be a licensed physician, well trained in health work and shall be required to give his entire time to the work.
(2)
(a)
The State Board of Health may create public health districts of two (2) or more counties for the purpose of administering health programs and supervising public health workers in the district. The state board of health or its executive officer shall appoint for each such district created a district director, who shall be a licensed physician, well trained in public health work, who shall give his entire time to the work. The district director may serve as county health officer of any or all counties in the district.
(b)
The boards of supervisors of the counties comprising a public health district are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to appropriate funds for the support of the public health district from the general funds of the counties; and pursuant to Section
19-9-97
, to levy additional taxes for the support of county or district health departments.
(3)
When any county or counties create a health department hereunder, then all other local or municipal or county public health agencies and departments are thereby automatically abolished, and said county and district health departments shall have full control over all health matters in said county and counties, including all municipalities therein, subject to the supervision, direction, and jurisdiction of the state board of health. The proper authorities of any municipality in the State of Mississippi are hereby authorized in their discretion to make an appropriation for the support of such county or district health department from the general funds of such municipality.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884g; 1930, § 4926; 1942, § 7082; Laws, 1918, ch. 194; Laws, 1926, ch. 309; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 12, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-45 - Term of office of director; removal

The State Board of Health shall remove any director at any time for such conduct as it may deem improper, or for neglect of duty, or for incompetency, or for any offense which in its judgment, is detrimental to the public welfare. It may summarily suspend any director until any complaint made of such director may be fully investigated by the State Board of Health.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884i; 1930, § 4928; 1942, § 7084; Laws, 1920, ch. 208; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 13, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-47 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 16, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884l; 1930, § 4931; 1942, § 7087; Laws, 1920, ch. 208.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-49 - Powers and duties of director

The director appointed pursuant to Section
41-3-43
shall be given authority to enforce all health laws of the district or county under the supervision and direction of the State Board of Health, or its executive committee, and to make such investigation of health problems and recommend and institute such measures as may be necessary. He shall be under the supervision, direction and jurisdiction of the State Board of Health, or its executive committee, and he shall make report to said Board of Health of all matters concerning the sanitary conditions of his district or county in the manner prescribed by the state board of health, or its executive committee.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884h; 1930, § 4927; 1942, § 7083; Laws, 1920, ch. 208.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-51 - Records and reports of director

The director appointed pursuant to Section
41-3-43
of any county or district shall keep an accurate record of all activities of the department of health of the county or district which he serves for use of the public and for information to the board of health, and such reports as required by the board of health shall be made to it. All officers and employees of the county or district department of health shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulations of the state board of health or its executive committee.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884k; 1930, § 4930; 1942, § 7086; Laws, 1920, ch. 208.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-53 - Maintenance of county department of health

The board of supervisors shall be authorized to make such appropriations for the department of health as may be necessary to pay the salary of the director, and the salaries of all necessary sanitary inspectors, nurses, and such other employees as may be employed for carrying on the work. The board shall be authorized to pay all necessary traveling expenses of said employees in the performance of their duties. The board shall be authorized to pay for all necessary medicine, materials and supplies. The board shall provide an office for its health department, and furnish said office, and its employees, with all necessary record books, stationery, stamps, tables, chairs, furniture and all other necessary articles. The board is also authorized to do any and all things necessary and proper to maintain and support a health department. Where two (2) or more counties shall unite in having a department of health, the amount contributed by each for maintaining and supporting the work shall be agreed upon by the respective counties, subject to the approval of the state board of health, or its executive committee, and all salaries to be paid shall be recommended by the state board of health, or its executive committee to the board of supervisors of the county or counties for which the officers or employees are to act. All employees shall be recommended by the state board of health, or its executive committee, and all salaries shall be recommended in the same way.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 4884j; 1930, § 4929; 1942, § 7085; Laws, 1920, ch. 208; Laws, 1940, ch. 264.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-55 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 16, eff. 7/1/1982.
Codes, 1906, § 1645; Hemingway's 1917, § 4823; 1930, § 4865; 1942, § 7021.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-57 - Municipal regulation of health

Any municipality may pass public health laws or ordinances and enforce the collection and registration of birth, health, and mortuary statistics. However, such power shall be subject to and not inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the state board of health touching the health interests of the county in which such municipality is situated. In the absence of an explicit agreement to the contrary between the state board of health and such municipality, enforcement of municipal laws shall be the responsibility of the municipality.
Codes, 1892, § 2281; 1906, § 2505; Hemingway's 1917, § 4854; 1930, § 4891; 1942, § 7047; Laws, 1982, ch. 494, § 14, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-59 - Violation of health rules

Except as may otherwise be provided, any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the state board of health, or any order or regulation of the board of supervisors of any county or any municipal ordinance herein authorized to be made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both.
Codes, 1892, § 2287; 1906, § 2511; Hemingway's 1917, § 4860; 1930, § 4897; 1942, § 7053; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 2, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-61 - Legislative findings about patient-centered medical homes; State Board of Health to adopt guidelines applicable to physician practices, nurse practitioner practices and physician assistant practices that incorporate principles of patient-centered medical home

(1)
The Legislature makes the following findings:
(a)
There are patient programs that provide a whole-person orientation that includes care for all stages of life, including acute care, chronic care, preventive services and end-of-life care;
(b)
A patient-centered medical home must have Health Information Exchange compliant records, electronically integrated with electronic patient health records, and use practice-based disease management applications to facilitate and measure quality of care at the point of care;
(c)
A patient in a patient-centered medical home actively participates in health care decision making, and feedback from the patient is sought to ensure that the expectations of the patient are being met;
(d)
Care in a patient-centered medical home is coordinated across all elements of the health care system and the patient's community to assure that the patient receives the indicated care when and where the patient needs the care in a culturally appropriate manner;
(e)
Multiple studies have demonstrated that when minorities have a medical home, racial and ethnic disparities in terms of medical access disappear and the costs of health care decrease;
(f)
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, and the American Osteopathic Association, representing more than three hundred thirty thousand (330,000) physicians across the country, have developed Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home that describe the characteristics of the patient-centered medical home;
(g)
The National Committee for Quality Assurance is developing a patient-centered medical home designation program for physician practices that meets specified criteria; and
(h)
The Federal Tax Relief and Health Care Act calls for a three-year medical home demonstration project to be conducted in eight (8) states.
(2)
The State Board of Health shall adopt guidelines applicable to physician practices, nurse practitioner practices and physician assistant practices in Mississippi that incorporate the principles of the patient-centered medical home, using all resources available to the board.
Laws, 2010, ch. 402, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-63 - "Mary D. Osborne Building" renamed the "Dr. Alton B. Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building."

The "Mary D. Osborne Building" located at 570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed the "Dr. Alton B. Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building." The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Dr. Alton Cobb - Mary D. Osborne State Public Health Building which states the background, accomplishments and public health service of Dr. Cobb and Mary Osborne to the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 15, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-65) › Section 41-3-65 - Increase of fees for services or issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations

Except as otherwise provided by law, the State Board of Health or the State Department of Health may increase the amount of any fee charged by the board or the department for providing a service, including the issuance and renewal of licenses and registrations, not more than two (2) times during the period from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2020, with the percentage of each increase being not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the amount of the fee in effect at the time of the increase.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2020.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 1, eff. 7/1/2016, rep. eff. 7/1/2020, repeal date removed by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 65, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › MEDICAL SERVICES FOR UNINSURED (§ 41-3-101) › Section 41-3-101 - Provision of free medical services to those uninsured and unable to pay

The State Department of Health is authorized to contract with the Mississippi State Medical Association or any other party for the purpose of establishing a statewide, district, county or local pilot program, on a pilot program basis, for providing needed medical services at no charge to persons who have no form of health insurance and are unable to pay for such medical services. Any such pilot program shall be conditioned upon the availability of funds obtained for such purpose from public or private sources. Under such program, the department shall set the criteria for eligibility to receive such free medical services and, through the county health departments, shall determine which individuals are eligible to receive such services.
Laws, 1990, ch. 544, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 505, § 13, eff. 5/1/2010. .
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS AND OFFICERS (§§ 41-3-1 — 41-3-NEW) › HEALTH ACTION PLANS (§§ 41-3-201 — 41-3-NEW) › Section 41-3-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Memorial to honor Emergency Medical Services personnel who have given their lives in the performance of their official duties]

(1)
The State Department of Health, in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management and subject to funds being made available, shall design and cause to be constructed and maintained on state-owned lands at some suitable and appropriate place in or near the City of Jackson, an Emergency Medical Services Memorial to honor those Emergency Medical Services personnel who have given their lives in the performance of their official duties and those who have made a dramatic impact on or substantial contribution to emergency medical services in Mississippi. The Department of Health shall consult with organizations and communities of interest relating to emergency medical services in designing the memorial, and the memorial shall be designed and constructed not later than July 1, 2025.
(2)
The Department of Health shall form, establish and/or collaborate with a private foundation or nonprofit corporation to maintain the memorial in perpetuity and determine the eligibility of those persons to be included on the memorial. The foundation or nonprofit corporation shall solicit and receive funds from public and private sources and donations to carry out its responsibilities under this section.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 345, HB 317,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-1 - Declaration of goal; promulgation of regulations to ensure certain core mental health services are provided throughout the state

(1)
The goal of the Rose Isabel Williams Mental Health Reform Act of 2011 is to reform the current Mississippi mental health delivery system so that necessary services, supports and operational structures for all its citizens with mental illness and/or alcohol and drug dependence and/or comorbidity, whether children, youth or adults, are accessible and delivered preferably in the communities where these citizens live. To accomplish this goal, this act provides that initially certain core services as defined in subsection (2) of this section should be available to residents of each county in the state. These services may be provided by community mental health/intellectual disability centers. In order to determine what services are available, the State Department of Mental Health is directed to survey the community mental health/intellectual disability centers, and the community mental health/intellectual disability centers are directed to report what services they are currently providing in each county. This act does not require any community mental health/intellectual disability center to provide any service. This act is not independent authority for any program not otherwise authorized.
(2)
The State Board of Mental Health is authorized and empowered to promulgate regulations to ensure that core adult mental health services, child mental health services, intellectual/developmental disability services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment/rehabilitation services are provided throughout the state through the regional mental health/intellectual disability commissions and centers or through other providers. The State Board of Mental Health is directed to give priority to crisis services and crisis stabilization unit services provided twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, where trained emergency-crisis response staff triage referrals and respond in a timely and adequate manner to diffuse a current personal crisis situation.
Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 17; Laws, 2011, ch. 501, § 2, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-2 - Purpose of chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to coordinate, develop, improve, plan for, and provide all services for persons of this state with mental illness, emotional disturbance, alcoholism, drug dependence, and an intellectual disability; to promote, safeguard and protect human dignity, social well-being and general welfare of these persons under the cohesive control of one (1) coordinating and responsible agency so that mental health and intellectual disability services and facilities may be uniformly provided more efficiently and economically to any resident of the State of Mississippi; and further to seek means for the prevention of these disabilities.
Laws, 2011, ch. 501, § 3, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-3 - State Board of Mental Health

(1)
There is created a State Board of Mental Health, referred to in this chapter as "board," consisting of nine (9) members, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, each of whom shall be a qualified elector. Three (3) members shall be appointed from each Mississippi Supreme Court District . One (1) appointee shall be a licensed medical doctor who is a psychiatrist, one (1) shall hold a Ph.D. degree and be a licensed clinical psychologist, one (1) shall be a licensed medical doctor, and one (1) of whom shall be a social worker with experience in the mental health field.
The State Board of Mental Health, created by former Section
41-4-3
, is continued and reconstituted as follows: Effective January 1, 2028, each member shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of office of four (4) years, provided that five (5) members shall be appointed in 2028 to a term ending December 31, 2031, and four (4) members shall be appointed in 2030 to a term ending December 31, 2033. Appointments made at the beginning of the four-year cycle shall be made to fill any member's term which actually expires that year and any member's term which expires next until the majority of the membership of the board or commission is reached. Appointments made at the beginning of the third year of the four-year cycle shall be made for the remainder of the membership positions irrespective of the time of their prior appointment. Any question regarding the order of appointments shall be determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with the specific statute. All appointment procedures, vacancy provisions, interim appointment provisions and removal provisions specifically provided for in Section
7-1-35
, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be fully applicable to appointments to the State Board of Mental Health.
The board shall elect a chairman whose term of office shall be one (1) year and until his successor shall be elected.
(2)
Each board member shall be entitled to a per diem as is authorized by law and all actual and necessary expenses, including mileage as provided by law, incurred in the discharge of official duties.
(3)
The board shall hold regular meetings quarterly and such special meetings deemed necessary, except that no action shall be taken unless there is present a quorum of at least five (5) members.
(4)
No board member may be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 16; Laws, 2010, ch. 548, § 11, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 497, SB 2799,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2023.
Short title.
Section 1 of Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 1222 provides: "This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Mississippi Collaborative Response to Mental Health Act.""
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-5 - State Department of Mental Health

There is created the State Department of Mental Health, herein referred to as "department," which shall consist of four (4) or more divisions, among them the Division of Intellectual Disabilities, the Division of Alcohol and Drug Misuse, the Division of Mental Health, and the Division of Administration, Planning and Coordination, and such other divisions as the board deems appropriate.
Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 3; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 18, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-8 - Falsification of diagnosis of Medicaid-eligible client for mental health benefits

(1)
A person shall not make, present or cause to be made or presented a material falsification of diagnosis of a Medicaid-eligible client for a claim for Medicaid mental health services benefits, knowing the diagnosis and claim to be false, fictitious or fraudulent.
(2)
A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or both.
(3)
For purposes of subsection (1), if a regional mental health/intellectual disability center submits claims for Medicaid reimbursement or other funds from the Department of Mental Health, the lack of a certified physician or psychologist evaluation of the client for such claim as required under Section
41-4-7(c)
shall be deemed a material falsification of diagnosis by the person responsible for making or presenting such claim.
Laws, 1997, ch. 587, § 5; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 20, eff. 4/1/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-9 - Advisory councils

The State Board of Mental Health is hereby authorized and directed to create advisory councils to assist the board and department in the performance and discharge of their duties.
Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 5, eff. 4/23/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-10 - [Repealed]

Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 549, SB 2670, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 41-4-1 — 41-4-27) › Section 41-4-11 - Abolition of certain agencies, and transfer of authority, personnel and property to state board of mental health

(1)
On July 1, 1974, the Board of Trustees of Mental Institutions of the State of Mississippi and the Mississippi Interagency Commission on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation shall be abolished. The authority now vested in the State Board of Health relating to mental health, drug misuse and alcoholism is rescinded as of July 1, 1974.
(2)
As of July 1, 1974, the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, the East Mississippi State Hospital at Meridian, the Ellisville State School at Ellisville, the North Mississippi Regional Center at Oxford, and any other mental or intellectual disability facility that may be established, shall become subject to the jurisdiction and control of the State Department of Mental Health.
(3)
All duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, contractual rights and obligations, and property rights, whether accruing or vesting in the abolished agencies before or after April 23, 1974, are vested in the State Board of Mental Health.
(4)
The board upon recommendation of the executive director shall select the heads of divisions and institutions necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter who shall have qualifications appropriate to the duties they must discharge.
(5)
Employees of the abolished agencies or divisions of agencies holding positions on June 30, 1974, shall be employees of the State Department of Mental Health on July 1, 1974. The board may combine or abolish positions as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(6)
Subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter as expressly set forth in Section
41-4-13
, all offices, services, programs and other activities of the abolished agencies or divisions of agencies are made offices, services, programs or other activities of the State Department of Mental Health, and the board is authorized to reorganize such offices, services, programs or other activities so as to achieve economy and efficiency; and the board may establish bureaus, divisions, hospitals, clinics, mental health centers, homes for persons with an intellectual disability, or other facilities for providing mental health services if it finds such action to be in the public interest.
Laws, 1974, ch. 567, § 6(1-6); Laws, 1992, ch. 336, § 23; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 21, eff. 4/1/2010.