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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-45 - Powers of district

(1)
Any air ambulance service district, through its board of directors, is hereby empowered:
(a)
To develop, in conjunction with the head of any federal and/or state agency as may be involved, a plan for air ambulance services to persons within or without the district, including communications and other systems incident to the efficient performance of such services.
(b)
To acquire and maintain any equipment necessary for the provision of such services.
(c)
To set reasonable rates for services and charge for each ambulance call made.
(d)
To establish rules and regulations for the use of air ambulance services both within and without the boundaries of the district, including cooperation with other air ambulance district organizations within the state and other emergency service agencies, including ground ambulances.
(e)
To employ professional managerial, technical, and clerical help as may be needed in providing air ambulance services.
(f)
To enter into agreements with ground ambulance facilities.
(g)
To borrow, acting by and through the boards of supervisors of the individual counties comprising the district, a sum of money in anticipation of the revenue to be received from taxes levied by such counties for the support of the district; the boards of supervisors in so doing shall follow the requirements of Section
19-9-27
.
(h)
To make contracts and to execute instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred upon it by Sections
41-55-31
through
41-55-57
.
(i)
To make, or cause to be made, surveys and engineering investigations relating to the project, or related projects, for the information of the district, to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes for which it is created.
(j)
To apply for and accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designated by the United States of America, and to ratify and accept applications heretofore or hereafter made by voluntary associations to such agencies for grants to construct, maintain or operate any project or projects which hereafter may be undertaken or contemplated by said district.
(k)
To do any and all other acts or things necessary, requisite or convenient to the exercising of the powers, rights, privileges or functions conferred upon it by Sections
41-55-31
through
41-55-57
or any act of law.
(2)
In addition to the powers set forth in subsection (1), the board of directors of any air ambulance service district is further authorized and empowered to exercise all powers conferred upon the governing boards of emergency medical service districts under the provisions of the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1974 and amendments thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-48; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 8; Laws, 1972, ch. 416, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 427, eff. 3/27/1975.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-47 - Funds for support and maintenance of district

The board of supervisors of any county of the state which becomes a part of an air ambulance service district may levy a county-wide tax for the support and maintenance of the district in an amount not to exceed one (1) mill. Any county which desires to become a part of an air ambulance service district shall levy each year a tax of not less than one-half (1/2) mill on all taxable property of the county for the support and maintenance of the district or such county will not be qualified to become or remain a part of the district, with the exception that should any county desire to appropriate an equivalent sum from the general fund or other available funds of the county, as provided in Section
41-55-49
, the levying of the tax shall not be mandatory.
Should the board of directors of any air ambulance service district determine that a tax levy of less than one-half (1/2) mill on the properties comprising the district would be sufficient to maintain and operate the district for the forthcoming fiscal year, such determination shall, by resolution, be spread upon the minutes of the board of directors, which resolution shall recite the amount of the tax levy which would suffice. A certified copy of such resolution shall be delivered to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the counties affected thereby. When so done, the board of supervisors of the counties comprising the district may for the forthcoming year levy a tax of no less than the amount of levy declared to be sufficient in such resolution without losing their qualification as members of the district.
Any tax levy made under the provisions of this section shall be used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the district and shall be made by the boards of supervisors at the time and in the manner that other county tax levies are made. The revenue provided by this section shall not, under any circumstances, be commingled with other county funds.
Codes, 1942, §§ 2997-49, 2997-56; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, §§ 9, 16; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 26; Laws, 1998, ch. 527, § 1, eff. 4/6/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-49 - Payment to district of tax avails or appropriations; advances for preliminary expenses

The board of supervisors of each county becoming a member of an air ambulance service district shall annually, on or before March 15 of each year beginning with the calendar year in which the district is created, pay or cause to be paid to the depository of the district the total avails from the tax levied on all of the taxable property within the county for the purpose of supporting the district. Such payments shall be made and continued as long as the district remains in existence, there is need therefor and the county remains a part thereof. The board of supervisors of each county shall annually provide the district the total avails from the tax levied on all taxable property within the county for such purpose; in lieu of a tax levy the board of supervisors may appropriate an equivalent sum from the general fund or other available funds of the county.
Any municipality or county which is within the territorial limits of the district may advance funds to the district to pay the preliminary expenses of the district, including reports, organization or administration expenses, on such terms of repayment as the governing body of such municipality or county shall determine.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-50; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 10, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-51 - Acceptance of funds from public or private sources; repayment

The board of directors of an air ambulance service district is hereby authorized and empowered to accept grants, loans, gifts, bequests or funding from any source, public or private, that the granting agency has authority to provide, but in no circumstances shall the acceptance of any such funding obligate any district to repay a sum in excess of the avails of the tax levies set forth in Section
41-55-47
.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-51; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 11, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-53 - Deposit of funds

All funds of an air ambulance service district shall be deposited in the bank or banks located within the district qualified as county or state depositories which the board of directors of the district desire to utilize.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-52; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 12, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-55 - Additional counties may join

After an air ambulance service district has been formed, any other county within the same highway patrol district or any county lying immediately adjacent to the district may join the district by the same procedure as if it were initiating the district, including the appointment of an additional member to the existing board of directors.
After a district has been in existence for at least fifteen (15) years, a county may join the district only with the approval of the board of directors of the district after the board of directors first finds that the services to the new member county will not result in an undue financial burden upon the district. The board of directors of the district may establish guidelines for the admission of new member counties but may not require a financial contribution in excess of that authorized by Section
41-55-47
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-53; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 13; Laws, 1972, ch. 416, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 372, § 1, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 55 - PUBLIC AMBULANCE SERVICE (§§ 41-55-1 — 41-55-71) › AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE DISTRICTS (§§ 41-55-31 — 41-55-71) › Section 41-55-57 - Rates for services

The rates for services hereunder shall be determined by the board of directors with regard to what is reasonable in the individual air ambulance service district.
Codes, 1942, § 2997-54; Laws, 1971, ch. 457, § 14, eff. 3/29/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BUREAU ESTABLISHED (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-2) › Section 41-57-1 - Bureau of vital statistics established

A bureau of vital statistics shall be established by the State Board of Health, which shall provide an adequate system for the registration of births and deaths and preservation of vital statistics on forms prescribed by said Board of Health, and which shall provide adequate methods for enforcing the laws and orders of said Board of Health relating to health matters of the state.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4868; 1930, § 4904; 1942, § 7060; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1938, ch. 269; Laws, 1942, ch. 307; Laws, 1944, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 400; Laws, 1968, ch. 372, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 406, § 1, eff. 3/23/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BUREAU ESTABLISHED (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-2) › Section 41-57-2 - Certain persons not entitled to access to records

Records in the possession of the Mississippi Department of Health, bureau of vital statistics, which would be of no legitimate and tangible interest to a person making a request for access to such records, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983; provided, however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person with a legitimate and tangible interest in such records from having access thereto.
Laws, 1983, ch. 424, § 19, eff. 7/1/1982.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-3 - State registrar of vital records; safeguarding of records

The secretary of the State Board of Health shall appoint the state registrar of vital records in accordance with classification standards of education and experience. It shall be his duty to carry into effect the rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health that are provided for the office of vital records registration. The said board shall provide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, and may fix the compensation of persons thus employed within the amount appropriated for the health work by the legislature. The said board shall provide suitable apartments, properly equipped with fireproof vaults and filing cases, for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned to the office of vital records registration.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4869; 1930, § 4905; 1942, § 7061; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1978, ch. 326, § 1, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-5 - State may be divided into registration districts

The State Board of Health may divide the state into registration districts to provide vital statistics, defining and designating the boundaries thereof and appointing local registrars in each district.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4870; 1930, § 4906; 1942, § 7062; Laws, 1912, ch. 149.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-7 - Board of health to formulate a system for gathering statistics

The State Board of Health shall formulate and promulgate rules and regulations for the proper reporting and registration of morbidity and vital statistics, prescribing the method and form of making such registration.
Each application or filing made under this section shall include the Social Security number(s) of the applicant in accordance with Section
93-11-64
, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4871; 1930, § 4907; 1942, § 7063; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1997, ch. 588, § 17, eff. 7/1/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-8 - [Death certificate when death presumed pursuant to Sec. 13-1-23]

(1)
When a death is presumed to have occurred under Section
13-1-23
, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall prepare a death certificate upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction within the state. The court order shall include the following:
(a)
The decedent's full legal name;
(b)
The date of death, as determined by the evidence presented;
(c)
The place of death, as determined by the evidence presented;
(d)
The decedent's address at the time of death;
(e)
The decedent's marital status at the time of death;
(f)
The given name of the decedent's surviving spouse, if any;
(g)
If known, information necessary to complete the medical portion of the death certificate, including the cause and manner of death. If the death occurred from a catastrophic event, the court order must include information on how and when the event occurred; and
(h)
Such other information that may be required under rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.
(2)
A death certificate issued pursuant to this section must identify the court that issued the order on which the death certificate is based and include the date of the court order.
(3)
The record of a death registered under this section must be marked "presumptive."
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 441, HB 1068,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-9 - Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence

Any copy of the records of birth, sickness or death, when properly certified to by the state registrar of vital statistics, to be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein stated. A facsimile signature of the registrar shall be sufficient for certification when the certificate shall have impressed thereon the seal of the Mississippi Department of Public Health.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4872; 1930, § 4908; 1942, § 7064; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1960, ch. 352.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-11 - Payment for birth and death certificates

(1)
Each local registrar shall be paid the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) for each birth and each death certificate properly made out, and in the manner and on the form required by the State Board of Health. Such sum shall be paid by the board of supervisors of the county in which the births and deaths occurred, upon certification made monthly to the board of supervisors by the state registrar.
However, any local registrar shall receive only Fifty Cents (50¢) for each birth and each death certificate sent in to the Bureau of Vital Statistics improperly completed or sent in at a later time than that fixed by the regulations of the State Board of Health.
(2)
In addition to any fees established and collected by the State Board of Health for the issuance of original and copies of birth certificates, there shall be charged a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) for each original and each copy of a birth certificate. This additional fee shall be deposited into the Mississippi Children's Trust Fund created by Section
93-21-305
and shall be used only as set forth in Sections
93-21-301
through
93-21-311
. This additional fee shall not be added to birth certificates furnished free as provided in Sections
35-3-9
and
41-57-25
.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4873; 1930, § 4909; 1942, § 7065; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1928, ch. 44; Laws, 1936, ch. 209; Laws, 1946, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 339; Laws, 1954, Ex. Sess. ch. 14, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 357; Laws, 1966, ch. 457, § 1; Laws, 1981, ch. 425, § 1; Laws, 1989, ch. 509, § 7, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-14 - Social security numbers of parents required to file birth certificate

(1)
If the mother was married at the time of either conception or birth, or at any time between conception and birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate of birth as the father of the child. The social security number of each parent of a child born within this state shall be furnished to the local registrar of vital records at the time of filing the certificate of birth, but such information shall not appear on the portion of the certificate to be issued as a certified copy. Such information shall be sent to the Office of Vital Records Registration of the State Department of Health along with the certificate of birth and shall be retained by the office. The information shall not be disclosed to any person except as authorized by paragraph (2) of this section or as allowed by Section
41-57-2
.
(2)
The Office of Vital Records Registration shall make available to the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Mississippi Department of Human Services information concerning the names and social security numbers of the parents obtained under the requirements of paragraph (1) for the use in establishing paternity or enforcing child support obligations. Information obtained by the Division of Child Support Enforcement under this section may be used in any action or proceeding before any court, administrative tribunal, or other proceeding for the purpose of establishing paternity, establishing a child support obligation, collecting child support or locating persons owing such an obligation.
Laws, 1994, ch. 544, § 2, eff. 7/1/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-15 - Board of supervisors may appropriate funds for perfecting registration of records

The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate additional funds, not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per month, to be used under the direction of the State Board of Health, in perfecting the registration of vital records.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4873; 1930, § 4909; 1942, § 7065; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1928, ch. 44; Laws, 1936, ch. 209; Laws, 1946, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 1952, ch. 339; Laws, 1954, Ex. Sess. ch. 14, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1958, ch. 357; Laws, 1966, ch. 457, § 1, eff. 3/27/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-17 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1989, ch. 511, § 8, eff. 7/1/1989.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4868; 1930, § 4904; 1942, § 7060; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1938, ch. 269; Laws, 1942, ch. 307; Laws, 1944, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 400; Laws, 1968, ch. 372, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 406, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-19 - Proceedings to adjudicate true date of birth of person whose birth was not registered

Any person who was born in the State of Mississippi and whose birth has not been registered and who is unable to secure the proof now required by the registrar of births to register the same, may file a petition under oath in the chancery court of the county of the residence of the petition, or in any chancery court district of the state if the petitioner be a non-resident, setting out the true date of the birth of the petitioner and other facts necessary. The clerk shall issue a summons for the State Board of Health, which summons may be served on the executive secretary, the registrar of vital statistics or a duly qualified county registrar, thirty (30) days prior to the time of the hearing, to appear and contest the same. Alternatively process can be waived as provided by Section
13-3-71
. The said petition may be heard by the chancellor in term time or in vacation, and the same shall not be taken as confessed, but proof shall be made of the allegation in the same. When a decree is entered adjudicating the true date of the birth of the petitioner, upon a certified copy of the decree being furnished to the registrar of vital statistics showing the true date of the birth of the petitioner, the same shall be registered upon the proper records of the State Board of Health.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4868; 1930, § 4904, 1942, § 7060; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1938, ch. 269; Laws, 1942, ch. 307; Laws, 1944, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 400; Laws, 1968, ch. 372, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 406, § 1, eff. 3/23/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-21 - Proceedings to correct incomplete birth certificate or birth certificate having incorrect first name, middle name, place or sex

Where there has been a bona fide effort to register a birth and the certificate thereof on file with the office of vital records does not divulge all of the information required by said certificate, or such certificate contains an incorrect first name, middle name, or sex, then the state registrar of vital records may, in his discretion, correct such certificate upon affidavit of at least two (2) reputable persons having personal knowledge of the facts in relation thereto. All other alterations shall be made as provided in Section
41-57-23
. Anyone giving false information in such affidavit shall be subject to the penalties of perjury.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4868; 1930, § 4904; 1942, § 7060; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1938, ch. 269; Laws, 1942, ch. 307; Laws, 1944, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1962, ch. 400; Laws, 1968, ch. 372, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 406, § 1; Laws, 1978, ch. 375, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 33, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-25 - Birth certificate furnished free to armed forces volunteer

Any person who is volunteering for one of the armed forces of the United States is entitled to a certified copy of his birth certificate from the State Board of Health immediately upon application and at no expense to the applicant or his recruiting officer.
Codes, 1942, § 7064.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 327, § 1, eff. 3/1/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-26 - Death certificate of person who was an honorably discharged U.S. Armed Forces veteran or who was killed or died during active duty service furnished without charge

The Office of Vital Records Registration shall furnish up to five (5) certified copies of the death certificate of any deceased person who was an honorably discharged veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or who was killed or died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, without charge, to any person or entity that is authorized to receive death certificates. The applicant for a copy of the death certificate must furnish such written evidence of the deceased person's service in the Armed Forces of the United States as required by the office. Copies of death certificates furnished under the authority under this section shall be in addition to any copies of death certificates furnished without charge under the authority of Section
35-3-9
.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 332, HB 81, 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-27 - Penalty

Any person or persons who shall violate any rule, regulation or order of the State Board of Health relative to recording, reporting or filing information for the Bureau of Vital Statistics, or who shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duties imposed upon them by said orders, or who shall furnish false information for the purpose of making incorrect records for said bureau, or who shall willfully furnish false information to said bureau for the purpose of establishing a false identity, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4874; 1930, § 4910; 1942, § 7066; Laws, 1912, ch. 149; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 35; Laws, 1989, ch. 511, § 4, eff. 7/1/1989.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › BIRTHS AND DEATHS (§§ 41-57-3 — 41-57-31) › Section 41-57-29 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws 1992, ch. 391, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.
Laws, 1992, ch. 391, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-41 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 406, § 2, eff. 1/1/1979.
Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-43 - State registrar of vital statistics; safeguarding of records

It shall be the duty of the state registrar of vital statistics, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to registration of marriages and the rules, regulations and orders of the State Board of Health which may be promulgated pursuant to Section
41-57-45
. The said State Board of Health shall provide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary, and may fix the compensation of persons thus employed. The said board shall provide suitable apartments properly equipped with fireproof vault and filing cases for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned to said bureau.
Codes, 1930, § 4934; 1942, § 7090; Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-45 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 406, § 2, eff. 1/1/1979.
Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-47 - Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence

Any copy of the records of marriages, when properly certified by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken and received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts of this state. For any such certified copy, the applicant shall pay to the Bureau of Vital Statistics such fee for transactions as prescribed by the State Board of Health, which fees shall be paid into the State Treasury within sixty (60) days from the receipt thereof.
Codes, 1930, § 4939; 1942, § 7094; Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132; Laws, 2001, ch. 418, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-48 - Statistical record of marriage; completion; filing; recording fee

(1)
For each marriage performed in this state, a record entitled "Statistical Record of Marriage" shall be filed with the office of vital records registration of the State Board of Health by the circuit clerk who issued the marriage license and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.
(2)
The circuit clerk who issues the marriage license shall complete the statistical record (except for the section relating to the ceremony) on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Health and shall sign it. The record shall be prepared on the basis of information obtained from the parties to be married, and both the bride and the groom shall sign the record certifying that the information about themselves is correct.
(3)
The person who performs the marriage ceremony shall complete and sign the section relating to the ceremony and shall return the record to the circuit clerk who issued the license within five (5) days after the ceremony.
(4)
The circuit clerk, on or before the tenth day of each calendar month, shall forward to the State Board of Health all completed records returned to him during the preceding month.
(5)
The circuit clerk shall receive a recording fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each marriage record prepared and forwarded by him to the State Board of Health. This fee shall be collected from the applicants for the license together with, and in addition to, the fee for the license and shall be deposited in the county treasury. The recording fees shall be paid to the circuit clerk out of the county treasury once each six (6) months on order of the board of supervisors, upon certification by the office of vital records registration of the number of marriage records filed.
Laws, 1978, ch. 406, § 1, eff. 1/1/1979.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-49 - through 41-57-55 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1978, ch. 406, § 2, eff. 1/1/1979.
§§ 41-57-49 through 41-57-53 [Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1938, ch. 293; Laws, 1956, ch. 302] § 41-57-55. [Laws, 1926, ch. 164]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-57 - Circuit clerks to compile data on marriages

In order to secure records of marriages and births in the several counties in this state from the earliest records down to the present time, the State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to make contract with the circuit clerks or others of this state to compile for the bureau of vital statistics complete lists of marriages in the various counties from the earliest records down to the present time. In order to complete these records by securing records of said marriages in all said counties, the State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to deposit all moneys received as fees for certified copies of births, deaths and marriages in the state treasury in a separate account to be used for the completion of the vital statistics on marriages in the various counties, and for clerical expenses and other expenses necessary for completion and issuance of birth records. Said fund shall be paid out for said purposes only on voucher issued for these purposes by the State Board of Health. When said statistics of past marriages in the several counties shall have been completed and paid for, then all of said funds that may remain on hand and all other such funds collected for certified copies of birth, death and marriage records thereafter may be used for the completion of birth records.
Codes, 1930, § 4940; 1942, § 7095; Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132; Laws, 1942, ch. 317.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 57 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 41-57-1 — 41-57-59) › MARRIAGES (§§ 41-57-41 — 41-57-59) › Section 41-57-59 - Penalty

Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections
41-57-41
through
41-57-57
, or any rule, regulation or order of the state board of health relative to the making of said reports, as to reporting, recording or filing the information for the bureau of vital statistics on marriages, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed by said order, rules or regulations, or shall furnish false information for the purpose of making incorrect records for said bureau, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of said court.
Codes, 1930, § 4941; 1942, § 7096; Laws, 1926, ch. 164; Laws, 1928, ch. 132; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 36, eff. 7/1/1983.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 58 - MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY (§§ 41-58-1 — 41-58-9) › Section 41-58-5 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2028] Continuing education requirements; completion; fees

(1)
Each registered radiologic technologist, registered nuclear medicine technologist and registered radiation therapist shall submit evidence to the department of completing twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education in a two-year period as described in the rules and regulations of the department.
(2)
Each limited x-ray machine operator who is first employed to apply ionizing radiation in the State of Mississippi shall complete twelve (12) hours of education in radiologic technology, with six (6) of those hours specifically in radiation protection, not later than twelve (12) months after the date of his or her employment to apply ionizing radiation, and shall thereafter submit evidence to the State Board of Medical Licensure of completing twelve (12) hours of continuing education in a two-year period as described in the rules and regulations of the State Board of Medical Licensure. Six (6) of the continuing education hours must be in radiation protection.
(3)
Each individual who is exempt from registration under paragraph (d) of Section
41-58-3(7)
shall complete twelve (12) hours of continuing education in a two-year period as described in the rules and regulations of the department. Six (6) of the continuing education hours must be in radiation protection.
(4)
Each individual who is exempt from registration under paragraph (d) of Section
41-58-3(7)
and who is first employed to apply ionizing radiation in the State of Mississippi shall complete twelve (12) hours of education in radiologic technology, with six (6) of those hours specifically in radiation protection, not later than twelve (12) months after the date of his or her employment to apply ionizing radiation.
(5)
The department shall approve training sessions that will provide the continuing education required under this section in each of the junior/community college districts in the state, with at least one (1) training session being held during each quarter of the year.
(6)
The Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the State Board of Medical Licensure may charge a fee of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) biennially to each individual whom the board certifies as having completed the continuing education requirements of this section.
(7)
This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2028.
Laws, 1996, ch. 546, § 3; Laws, 1997, ch. 541, § 36; Laws, 2000, ch. 333, § 3; Laws, 2006, ch. 324, § 3; Laws, 2010, ch. 478, § 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 424, HB 259,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 321, SB 2495,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 459, SB 2123, 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 317, HB 1391, 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 434, HB 69, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 58 - MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY (§§ 41-58-1 — 41-58-9) › Section 41-58-7 - State Board of Medical Licensure authorized to license and regulate practice of radiologist assistants; radiologists authorized to use services of radiologist assistants to practice radiology assistance under their supervision; board shall promulgate rules and regulations including qualifications for licensure, scope of practice, discipline, and fees; requirements for licensure; radiologist assistants prohibited from interpreting images, making diagnoses, or prescribing medications or therapies

(1)
The State Board of Medical Licensure shall license and regulate the practice of radiologist assistants in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2)
A radiologist may use the services of a radiologist assistant to practice radiology assistance under the supervision of the radiologist, provided that the radiologist assistant is duly qualified and licensed as provided in this section.
(3)
The board shall promulgate and publish reasonable rules and regulations necessary to enable it to discharge its functions and enforce the provisions of law regulating the practice of radiologist assistants. Those rules and regulations shall include, but are not limited to: qualifications for licensure for radiologist assistants; scope of practice of radiologist assistants; supervision of radiologist assistants; identification of radiologist assistants; grounds for disciplinary actions and discipline of radiologist assistants; and setting and charging reasonable fees for licensure and license renewals for radiologist assistants.
(4)
Those rules and regulations adopted by the board pertaining to the scope of practice and the educational qualifications necessary to practice as a radiologist assistant shall be consistent with guidelines adopted by the American College of Radiology, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
(5)
Applicants for licensure as a radiologist assistant must be:
(a)
credentialed to provide radiology services under the supervision of a radiologist;
(b)
a radiologic technologist registered under Sections
41-58-1
through
41-58-5
; and
(c)
certified and registered with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
(6)
A radiologist assistant may not interpret images, make diagnoses or prescribe medications or therapies.
Laws, 2005, ch. 317, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 342, § 1, eff. 3/13/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 58 - MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY (§§ 41-58-1 — 41-58-9) › Section 41-58-9 - Department of Health to adopt regulations specifying information to be provided patients receiving mammogram services

(1)
As used in this section, the following terms shall be defined as provided in this subsection:
(a)
"Department" means the State Department of Health.
(b)
"Mammography" means radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast.
(c)
"Radiography" means the making of a film or other record of an internal structure of the body by passing x-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on film or other image receptor.
(2)
The department shall adopt regulations that specify the information to be provided to patients receiving mammogram services in the written report of the mammography results that is furnished by the entity performing the mammography services directly to patients under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act,
42 USC Section 263b
. Any information that the department requires to be provided in the report shall be evidence-based, consistent with accepted medical standards, and not inconsistent with the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act or regulations promulgated under that act.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 388, SB 2006, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-1 - Title

This chapter shall be cited as the "Emergency Medical Services Act of 1974."
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 1, eff. 4/3/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-9 - License and permit required

From and after October 1, 1974, no person, firm, corporation, association, county, municipality, or metropolitan government or agency, either as owner, agent or otherwise, shall hereafter furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise or otherwise engage in the business of service of transporting patients upon the streets, highways or airways of Mississippi unless he holds a currently valid license and permit, for each ambulance, issued by the board.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(1), eff. 4/3/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-11 - Application for license

Application for license shall be made to the board by private firms or nonfederal governmental agencies. The application shall be made upon forms in accordance with procedures established by the board and shall contain the following:
(a)
The name and address of the owner of the ambulance service or proposed ambulance service;
(b)
The name in which the applicant is doing business or proposes to do business;
(c)
A description of each ambulance including the make, model, year of manufacture, motor and chassis numbers, color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other distinguishing characteristics to be used to designate applicant's ambulance;
(d)
The location and description of the place or places from which the ambulance service is intended to operate; and
(e)
Such other information as the board shall deem necessary.
Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a license fee to be fixed by the board, which shall be paid to the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section
41-3-65
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(2); Laws, 1979, ch. 445, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 345, § 1; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 3, eff. 7/1/1991.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 9, eff. 7/1/2016, rep. 7/1/2020, repeal date removed by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-13 - Issuance of license

The board shall issue a license which shall be valid for a period of one (1) year when it determines that all the requirements of this chapter have been met.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(3), eff. 4/3/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-15 - Periodic inspections

Subsequent to issuance of any license, the board shall cause to be inspected each ambulance service, including ambulances, equipment, personnel, records, premises and operational procedures whenever such inspection is deemed necessary, but in any event not less than two (2) times each year. The periodic inspection herein required shall be in addition to any other state or local safety or motor vehicle inspections required for ambulances or other motor vehicles provided by law or ordinance.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(4), eff. 4/3/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-17 - Suspension or revocation of license; renewal

(1)
The board is authorized to suspend or revoke a license whenever it determines that the holder no longer meets the requirements prescribed for operating an ambulance service.
(2)
A license issued under this chapter may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee to be fixed by the board, which shall be paid to the board. Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section
41-3-65
. Renewal of any license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall require conformance with all the requirements of this chapter as upon original licensing.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(5, 6); Laws, 1979, ch. 445, § 2; Laws, 1982, ch. 345, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 4, eff. 7/1/1991.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 10, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 10, eff. 7/1/2016, rep. 7/1/2020, repeal date removed by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-19 - Changes of ownership

The board is authorized to provide for procedures to be utilized in acting on changes of ownership in accordance with regulations established by the board.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(7), eff. 4/3/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 59 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-NEW) › GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 41-59-1 — 41-59-85) › Section 41-59-21 - Licensee to conform with local laws or regulations

The issuance of a license shall not be construed to authorize any person, firm, corporation or association to provide ambulance services or to operate any ambulance not in conformity with any ordinance or regulation enacted by any county, municipality or special purpose district or authority.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 5(8), eff. 4/3/1974.