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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › PUBLIC FUNDING OF ABORTIONS (§ 41-41-91) › Section 41-41-91 - Use of public funds for abortions prohibited; exceptions

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no public funds that are made available to any institution, board, commission, department, agency, official, or employee of the State of Mississippi, or of any local political subdivision of the state, whether those funds are made available by the government of the United States, the State of Mississippi, or a local governmental subdivision, or from any other public source, shall be used in any way for, to assist in, or to provide facilities for abortion, except:
(a)
When the abortion is medically necessary to prevent the death of the mother; or
(b)
When the abortion is being sought to terminate a pregnancy resulting from an alleged act of rape or incest; or
(c)
When there is a fetal malformation that is incompatible with the baby being born alive.
Laws, 2002, ch. 604, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › FEDERAL ABORTION-MANDATE OPT-OUT ACT (§§ 41-41-95 — 41-41-99) › Section 41-41-95 - Title

Sections
41-41-95
through
41-41-99
may be known and cited as the "Federal Abortion-Mandate Opt-Out Act."
Laws, 2010, ch. 563, § 1, eff. 5/24/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › FEDERAL ABORTION-MANDATE OPT-OUT ACT (§§ 41-41-95 — 41-41-99) › Section 41-41-97 - Legislative findings and purpose

(1)
The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds that under Section 1303 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states are explicitly permitted to pass laws prohibiting qualified health plans offered through an exchange in their state from offering abortion coverage.
(2)
It is the purpose of Sections
41-41-95
through
41-41-99
to affirmatively opt out of allowing qualified health plans that cover abortions to participate in exchanges within the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 2010, ch. 563, § 2, eff. 5/24/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › FEDERAL ABORTION-MANDATE OPT-OUT ACT (§§ 41-41-95 — 41-41-99) › Section 41-41-99 - Opt-out

(1)
No abortion coverage may be provided by a qualified health plan offered through an exchange created pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act within the State of Mississippi.
(2)
This limitation shall not apply to an abortion performed (a) when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or (b) when the pregnancy is the result of an alleged act of rape or incest. The physician is required to maintain sufficient documentation in the medical record that supports the medical necessity for the abortion for one of the reasons outlined in this subsection (2).
Laws, 2010, ch. 563, § 3, eff. 5/24/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-101 - Short title

Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
may be known and cited as the "Women's Health Defense Act of 2013."
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-103 - Legislative findings; purpose

(1)
The Legislature finds that:
(a)
The use of abortion-inducing drugs presents significant medical risks to women, including, but not limited to, abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, headache, fatigue, uterine hemorrhage, viral infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, severe bacterial infection and death.
(b)
Abortion-inducing drugs are associated with an increased risk of complications relative to surgical abortion. The risk of complications increases with increasing gestational age.
(c)
In July 2011, the FDA reported two thousand two hundred seven (2,207) adverse events in the United States after women used abortion-inducing drugs for the termination of pregnancy. Among those were fourteen (14) deaths, six hundred twelve (612) hospitalizations, three hundred thirty-nine (339) blood transfusions, and two hundred fifty-six (256) infections (including forty-eight (48) "severe infections").
(d)
Medical evidence demonstrates that women who use abortion-inducing drugs incur more complications than those who have surgical abortions.
(2)
Based on the findings in subsection (1) of this section, it is the purpose of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
to:
(a)
Protect women from the dangerous and potentially deadly use of abortion-inducing drugs when administration of the drugs does not meet the standard of care; and
(b)
Ensure that physicians meet the standard of care when giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-105 - Definitions

As used in Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Abortion-inducing drug" means a medicine, drug or any other substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of terminating the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman to cause the death of the unborn child. This includes the use of drugs known to have abortion-inducing properties, which are prescribed specifically with the intent of causing an abortion. Use of those drugs to induce abortion is also known as "medical abortion." This definition does not apply to drugs that may be known to cause an abortion but are prescribed for other medical indications (e.g., chemotherapeutic agents and diagnostic drugs).
(b)
"Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance, device or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman to cause the death of the unborn child. That use, prescription or means is not an abortion if done with the intent to:
(i)
Save the life of the mother;
(ii)
Save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child;
(iii)
Remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion;
(iv)
Remove an ectopic pregnancy;
(v)
Prevent hemorrhaging by the pregnant woman; or
(vi)
Treat a maternal disease or illness other than pregnancy for which the prescribed drug is indicated.
(c)
"Department" means the State Department of Health.
(d)
"LMP" or "gestational age" means the time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period.
(e)
"Physician" means any medical doctor (M.D.) or osteopathic doctor (D.O.) licensed to practice medicine in this state.
(f)
"Pregnant" or "pregnancy" means the female reproductive condition of having an unborn child in the woman's uterus.
(g)
"Unborn child" means the offspring of human beings from conception until birth.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-107 - Providing or prescribing abortion-inducing drug prohibited unless provided or prescribed by physician; requirements for physicians

(1)
It shall be unlawful to knowingly give, sell, dispense, administer or otherwise provide or prescribe any abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman for the purpose of inducing an abortion in that pregnant woman, or enabling another person to induce an abortion in a pregnant woman, unless the person who gives, sells, dispenses, administers or otherwise provides or prescribes the abortion-inducing drug is a physician, and the provision or prescription of the abortion-inducing drug satisfies the standard of care.
(2)
Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with increasing gestational age, because the physical symptoms of medical abortion can be identical to the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, and because abortion-inducing drugs do not treat ectopic pregnancies but rather are contraindicated in ectopic pregnancies, the physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug must first physically examine the woman and document in the woman's medical chart the gestational age and intrauterine location of the pregnancy before giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing the abortion-inducing drug.
(3)
When any drug or chemical is used for the purpose of inducing an abortion, the drug or chemical must be administered in the same room and in the physical presence of the physician who gave, sold, dispensed or otherwise provided or prescribed the drug or chemical to the patient.
(4)
Every pregnant woman to whom a physician gives, sells, dispenses, administers or otherwise provides or prescribes any abortion-inducing drug shall be provided with a copy of the drug's final printed label or FPL.
(5)
If the physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing any abortion-inducing drug is unable to provide follow-up care, the physician must have a signed contract with a physician who agrees to provide follow-up care and produce that signed contract if requested by the patient or by the department. The contract shall include the name and contact information of the follow-up physician. The contract follow-up physician must have active hospital admitting privileges and gynecological/surgical privileges.
(6)
The physician giving, selling, dispensing, administering or otherwise providing or prescribing any abortion-inducing drug, or an agent of the physician, must schedule a follow-up visit for the woman at approximately fourteen (14) days after administration of the abortion-inducing drug to provide treatment that meets the standard of care.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 4, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-109 - Physician report of provision of abortion-inducing drug; report of adverse event

(1)
If a physician provides an abortion-inducing drug to another for the purpose of inducing an abortion as authorized in Section
41-41-107
:
(a)
The physician shall report that action to the department; and
(b)
If the physician knows that the woman who uses the abortion-inducing drug for the purpose of inducing an abortion experiences, during or after the use, an adverse event, the physician shall provide a written report of the serious event to the FDA via the Medwatch Reporting System.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, "adverse event" shall be defined according to the FDA criteria given in the Medwatch Reporting System.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 5, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-111 - Penalties for violation

(1)
A person who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates any provision of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2)
No criminal penalty may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 6, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-113 - Remedies; availability; no liability against pregnant women

(1)
All remedies under the statutory laws of this state are available if there is failure to comply with the requirements of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
.
(2)
No civil liability may be assessed against the pregnant woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion is performed.
(3)
In any legal action for failure to comply with the requirements of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
, the court, when requested, shall allow a woman to proceed using solely her initials or a pseudonym and may close any proceedings in the case and enter other protective orders to preserve the privacy of the woman upon whom the drug-induced abortion was performed.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 7, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-115 - Limitations of Sections 41-41-101 through 41-41-117

(1)
Nothing in Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion.
(2)
It is not the intention of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
to make lawful an abortion that is currently unlawful.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 8, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ACT OF 2013 (§§ 41-41-101 — 41-41-117) › Section 41-41-117 - Severability

Any provision of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
that is held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, or as applied to any person or circumstance, shall be construed so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law, unless the holding is one of utter invalidity or unenforceability, in which event the provision shall be deemed severable from Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
and shall not affect the remainder of Sections
41-41-101
through
41-41-117
or the application of the provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other dissimilar circumstances.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 551, SB 2795, 9, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SAVING MECHANISMS [Repealed] (§ 41-41-119) › Section 41-41-119 - and 41-41-121 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 19, eff. 7/1/1998.
Laws, 1984, ch. 365, §§ 10 and 11
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-131 - Short title

Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
may be cited as the Women's Health Protection and Preborn Pain Act.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-133 - Definitions

As used in Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
:
(a)
"Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance or device to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
(b)
"Gestational age" means the time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period as determined using methods consistent with standard medical practice in the community.
(c)
"Severe fetal abnormality" means a life-threatening physical condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with life outside the womb.
(d)
"Major bodily function" includes, but is not limited to, functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine and reproductive functions.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 3, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-135 - Performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce abortion before physician determines probable gestational age prohibited

Except as otherwise provided by Section
41-41-141
, a physician may not perform, or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion without, before the procedure:
(a)
Making a determination of the probable gestational age of the unborn child; or
(b)
Possessing and relying on a determination of the probable gestational age of the unborn child made by another physician. The physician making such a determination must do so in accordance with reasonable medical judgment.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 4, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-137 - Performing or inducing or attempting to perform or induce abortion if probable gestational age is determined to be twenty or more weeks prohibited

Except as otherwise provided by Section
41-41-141
, a person may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a woman if it has been determined, by the physician performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician on whose determination that physician relies, that the probable gestational age of the unborn child is twenty (20) or more weeks.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 5, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-139 - Abortion to preserve the life of the pregnant woman when probable gestational age of unborn child is twenty or more weeks to be done in manner to provide best opportunity for survival of unborn child

(1)
This section applies only to an abortion authorized under Section
41-41-141(1)
in which:
(a)
The probable gestational age of the unborn child is twenty (20) or more weeks; or
(b)
The probable gestational age of the unborn child has not been determined but could reasonably be twenty (20) or more weeks.
(2)
A physician performing or inducing an abortion under subsection (1) of this section shall terminate the pregnancy in the manner that, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 6, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-141 - Exceptions for preservation of life of pregnant woman; exceptions for severe fetal abnormality

(1)
The prohibitions and requirements under Sections
41-41-135
,
41-41-137
and
41-41-139(2)
do not apply if there exists a condition in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function (as specifically defined in paragraph (d) of Section
41-41-133
) of the pregnant woman.
(2)
The prohibitions and requirements under Sections
41-41-135
,
41-41-137
and
41-41-139(2)
do not apply to an abortion performed or induced on an unborn child who has a severe fetal abnormality if the mother is informed twenty-four (24) hours before the abortion that supportive care, including, but not limited to, counseling and medical care by maternal-fetal medical specialists, obstetricians, neonatologists, anesthesia specialists, clergy, social workers, and specialty nurses focused on alleviating fear and ensuring that the woman and her family experience the life and death of their child in a comfortable and supportive environment, is available should she choose to carry her pregnancy to term.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 7, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-143 - Protection of privacy of woman on whom abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in civil or criminal proceedings

(1)
Except as otherwise provided by this section, in a civil or criminal proceeding or action involving an act prohibited under Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
, the identity of the woman on whom an abortion has been performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced is not subject to public disclosure if the woman does not give consent to disclosure.
(2)
Unless the court makes a ruling under subsection (3) of this section to allow disclosure of the woman's identity, the court shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to protect the woman's identity from public disclosure.
(3)
A court may order the disclosure of information that is confidential under this section if:
(a)
A motion is filed with the court requesting release of the information and a hearing on that request; and
(b)
Notice of the hearing is served on each interested party.
(4)
If the conditions specified in subsection (3) of this section are fulfilled, then after an in camera hearing, for each order issued under subsection (2) of this section that is challenged by a motion under subsection (3) of this section, the court shall either vacate the order or issue specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 8, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-145 - Construction; constitutional challenge

(1)
Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
shall be construed, as a matter of state law, to be enforceable up to but no further than the maximum possible extent consistent with federal constitutional requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent, as such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary to save Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
from judicial invalidation. Judicial reformation of statutory language is explicitly authorized only to the extent necessary to save the statutory provision from invalidity.
(2)
If any court determines that a provision of Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
is unconstitutionally vague, the court shall interpret the provision, as a matter of state law, to avoid the vagueness problem and shall enforce the provision to the maximum possible extent. If a federal court finds any provision of Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
or its application to any person, group of persons, or circumstances to be unconstitutionally vague and declines to impose the saving construction described by this subsection, the Mississippi Supreme Court shall provide an authoritative construction of the objectionable statutory provisions that avoids the constitutional problems while enforcing the statute's restrictions to the maximum possible extent, and shall agree to answer any question certified from a federal appellate court regarding the statute.
(3)
State executive or administrative officials may not decline to enforce Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
, or adopt a construction of Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
in a way that narrows their applicability, based on the official's own beliefs about what the state or federal constitution requires, unless the official is enjoined by a state or federal court from enforcing Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
.
(4)
Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
may not be construed to authorize the prosecution of or a cause of action to be brought against a woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, HB 1400, 9, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION AND PREBORN PAIN ACT (§§ 41-41-131 — 41-41-149) › Section 41-41-147 - Relation to other Mississippi laws regulating or restricting abortions

Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
may not be construed to repeal, by implication or otherwise, any other provision of Mississippi law regulating or restricting abortion not specifically addressed by Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
. An abortion that complies with Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
but violates any other law is unlawful. An abortion that complies with another state law but violates Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
is unlawful as provided in Sections
41-41-131
through
41-41-145
.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 506, § 11, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-151 - Short title

Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
may be cited as the "Mississippi Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act."
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-155 - Dismemberment abortion prohibited

(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful for any person to purposely perform or attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion and thereby kill an unborn child unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child's mother.
(2)
A person accused in any proceeding of unlawful conduct under subsection (1) of this section may seek a hearing before the State Board of Medical Licensure on whether the dismemberment abortion was necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unborn child's mother. The board's findings are admissible on that issue at any trial in which the unlawful conduct is alleged. Upon a motion of the person accused, the court shall delay the beginning of the trial for not more than thirty (30) days to permit such a hearing to take place.
(3)
No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be thereby liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion. No nurse, technician, secretary, receptionist or other employee or agent who is not a physician but who acts at the direction of a physician, and no pharmacist or other individual who is not a physician but who fills a prescription or provides instruments or materials used in an abortion at the direction of or to a physician shall be thereby liable for performing or attempting to perform a dismemberment abortion.
(4)
Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
do not prevent abortion for any reason, including rape and incest by any other method.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 3, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-157 - Remedies - Injunctions against dismemberment abortions

(1)
Civil and criminal penalties for violations of Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
may be imposed under the following priority:
(a)
Injunctive relief;
(b)
Civil cause of action; and
(c)
Criminal action.
(2)
A cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has performed or attempted to perform a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section
41-41-155
may be maintained as a priority action by:
(a)
A woman upon whom such a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed;
(b)
A person who is the spouse, parent or guardian of, or a current or former licensed health care provider of, a woman upon whom such a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed; or
(c)
A prosecuting attorney with appropriate jurisdiction.
(3)
The injunction shall prevent the defendant from performing or attempting to perform further dismemberment abortions in violation of Section
41-41-155
in this state.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 4, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-159 - Civil remedies

(1)
Only in the event a cause of action for injunctive relief under Section
41-41-157
has been denied by a court of competent jurisdiction, a cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section
41-41-155
may be maintained by:
(a)
Any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of Section
41-41-155
;
(b)
The father of the unborn child, if married to the woman at the time the dismemberment abortion was performed; or
(c)
If the woman had not attained the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the dismemberment abortion or has died as a result of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the unborn child.
(2)
No damages may be awarded a plaintiff if the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff's criminal conduct.
(3)
Damages awarded in such an action shall include:
(a)
Money damages for all injuries, psychological and physical, occasioned by the dismemberment abortion; and
(b)
Statutory damages equal to three (3) times the cost of the dismemberment abortion.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 5, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-161 - Attorney's fees

(1)
If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in Section
41-41-157
or
41-41-159
, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.
(2)
If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section
41-41-157
or
41-41-159
and the court finds that the plaintiff's suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.
(3)
No attorney's fee may be assessed against the woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed except in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 6, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-163 - Criminal penalty

Only in the event a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in an action described in Section
41-41-157
or
41-41-159
, a district attorney with jurisdiction may bring an indictment for criminal punishment under this section. Any person who violates Section
41-41-155
is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or both.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 7, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-165 - Protection of privacy in court proceedings

In every civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or action brought under Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
, the court shall rule whether the anonymity of any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed shall be preserved from public disclosure if she does not give her consent to the disclosure. The court, upon motion or sua sponte, shall make such a ruling and, upon determining that her anonymity should be preserved, shall issue orders to the parties, witnesses, and counsel and shall direct the sealing of the record and exclusion of individuals from courtrooms or hearing rooms to the extent necessary to safeguard her identity from public disclosure. Each such order shall be accompanied by specific written findings explaining why the anonymity of the woman should be preserved from public disclosure, why the order is essential to that end, how the order is narrowly tailored to serve that interest, and why no reasonable less restrictive alternative exists. In the absence of written consent of the woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed, anyone other than a public official who brings an action under Section
41-41-157
or
41-41-159
shall do so under a pseudonym. This section may not be construed to conceal the identity of the plaintiff or of witnesses from the defendant or from attorneys for the defendant.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 8, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-167 - Construction

Nothing in Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, nor a right to a particular method of abortion.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 9, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-169 - Severability

If any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words of Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is declared to be severable and the balance of Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The Legislature declares that it would have passed Sections
41-41-151
through
41-41-169
, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words be declared unconstitutional.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 422, HB 519, 10, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION FROM DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION ACT (§§ 41-41-151 — 41-41-171) › Section 41-41-171 - through 41-41-183 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 20, eff from and after 7/1/1998.
§ 41-41-171 through § 41-41-183. [Laws, 1990, ch. 571, § 11-17]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-201 - Short title

Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
may be cited as the "Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act."
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 1, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-207 - Revoking designation of agent or Advance Health-Care Directive

(1)
An individual may revoke the designation of an agent only by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health-care provider.
(2)
An individual may revoke all or part of an advance health-care directive, other than the designation of an agent, at any time and in any manner that communicates an intent to revoke.
(3)
A health-care provider, agent, guardian, or surrogate who is informed of a revocation shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the supervising health-care provider and to any health-care institution at which the patient is receiving care.
(4)
A decree of annulment, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation revokes a previous designation of a spouse as agent unless otherwise specified in the decree or in a power of attorney for health care.
(5)
An advance health-care directive that conflicts with an earlier advance health-care directive revokes the earlier directive to the extent of the conflict.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 4, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-213 - Guardians and wards

(1)
A guardian shall comply with the ward's individual instructions and may not revoke the ward's advance health-care directive unless the appointing court expressly so authorizes.
(2)
Absent a court order to the contrary, a health-care decision of an agent takes precedence over that of a guardian.
(3)
A health-care decision made by a guardian for the ward is effective without judicial approval.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 7, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-217 - Rights to disclosure of medical and health-care information

Unless otherwise specified in an advance health-care directive, a person then authorized to make health-care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy and consent to the disclosure of medical or any other health-care information.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 9, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-219 - Health-care provider or institution liability and discipline

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in Title 41, Chapter 141, Mississippi Code of 1972, a health care provider or institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for:
(a)
Complying with a health care decision of a person apparently having authority to make a health care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care;
(b)
Declining to comply with a health care decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority; or
(c)
Complying with an advance health care directive and assuming that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated.
(2)
An individual acting as agent or surrogate under Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health care decisions made in good faith.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 10, eff. 7/1/1998.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 303, HB 1125,§ 14, eff. 2/28/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-221 - Liability for intentional violations and fraudulent inducements

(1)
A health-care provider or institution that intentionally violates Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
is subject to liability to the aggrieved individual for damages of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or actual damages resulting from the violation, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees.
(2)
A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates an individual's advance health-care directive or a revocation of an advance health-care directive without the individual's consent, or who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to give, revoke, or not to give an advance health-care directive, is subject to liability to that individual for damages of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or actual damages resulting from the action, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 11, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-223 - Construction of provisions and presumed capacity

(1)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not affect the right of an individual to make health-care decisions while having capacity to do so.
(2)
An individual is presumed to have capacity to make a health-care decision, to give or revoke an advance health-care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 12, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-225 - Copies have same effect as originals

A copy of a written advance health-care directive, revocation of an advance health-care directive, or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 13, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-227 - Construction and application of provisions

(1)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance health-care directive.
(2)
Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of health care in accordance with Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate a policy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstanding any term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.
(3)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not authorize mercy killing, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of health care, to the extent prohibited by other statutes of this state.
(4)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not authorize or require a health-care provider or institution to provide health care contrary to generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or institution.
(5)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not authorize an agent or surrogate to consent to the admission of an individual to a mental health-care institution unless the individual's written advance health-care directive expressly so provides.
(6)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not affect other statutes of this state governing treatment for mental illness of an individual involuntarily committed to a mental health-care institution.
(7)
Sections
41-41-201
through
41-41-229
do not apply to Sections
41-41-31
through
41-41-39
, which govern the performance of abortions, or Sections
41-41-51
through
41-41-63
, which govern the performance of abortions upon minors.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 14, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT (§§ 41-41-201 — 41-41-229) › Section 41-41-229 - Equitable relief; Rules of Civil Procedure applicable

On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or surrogate, a health-care provider or institution involved with the patient's care, or an individual described in Section
41-41-211(2) or (3)
, any court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin or direct a health-care decision or order other equitable relief. A proceeding under this section shall be governed by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Laws, 1998, ch. 542, § 15, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 41 - SURGICAL OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES; CONSENTS (§§ 41-41-1 — 41-41-NEW-008) › MISSISSIPPI PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR SUSTAINING TREATMENT ACT (§§ 41-41-301 — 41-41-303) › Section 41-41-301 - Short title

Sections
41-41-301
through
41-41-303
shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Physician Order for Sustaining Treatment (POST) Act."
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 470, HB 1014, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.