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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 41-59-23 - Ambulance permit

(1)
Before a vehicle can be operated as an ambulance, its licensed owner must apply for and receive an ambulance permit issued by the board for such vehicle. Application shall be made upon forms and according to procedures established by the board. Each application for an ambulance permit shall be accompanied by a permit 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
. Prior to issuing an original or renewal permit for an ambulance, the vehicle for which the permit is issued shall be inspected and a determination made that the vehicle meets all requirements as to vehicle design, sanitation, construction, medical equipment and supplies set forth in this chapter and regulations promulgated by the board. Permits issued for ambulance shall be valid for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
(2)
The board is authorized to suspend or revoke an ambulance permit any time it determines that the vehicle and/or its equipment no longer meets the requirements specified by this chapter and regulations promulgated by the board.
(3)
The board may issue temporary permits valid for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days for ambulances not meeting required standards when it determines the public interest will thereby be served.
(4)
When a permit has been issued for an ambulance as specified herein, the ambulance records relating to maintenance and operation of such ambulance shall be open to inspection by a duly authorized representative of the board during normal working hours.
(5)
An ambulance permit 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 ambulance permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall require conformance with all requirements of this chapter.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 6; Laws, 1979, ch. 445, § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 345, § 3; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 5, eff. 7/1/1991.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 11, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 11, 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 41-59-25 - Standards for ambulance vehicles

(1)
Standards for the design, construction, equipment, sanitation and maintenance of ambulance vehicles shall be developed by the board with the advice of the advisory council. Each standard may be revised as deemed necessary by the board when it determines, with the advice of the advisory council, that such will be in the public interest. However, standards for design and construction shall not take effect until July 1, 1979; and such standards when promulgated shall substantially conform to any pertinent recommendations and criteria established by the American College of Surgeons and the National Academy of Sciences, and shall be based on a norm that the ambulance shall be sufficient in size to transport one (1) litter patient and an emergency medical technician with space around the patient to permit a technician to administer life supporting treatment to at least one (1) patient during transit.
(2)
On or after July 1, 1975, each ambulance shall have basic equipment determined essential by the board with the advice of the advisory council.
(3)
Standards governing the sanitation and maintenance of ambulance vehicles shall require that the interior of the vehicle and the equipment therein be maintained in a manner that is safe, sanitary, and in good working order at all times.
(4)
Standards for the design, construction, equipment and maintenance of special use EMS vehicles shall be developed by the board with advice of the advisory council.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 7(1-3); Laws, 1991, ch. 482, § 2, eff. 7/1/1991.
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 41-59-27 - Insurance

There shall be at all times in force and effect on any ambulance vehicle operating in this state insurance issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in this state, which shall provide coverage:
(a)
For injury to or death of individuals resulting from any cause for which the owner of said ambulance would be liable regardless of whether the ambulance was being driven by the owner or his agent; and
(b)
Against damage to the property of another, including personal property.
The minimum amounts of such insurance coverage shall be determined by the board with the advice of the advisory council, except that the minimum coverage shall not be less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for damage to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 7(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 41-59-29 - Personnel required for transporting patients

From and after January 1, 1976, every ambulance, except those specifically excluded from the provisions of this chapter, when transporting patients in this state, shall be occupied by at least one (1) person who possesses a valid emergency medical technician state certificate, or person who has a privilege to practice under the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; or medical/nursing license and a driver with a valid resident driver's license.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 8(1), eff. 4/3/1974.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 371, SB 2828, 4, 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 41-59-31 - Emergency medical technicians; training program

The board shall develop an emergency medical technicians training program based upon the nationally approved United States Department of Transportation "Basic Training Program for Emergency Medical Technicians-Ambulance" prepared in compliance with recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences. The program shall be periodically revised by the board to meet new and changing needs.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 8(2), 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 41-59-33 - Emergency medical technicians; certification

(1)
Any person desiring certification as an emergency medical technician shall apply to the board using forms prescribed by the board. Each application for an emergency medical technician certificate shall be accompanied by a certificate 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
. Upon the successful completion of the board's approved emergency medical technical training program, the board shall make a determination of the applicant's qualifications as an emergency medical technician as set forth in the regulations promulgated by the board, and shall issue an emergency medical technician certificate to the applicant.
(2)
Any person who desires to exercise the privilege to practice under the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact must complete the terms and provisions of the Compact as prescribed in Section
41-59-101
.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 8(3); Laws, 1979, ch. 445, § 4; Laws, 1982, ch. 345, § 4; Laws, 1991, ch. 606, § 6, eff. 7/1/1991.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 371, SB 2828, 5, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 12, 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 41-59-37 - Temporary ambulance attendant's permit

The board may, in its discretion, issue a temporary ambulance attendant's permit which shall not be valid for more than one (1) year from the date of issuance, and which shall be renewable to an individual who may or may not meet qualifications established pursuant to this chapter upon determination that such will be in the public interest.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 8(6), 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 41-59-39 - Standards for invalid vehicles

The board, after consultation with the emergency medical services advisory council, shall establish minimum standards which permit the operation of invalid vehicles as a separate class of ambulance service.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507 § 9, 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 41-59-41 - Records

Each licensee of an ambulance service shall maintain accurate records upon such forms as may be provided, and contain such information as may be required by the board concerning the transportation of each patient within this state and beyond its limits. Such records shall be available for inspection by the board at any reasonable time, and copies thereof shall be furnished to the board upon request.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 10, 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 41-59-43 - Exemptions

The following are exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
(a)
The occasional use of a privately and/or publicly owned vehicle not ordinarily used in the business of transporting persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or operating in the performance of a lifesaving act.
(b)
A vehicle rendering services as an ambulance in case of a major catastrophe or emergency.
(c)
Vehicles owned and operated by rescue squads chartered by the state as corporations not for profit or otherwise existing as nonprofit associations which are not regularly used to transport sick, injured or otherwise incapacitated or helpless persons except as a part of rescue operations.
(d)
Ambulances owned and operated by an agency of the United States Government.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 11, 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 41-59-45 - Penalties; injunctive relief

(1)
It shall be the duty of the licensed owner of any ambulance service or other employer of emergency medical technicians for the purpose of providing basic or advanced life support services to insure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter 59 and Chapter 60 and all rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
(2)
Any person, corporation or association that violates any rule or regulation promulgated by the board pursuant to these statutes regarding the provision of ambulance services or the provision of basic or advanced life support services by emergency medical technicians shall, after due notice and hearing, be subject to an administrative fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per occurrence.
(3)
Any person violating or failing to comply with any other provisions of this Chapter 59 or Chapter 60 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined an amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, for each offense.
(4)
The board may cause to be instituted a civil action in the chancery court of the county in which any alleged offender of this Chapter 59 or Chapter 60 may reside or have his principal place of business for injunctive relief to prevent any violation of any provision of this Chapter 59 or Chapter 60, or any rules or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter 59 or Chapter 60.
(5)
Each day that any violation or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by the board thereto is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense under this section, except that the court may, in its discretion, stay the cumulation of penalties.
It shall not be considered a violation of this Chapter 59 or Chapter 60 for a vehicle domiciled in a nonparticipating jurisdiction to travel in a participating jurisdiction.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 12; Laws, 2001, ch. 542, § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.
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 41-59-47 - Options of counties and municipalities as to participation

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and incorporated municipalities except those counties and incorporated municipalities electing not to comply as expressed to the board in a written resolution by the governing body of such county or incorporated municipality. The election of any county to be included or excluded shall in no way affect the election of any incorporated municipality to be included or excluded. If any county or municipality elects to be excluded from this chapter, they may later elect to be included by resolution.
All financial grants administered by the state for emergency medical services pertaining to this chapter shall be made available to those counties and incorporated municipalities which are governed by the provisions of this chapter.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 13, 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 41-59-49 - Appeal from decision of board

Any person, firm, corporation, association, county, municipality or metropolitan government or agency whose application for a permit or license has been rejected or whose permit or license is suspended or revoked by the board shall have the right to appeal such decision, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the board's written decision, to the chancery court of the county where the applicant or licensee is domiciled. The appeal before the chancery court shall be de novo and the decision of the chancery court may be appealed to the supreme court in the manner provided by law.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 14, 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 41-59-51 - Districts; authority to establish

A special subdivision to be known as an emergency medical service district may be established by the board of supervisors or boards of supervisors of any county or group of counties, and/or governing authority or authorities of a municipality or municipalities located in such counties, acting separately or jointly in any combination, to provide emergency hospital care and ambulance services for an area composed of all or part of the geographic areas under the jurisdiction of such boards of supervisors or municipal governing authorities, as may be agreed upon.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 15(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 41-59-53 - Districts; procedure for establishing

The boards of supervisors and the municipal governing authorities which intend to establish an emergency medical service district shall set forth such intention, along with a description of the area to be served, the nature of services to be provided, the allocation of expenses among the participating subdivisions, and the form of administration for such district in substantially similar resolutions which shall be adopted by each governing board participating in the emergency medical service district.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 15(2), 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 41-59-55 - Districts; administration

Any emergency medical service district created pursuant to this chapter shall be administered in one of the following manners:
(a)
The governing authorities of the participating political subdivisions shall appoint a person or persons, who may be an elected official of such political subdivision, to a board which shall be authorized to promulgate policy for and guide the administration of the activities of the district; or
(b)
The governing authorities, by mutual and unanimous agreement, shall appoint an executive manager who shall have full authority over the operation of the district.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 15(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 41-59-57 - Districts; power to receive and expend funds

The emergency medical service districts authorized under this chapter are empowered to receive funds from all sources and are authorized to expend such funds as may be available for any necessary and proper purpose in the manner provided by law for municipalities. The participating political subdivisions may expend funds from any source for the necessary and proper support of such a district, and they may expend such funds by making a lump sum payment to the board or manager designated to administer the district.
Laws, 1974, ch. 507, § 15(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 41-59-59 - Funds for support and maintenance of districts

(1)
The board of supervisors of any county of the state participating in the establishment of an emergency medical service district under the provisions of Section
41-59-51
and related statutes of the Mississippi Code of 1972 may set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund for the support and maintenance of the district. In the event the district is comprised of more than one (1) county, the contributions for support and maintenance may be made on a per capita basis.
(2)
Emergency medical service districts may borrow funds in anticipation of the receipt of tax monies as otherwise provided by law for counties or municipalities.
Laws, 1975, ch. 455; Laws, 1986, ch. 400, § 27, eff. 10/1/1986.
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 41-59-61 - Emergency medical services operating fund; assessment on traffic violations

(1)
The assessments that are collected under subsections (1) and (2) of Section
99-19-73
shall be deposited in a special fund that is created in the State Treasury to be designated the "Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund." The Legislature may make appropriations from the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund to the State Board of Health for the purpose of defraying costs of administration of the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund (EMSOF) and for redistribution of those funds to the counties, municipalities and organized medical service districts (hereinafter referred to as "governmental units") for the support of the Emergency Medical Services programs. The State Board of Health, with the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council acting in an advisory capacity, shall administer the disbursement to those governmental units of any funds appropriated to the board from the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund and the utilization of those funds by the governmental units.
(2)
Funds appropriated from the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund to the State Board of Health shall be made available to all such governmental units to support the Emergency Medical Services programs therein, and those funds shall be distributed to each governmental unit based upon its general population relative to the total population of the state. Disbursement of those funds shall be made on an annual basis at the end of the fiscal year upon the request of each governmental unit. Funds distributed to those governmental units shall be used in addition to existing annual Emergency Medical Services budgets of the governmental units, and no such funds shall be used for the payment of any attorney's fees. The Director of the Emergency Medical Services program or his appointed designee is authorized to require financial reports from the governmental units utilizing these funds in order to provide satisfactory proof of the maintenance of the funding effort by the governmental units.
Laws, 1982, ch. 344, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 522, § 38; Laws, 1985, ch. 352; Laws, 1985, ch. 440, § 6; Laws, 1990, ch. 329, § 7; Laws, 2007, ch. 514, § 12, eff. 6/30/2007.
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 41-59-63 - Membership subscription programs for prepaid ambulance service not to constitute insurance

The solicitation of membership subscriptions, the acceptance of membership applications, the charging of membership fees, and the furnishing of prepaid or discounted ambulance service to subscription members and designated members of their households by either a public or private ambulance service licensed and regulated by the State Board of Health pursuant to Section
41-59-1
et seq. shall not constitute the writing of insurance and the agreement under and pursuant to which such prepaid or discounted ambulance service is provided to the subscription members and to designated members of their households shall not constitute a contract of insurance.
Laws, 1988, ch. 541, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
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 41-59-65 - Application for permit to conduct membership subscription program; fees; renewals

Either a public or private ambulance service licensed and regulated by the State Board of Health desiring to offer such a membership subscription program shall make application for permit to conduct and implement such program to the State Board of Health. 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;
(b)
The name in which the applicant is doing business;
(c)
The location and description of the place or places from which the ambulance service operates;
(d)
The places or areas in which the ambulance service intends to conduct and operate a membership subscription program; and
(e)
Such other information as the board shall deem necessary.
Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by a permit fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), which shall be paid to the board. The permit shall be issued to expire the next ensuing December 31. The permit issued under this section may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), which shall be paid to the board. Renewal of any permit issued under this section shall require conformance with all requirements of this chapter. 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, 1988, ch. 541, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 2, eff. 7/1/1992.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 14, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 14, 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 41-59-67 - Requirements for issuance of permit; reserve fund; ambulance service to pay cost of collection of judgment against fund

The issuance of a permit to conduct and implement a membership subscription program shall require the following:
(a)
The posting of a surety bond with one or more surety companies to be approved by the State Board of Health, in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for every one thousand (1,000) subscribers or portion thereof; and
(b)
The establishment of a reserve fund to consist of a deposit to the reserve fund with any depository approved by the state for the benefit of the subscription members in the amount of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each subscription member currently subscribing to the subscription program, but not for the designated members of the subscribing member's household, to guarantee perpetuation of the subscription membership program until all memberships are terminated; and
(c)
No further deposits shall be required to be made by the ambulance service to the reserve fund after the aggregate sum of the principal amount of said surety bond plus the deposits in the reserve fund is equal to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
In any action brought by a subscriber against the surety bond or the reserve fund, the cost of collection upon a judgment rendered in favor of the subscriber, including attorney's fees, shall be paid by the ambulance service.
Laws, 1988, ch. 541, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 3, eff. 7/1/1992.
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 41-59-69 - Annual report of ambulance service conducting subscription program

Annual reports shall be filed with the State Board of Health by the ambulance service permitted to conduct and implement a membership subscription program in the manner and form prescribed by the State Board of Health, which report shall contain the following:
(a)
The name and address of the ambulance service conducting the program;
(b)
The number of members subscribing to the subscription program;
(c)
The revenues generated by subscriptions to the program; and
(d)
The name and address of the depository bank in which the reserve fund is deposited and the amount of deposit in said reserve fund.
Laws, 1988, ch. 541, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 4, eff. 7/1/1992.
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 41-59-71 - Methods of soliciting members; license not required

Solicitation of membership in the subscription program may be made through direct advertising, group solicitation, by officers and employees of the ambulance service or by individuals without the necessity of licensing of such solicitors.
Laws, 1988, ch. 541, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 5, eff. 7/1/1992.
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 41-59-73 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1992, ch. 327, § 6, eff. 7/1/1992.
Laws, 1991, ch. 348, § 7.
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 41-59-75 - Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund established; Mississippi Trauma Care Escrow Fund created

(1)
The Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund is established. Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) collected from each assessment of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) under subsection (1) of Section
99-19-73
and Thirty Dollars ($30.00) collected from each assessment of Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) under subsection (2) of Section
99-19-73
, as provided in Section
41-59-61
, and any other funds made available for funding the trauma care system, shall be deposited into the fund. Funds appropriated from the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund to the State Board of Health shall be made available for department administration and implementation of the comprehensive state trauma care plan for distribution by the department to designated trauma care regions for regional administration, for the department's trauma specific public information and education plan, and to provide hospital and physician indigent trauma care block grant funding to trauma centers designated by the department. All designated trauma care hospitals are eligible to contract with the department for these funds.
(2)
The Mississippi Trauma Care Escrow Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. Whenever the amount in the Mississippi Trauma Care Systems Fund exceeds Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) in any fiscal year, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the amount above Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) to the Trauma Care Escrow Fund. Monies in the Trauma Care Escrow Fund shall not lapse into the State General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, and all interest and other earnings on the monies in the Trauma Care Escrow Fund shall be deposited to the credit of the Trauma Care Escrow Fund.
Laws, 1998, ch. 429, § 4; Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 2; Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 549, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 545, § 5, eff. 7/1/2011.
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 41-59-77 - Trauma registry data confidential and not subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in civil actions

Data obtained under this chapter for use in the trauma registry is for the confidential use of the Mississippi State Department of Health and the persons, public entities or private entities that participate in the collection of the trauma registry data.
Any data which identifies an individual or a family unit that is collected for use in the trauma registry shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action.
Laws, 1998, ch. 429, § 5, eff. 7/1/1998.
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 41-59-79 - Certification of first responders by State Board of Health

Any person desiring certification as a medical first responder shall apply to the board using forms prescribed by the board. Each application for a medical first responder certificate shall be accompanied by a certificate 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
. Upon the successful completion of the board's approved medical first responder training program, the board shall make a determination of the applicant's qualifications as a medical first responder as set forth in the regulations promulgated by the board, and shall issue a medical first responder certificate to the applicant.
Laws, 2002, ch. 623, § 3; brought forward without change, Laws, 2002, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 3, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 581, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
Reenacted by Laws, 2020, ch. 473, SB 2311,§ 15, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 510, HB 289, 15, 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 41-59-81 - Promulgation of rules and regulations governing first responder basic life support

(1)
The State Board of Health is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to provide for the best and most effective emergency medical care by medical first responders, and to comply with national standards for medical first responders. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, medical first responder personnel may be authorized to provide medical first responder services as defined by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.
Rules and regulations promulgated under this authority shall, as a minimum:
(a)
Define and authorize functions and training programs for medical first responder personnel; however, all those training programs shall meet or exceed the performance requirements of the most current training program "First Responder: National Standard Curriculum" as developed by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(b)
Specify minimum testing and certification requirements and provide for continuing education and periodic recertification for all medical first responder personnel.
(2)
Counties, municipalities and designated EMS districts may regulate the activities of medical first responders in addition to the regulation imposed by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health.
(3)
The State Board of Health and the State Department of Health shall not be authorized to regulate the activities of, or require the state certification of, those first responders who are not medical first responders.
Laws, 2002, ch. 623, § 4; Laws, 2002, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 3, § 4; brought forward without change, Laws, 2002, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 3, § 4; Laws, 2004, ch. 581, § 3, eff. 7/1/2004.
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 41-59-83 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2004, ch. 581, § 4.
Laws, 2002, ch. 623, § 2; brought forward without change, Laws, 2002, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 3, § 2, eff. 6/21/2002.
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 41-59-85 - Requirements for ambulances and special use medical service vehicles operating in emergency mode

(1)
The driver of any vehicle other than an official emergency vehicle shall not follow any moving ambulance that is engaged in an emergency medical call closer than five hundred (500) feet, or park the vehicle within two hundred (200) feet of where the ambulance has stopped and a patient is either being loaded or unloaded.
(2)
Every ambulance and special use EMS vehicle shall be marked with red lights front and back and also may be marked with white and amber lights in addition to red lights.
(3)
Drivers of ambulances and special use EMS vehicles shall operate in the emergency mode with warning lights and siren at all times while engaged in an emergency medical call and operating the emergency vehicle in a manner to take exceptions to the traffic laws and regulations as provided in Section
63-3-1
et seq., so as to warn other drivers of nonemergency vehicles to yield the right-of-way of the authorized emergency vehicle. Ambulances and special use EMS vehicles may use emergency warning lights only if they are engaged in an emergency medical call and they are stopped or parked, or if they are moving and operating the vehicle in a manner so as to abide by all traffic laws and regulations as provided in Section
63-3-1
et seq. No driver of any ambulance or special use EMS vehicle shall assume any special privilege from traffic laws and regulations except when the emergency vehicle is operated in the emergency mode, with warning lights and siren, while engaged in an emergency medical call.
Laws, 2004, ch. 425, § 2, eff. 7/1/2004.
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) › EMS PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT (§§ 41-59-101 — 41-59-NEW) › Section 41-59-103 - "State EMS Authority" defined

The term "State EMS Authority," as referred to in Section 2 of the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, means the Mississippi State Board of Health acting through the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 371, SB 2828, 2, 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) › EMS PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT (§§ 41-59-101 — 41-59-NEW) › Section 41-59-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Private provider of ambulance services - Mutual aid agreement with other ambulance service providers]

(1)
Any contract between the board of supervisors of a county or the governing authorities of a municipality and a private provider of ambulance services for the contracting provider to be the exclusive provider of ambulance services in the county or municipality, as the case may be, must contain a provision that requires the contracting provider to have a mutual aid agreement with other ambulance service providers to respond to 911 and natural disaster calls and provide service in the county or municipality, as the case may be, during times and circumstances when the contracting provider is experiencing shortages of equipment or personnel that cause a delay in responding to calls for service. The requirements of this section shall also apply to contracts between emergency medical service districts created under Section
41-59-51
and private providers of ambulance services.
(2)
This section shall apply to all contracts described in subsection (1) of this section that are entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 370, HB 1644,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 60 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS - PARAMEDICS - USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-35) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-13) › Section 41-60-1 - through 41-60-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1979, ch. 488, § 3, eff. 7/1/1979.
Laws, 1976, ch. 358, §§ 1-5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 60 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS - PARAMEDICS - USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-35) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-13) › Section 41-60-11 - Definitions

As used in Sections
41-59-29
through
41-59-37
and Sections
41-60-11
and
41-60-13
, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:
(a)
"Advanced life support" means a sophisticated level of prehospital and interhospital emergency care which includes basic life-support functions including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), plus cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, telemetered electrocardiography, administration of antiarrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, administration of specific medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive ventilation devices, trauma care and other authorized techniques and procedures.
(b)
"Advanced life-support personnel" means persons other than physicians engaged in the provision of advanced life support, as defined and regulated by rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
(c)
"Emergency medical technician-advanced" means a person specially trained in an advanced life-support training program authorized by the Mississippi State Board of Health.
(d)
"Emergency medical technician-paramedic" means a person specially trained in an advanced life-support training program authorized by the Mississippi State Board of Health.
(e)
"Emergency medical technician-paramedic critical care" means a person who (i) is licensed as a Mississippi Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic, and (ii) has successfully completed a critical care paramedic program recognized by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and the Mississippi State Department of Health.
(f)
"Medical control" means directions and advice provided from a centrally designated medical facility staffed by appropriate personnel, operating under medical supervision, supplying professional support through radio or telephonic communication for on-site and in-transit basic and advanced life-support services given by field and satellite facility personnel.
Laws, 1979, ch. 488, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 542, § 3, eff. 7/1/2001.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 370, HB 1313,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 392, HB 1182,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 311, SB 2202, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 60 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS - PARAMEDICS - USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-35) › IN GENERAL (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-13) › Section 41-60-13 - Promulgation of rules and regulations by State Board of Health

The Mississippi State Board of Health is authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to provide for the best and most effective emergency medical care, and to comply with national standards for advanced life support. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, advanced life support personnel may be authorized to provide advanced life support services as defined by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health. Rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this authority shall, as a minimum:
(a)
Define and authorize appropriate functions and training programs for advanced life support trainees and personnel; provided, that all such training programs shall meet or exceed the performance requirements of the current training program for the emergency medical technician-paramedic, developed for the United States Department of Transportation.
(b)
Specify minimum operational requirements which will assure medical control over all advanced life support services.
(c)
Specify minimum testing and certification requirements and provide for continuing education and periodic recertification for all advanced life support personnel.
Laws, 1979, ch. 488, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 542, § 4, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 60 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS - PARAMEDICS - USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-35) › USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR IN CASES OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (§§ 41-60-31 — 41-60-35) › Section 41-60-31 - Definitions

As used in Sections
41-60-31
through
41-60-35
.
(a)
"AED" means an automated external defibrillator, which is a device, heart monitor and defibrillator that:
(i)
Has received approval of its premarket notification filed under 21 USCS, Section 360(k) from the United States Food and Drug Administration;
(ii)
Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation, which is an abnormal heart rhythm that causes the ventricles of the heart to quiver and renders the heart unable to pump blood, or rapid ventricular tachycardia, which is a rapid heartbeat in the ventricles and is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and
(iii)
Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and advises the operator to deliver hands-free external electrical shock to patients to terminate ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia when the heart rate exceeds a preset value.
(b)
"Emergency medical services (EMS) notification" means activation of the 911 emergency response system or the equivalent.
Laws, 1999, ch. 489, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH (§§ 41-1-1 — 41-149-NEW-003) › Chapter 60 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS - PARAMEDICS - USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (§§ 41-60-1 — 41-60-35) › USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR IN CASES OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (§§ 41-60-31 — 41-60-35) › Section 41-60-33 - Requirements and training for use of automated external defibrillator

(1)
Any person may use an automated external defibrillator for the purpose of saving the life of another person in sudden cardiac death, subject to the following requirements:
(a)
A Mississippi licensed physician must exercise medical control authority over the person using the AED to ensure compliance with requirements for training, emergency medical services (EMS) notification and maintenance;
(b)
The person using the AED must have received appropriate training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and in the use of an AED by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, National Safety Council or other nationally recognized course in CPR and AED use;
(c)
The AED must not operate in a manual mode except when access control devices are in place or when appropriately licensed individuals such as registered nurses, physicians or emergency medical technician-paramedics utilize the AED; and
(d)
Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in sudden cardiac death by using an AED must activate the EMS system as soon as possible, and report any clinical use of the AED to the licensed physician.
(2)
All public schools and charter schools shall be exempt from the provisions of this section when acting in accordance with Sections 1 and 2 of this act.
Laws, 1999, ch. 489, § 2, eff. 7/1/1999.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 383, SB 2349,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2024.