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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 113 - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE (§§ 37-113-1 — 37-113-NEW-006) › DR. ELTON MAC HUDDLESTON RURAL VETERINARIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (§§ 37-113-NEW-001 — 37-113-NEW-006) › Section 37-113-NEW-002 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Definitions]

As used in this act, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless context of use clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
"Veterinary student" means a student enrolled in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
(b)
"Dean" means the Dean of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
(c)
"Food supply animal" includes cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and poultry.
(d)
"Food supply animal veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is engaged in general or food supply animal practice as his or her primary focus of practice and who has thirty percent (30%) of his or her practice devoted to food supply animal veterinary medicine.
(e)
"Large animal veterinarian" means a veterinarian whose practice is focused primarily on the health and safety of farm animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses, who must spend sixty percent (60%) of their time providing care for large animals.
(f)
"Program" means the Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarian Scholarship Program administered by the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
(g)
"Rural community" means an area of the state with a population density less than five hundred (500) people per square mile as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(h)
"Rural mixed animal veterinarian" means a veterinarian who practices in a rural community with provision of care to both small animals, i.e., dogs or cats, and large animals, i.e., cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or horses, within which the veterinarian must spend a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of his or her time providing care to large animals.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 362, HB 1210,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 113 - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE (§§ 37-113-1 — 37-113-NEW-006) › DR. ELTON MAC HUDDLESTON RURAL VETERINARIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (§§ 37-113-NEW-001 — 37-113-NEW-006) › Section 37-113-NEW-003 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Powers and duties of Dean of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine]

The Dean of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
Develop the administrative policy for the Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program;
(b)
Promulgating rules and regulations, with the advice and consent of the President of Mississippi State University of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, pertaining to the implementation and operation of the Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program;
(c)
Annually establish a selection committee, composed of faculty of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, rural mixed animal veterinarians and large animal veterinarians, which shall conduct a process, independent from the university's Admissions Committee, to review applications, conduct virtual or in-person interviews and select recipients;
(d)
Establish a budget, with the advice and consent of the President of Mississippi State University of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, to support the activities of the program and periodically review, and if appropriate, revise the scholarship and other stipends offered through the program;
(e)
Review scholarship recipients' progress in the program and mentor students and veterinarians participating in the program; and
(f)
Develop and participate in programs that provide initial practice support in collaboration with other interested professional organizations;
(h)
Give preference for approving communities for purposes of Section 4(2)(d) to communities located in areas designated by the American Veterinary Medical Association or the United States Department of Agriculture as veterinary shortage areas.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 362, HB 1210,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 113 - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE (§§ 37-113-1 — 37-113-NEW-006) › DR. ELTON MAC HUDDLESTON RURAL VETERINARIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (§§ 37-113-NEW-001 — 37-113-NEW-006) › Section 37-113-NEW-005 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Authority to accept gifts, donations]

(1)
The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine is authorized to accept gifts, donations, bequests, trusts, grants, endowments, transfers of money or securities, repayments and any other monies from any source whatsoever to be used for the purposes of administering the Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program.
(2)
The dean shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature not later than December 1 of each year, which shall include, but not be limited to, information about who received scholarships under the program and how much each person received, and the amount of any funds received under subsection (1) of this section and how those funds were used for the purpose of the program.
(3)
The appropriation request of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the program shall be reduced if a saturation point is achieved and the shortage of veterinary services in rural Mississippi is adequately addressed.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 362, HB 1210,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 113 - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE (§§ 37-113-1 — 37-113-NEW-006) › DR. ELTON MAC HUDDLESTON RURAL VETERINARIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (§§ 37-113-NEW-001 — 37-113-NEW-006) › Section 37-113-NEW-006 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Release from program]

(1)
A veterinarian shall be released from the program contract without penalty if:
(a)
The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract;
(b)
The veterinarian is unable to complete the service requirements of the contract because of a permanent physical disability;
(c)
The veterinarian demonstrates extreme hardship or shows other good cause justifying the release; or
(d)
The veterinarian dies.
(2)
An obligation to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 shall be postponed during:
(a)
Any period of temporary medical disability during which the person obligated is unable to practice veterinary medicine due to the disability; and
(b)
Any other period of postponement agreed to or determined in accordance with criteria agreed to in the practice agreement.
(3)
A veterinarian shall be released from further performance of veterinary services under the program contract if he or she is unable to perform his or her contractual obligations to provide veterinary services due to the suspension or revocation of his or her federal accreditation or denial, refusal of renewal, limitation, suspension, revocation, or other disciplinary measure taken against his or her license to practice in the State of Mississippi pursuant to the Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act, Chapter 39, Title 73, Mississippi Code of 1972, particularly, Sections
73-39-75
and
73-39-77
. If a veterinarian is released from his or her contract pursuant to this subsection, the program may recover a portion of or all of the payments made to such veterinarian under Section 4 of this act. The dean may use appropriate remedies available to enforce this subsection.
(4)
Upon the failure of a person to satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of veterinary medicine in a rural community in accordance with the provisions of this section with no just cause as outlined in subsection (1), that person shall, within ninety (90) days of the failure, be liable for the repayment of all financial assistance provided to such person through the program prescribed in accordance with the policies adopted by the dean, less a prorated amount based on any periods of veterinary medicine practice meeting the requirements of this section, plus interest at the prime rate of two percent (2%) from the date the assistance accrued. The interest on any unpaid obligation for violations specified in this subsection shall be compounded annually.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 362, HB 1210,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2024.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-5) › Section 37-115-1 - Organization

The University of Mississippi, incorporated on the twenty-fourth of February, A. D., 1844, shall continue to exist as a body-politic and corporate by that name and style, with all its property, real and personal, and with all the franchises, rights, powers and privileges heretofore conferred on it by law or properly incident to such a body and necessary to accomplish the end of its creation; said university may receive, hold and dispose of all real and personal property conveyed to it for such purpose.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 9, art. 31(1); 1857, ch. 11, art. 1; 1871, § 2062; 1880, § 745; 1892, § 4443; 1906, § 5022; Hemingway's 1917, § 7927; 1930, § 7197; 1942, § 6705.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-5) › Section 37-115-3 - University lands shall not be taxed

The lands and property of the University of Mississippi shall not be subject to state, county or municipal taxation. The buildings and improvements that are or may be erected on any land belonging to the university that has been or may be leased to private persons for the purpose of affording cheap board to the students attending the institution, shall not be subject to taxation.
Codes, 1880, § 766; 1892, § 4459; 1906, § 5036; Hemingway's 1917, § 7934; 1930, § 7201; 1942, § 6707.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › IN GENERAL (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-5) › Section 37-115-5 - Lands shall not be leased save for an annual rent

The lands belonging to the University of Mississippi shall not be leased without a provision in the lease for the payment of an annual rent to the treasurer of the institution.
Codes, 1892, § 4460; 1906, § 5037; Hemingway's 1917, § 7935; 1930, § 7202; 1942, § 6708.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-21 - "Medical school" defined

Whenever used in Sections 37-115-21 through
37-115-33
, the term "medical school" shall mean the four-year, standard medical school provided for in Section
37-115-23
as a department of the University of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-01; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-23 - Creation of medical school

There is hereby created a four-year, standard medical school as a department of the University of Mississippi, which school shall be equipped and operated as a standard medical school in accordance with the recommended standards of the Council on Medical Education and hospitals of the American Medical Association and the council of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-02; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-25 - University Hospital; University of Mississippi Medical Center and University Hospital authorized to enter into faculty physician and staff recruitment agreements

(1)
There shall be built, equipped and operated as a part of the medical school, a teaching hospital of the size of not less than three-hundred-fifty-bed capacity, together with all ancillary buildings and physical facilities needful or proper for the establishment, operation and maintenance of such a hospital as a part of a fully accredited four-year medical school, including, clinical and outpatient services and all types of services deemed to be necessary or desirable as a part of the functioning of such a teaching hospital. Said teaching hospital shall be known as the University Hospital. There shall also be acquired and installed all needed equipment and supplies for the proper operation and maintenance of such medical school and hospital and other facilities for the purposes aforesaid. There shall be employed all needed personnel and services to operate said medical school and hospital and other facilities.
(2)
As part of employing appropriate professional staff, the University Medical Center and University Hospital are authorized to enter into recruitment agreements to provide for needed faculty physicians and staff. Said agreements may include, but are not limited to, salary supplements, transfer and moving expenses and payment of medical school loans. Any amount so advanced shall be forgiven over not less than a three-year period of a year-for-year pro rata basis. In the event that the physician should leave University of Mississippi Medical Center employment, said physician shall repay any remaining sum(s) so advanced plus interest as negotiated in the agreement. Said amounts to be repaid over no more than a two-year period.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-03; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 3; Laws, 2009, ch. 414, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-27 - Location of school and hospital

The medical school and teaching hospital shall be built and equipped together, in connection with each other, or as nearly together or connected as may promote the most efficient operation of both of them in proper coordination one with the other. The medical school and teaching hospital shall be located and built upon part of the lands owned by the State of Mississippi in or near the City of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, and commonly known as the old asylum lands, to be selected by the State Building Commission. The medical school and teaching hospital may have other locations as determined to be reasonable and necessary by the University of Mississippi Medical Center. All University of Mississippi Medical Center locations shall provide in the aggregate not less than fifty percent (50%) of their services to indigent persons including qualified beneficiaries of the State Medicaid Program.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-04; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 4; Laws, 1996, ch. 496, § 1, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-29 - Conveyance to University of Mississippi

The state building commission shall construct the buildings and all other related facilities for said medical school and teaching hospital. When such buildings shall have been constructed and made ready for occupancy, the lands so selected by the state building commission for the use of said medical school and teaching hospital, together with the buildings and other improvements erected thereon, shall be conveyed by the state building commission to the University of Mississippi, and title to said property shall be vested in the University of Mississippi. Said medical school and teaching hospital shall be operated as departments of the University of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-09; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-31 - Operation of hospital

The teaching hospital and related facilities shall be utilized to serve the people of Mississippi generally. The teaching hospital and related facilities shall have the power necessary to enter into group purchasing arrangements as deemed reasonable and necessary, and such powers as are necessary to establish and operate health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, prepaid health benefit plans and other managed care entities regulated by Section
83-41-301
et seq., and the power to establish rates and charges for health care services, either on a fee for service, discounted, capitated or other risk based payment basis, and provided that any such entity shall primarily provide care and services to indigent persons or qualified beneficiaries of the State Medicaid Program; and further provided, however, any entity, or any affiliate of any such entity, that now or in the future provides management services to the University of Mississippi Medical Center or any of its facilities, shall not be affiliated in any manner with any managed care product established by the University of Mississippi Medical Center under the authority of this section. There shall be a reasonable volume of free work; however, said volume shall never be less than one-half of its bed capacity for indigent patients who are eligible and qualified under the state charity fund for charity hospitalization of indigent persons, or qualified beneficiaries of the State Medicaid Program. The income derived from the operations of said hospital, including all facilities thereof, shall be utilized toward the payment of the operating expenses of said hospital, including all facilities thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-10; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 10; Laws, 1996, ch. 496, § 2, eff. 4/11/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-33 - Facilities for training nurses

The state building commission in the development of the architectural facilities of the medical center and hospital facilities is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to erect and equip adequate facilities for the training of nurses under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-15; Laws, 1950, ch. 378, § 15.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (§§ 37-115-21 — 37-115-35) › Section 37-115-35 - Fielding L. Wright Memorial Health Fund established

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a fund to be known as "The Fielding L. Wright Memorial Health Fund," which fund shall be administered by said board.
The corpus of "The Fielding L. Wright Memorial Health Fund" shall consist of any moneys appropriated to it by the state legislature and any funds received by donation, gift, legacy, or otherwise, the said board of trustees being hereby specifically authorized and empowered to accept such funds. All funds received by said board of trustees shall be invested in the following classes of securities, preference being in the order listed:
(a)
Bonds, notes, certificates, and other valid obligations of the State of Mississippi, or any county or city of the State of Mississippi, or of any school district bonds of the State of Mississippi;
(b)
Bonds, notes, certificates, and other valid obligations of the United States;
(c)
Bonds, notes, debentures and other securities issued by any federal instrumentality and fully guaranteed by the United States; or
(d)
Interest-bearing bonds or notes which are general obligations of any other state in the United States or of any city or county therein, provided that any such city or county had a population as shown by the federal census next preceding such investment of not less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and provided that any such state, city or county has not defaulted for a period longer than thirty days in the payment of principal or interest on any of its general obligation indebtedness during a period of ten calendar years immediately preceding such investment.
All interest derived from investments and any gains from the sale or exchange of investments shall be expended by the staff of the University Medical Center, under the supervision of the director of the University Medical Center, for medical research in behalf of The Fielding L. Wright Memorial Health Fund.
Codes, 1942, § 6725-21; Laws, 1958, ch. 465, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (§§ 37-115-41 — 37-115-49) › Section 37-115-45 - Mississippi Burn Center; establishment; funding

(1)
The University of Mississippi Medical Center shall establish a separate unit at the medical center for the treatment of burn victims, which shall be known as the Mississippi Burn Center. The opening and operation of the Mississippi Burn Center shall be conditioned upon the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning making a written determination, spread upon their minutes, that adequate funds are available from public and/or private sources for the annual operating cost of the facility.
(2)
The Legislature may appropriate funds for the construction of the Mississippi Burn Center, and may appropriate sufficient funds annually to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for the operation of the Mississippi Burn Center.
Laws, 2007, ch. 569, § 1, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (§§ 37-115-41 — 37-115-49) › Section 37-115-47 - Authorization to dispose of properly preserved food through charitable donation

(1)
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is authorized to dispose of food that has been frozen or properly preserved for human consumption through donation to charitable facilities, charitable organizations and/or individuals providing charitable services as the Medical Center deems appropriate.
(2)
The executive director of the charitable facility or organization, receiving such food, or his authorized designee, shall agree to a waiver of liability in favor of the State of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center stating that such donations are being provided in the condition used by the State of Mississippi and the University Medical Center, and without warranty of any nature.
Laws, 2009, ch. 534, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (§§ 37-115-41 — 37-115-49) › Section 37-115-48 - Authorization to disinter, remove or reinter human remains reposing in potter's field on Medical Center property to a different location on the property under certain circumstances; procedure

(1)
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is authorized, in its discretion, to rearrange or disinter, remove or reinter, where applicable, human remains reposing in the potter's field located on the University of Mississippi Medical Center's property to a different location on the medical center's property when the disinterment, removal or reinterment, where applicable, is necessary for proper and efficient maintenance and management.
(2)
Markers, headstones, or other identification shall accompany the remains whenever identification exists, and a record of the removal and reinterment, where applicable, shall be maintained in the files of the Chancery Clerk of Hinds County, Mississippi.
(3)
Before taking any action authorized under this section, the University of Mississippi Medical Center shall first advertise its intent to rearrange, disinter, remove or reinter, where applicable, remains from the property by publishing notice in a newspaper of the county once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
(4)
The University of Mississippi Medical Center and its officers and employees shall be immune from any action or suit arising from the maintenance or attempted maintenance of the potter's field and the rearrangement, removal or reinterment, where applicable, of remains, when performed in good faith under authority of this section.
Added by Laws, 2018, ch. 426, SB 2895, 1, eff. 3/27/2018.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER (§§ 37-115-41 — 37-115-49) › Section 37-115-49 - University of Mississippi Medical Center - ACT Center Fund created; purpose

(1)
During fiscal year 2010, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the State General Fund to the University of Mississippi Medical Center - ACT Center Fund created in subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
(a)
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "University of Mississippi Medical Center - ACT Center Fund," which shall consist of monies deposited therein under subsection (1) of this section and monies from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.
(b)
Monies in the fund may be used by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of providing funds for the ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Laws, 2009, ch. 563, § 17, eff. 5/15/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER; JOINT-PURCHASING ARRANGEMENTS, JOINT VENTURES, JOINT-OPERATING AGREEMENTS, ETC (§§ 37-115-50 — 37-115-50.3) › Section 37-115-50 - Definitions

For purposes of Sections 37-115-50 through
37-115-50.3
, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
"Academic medical center" means the teaching, research, and clinical facilities and services provided, established, or operated by a public university under Chapter 115, Title 37, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(b)
"Health sciences school" means any school of medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and any other health care-related educational program operated or provided by an academic medical center in this state.
(c)
"Health care collaborative" means any consolidation or collaboration involving the academic medical center and any other public, private, for-profit or nonprofit health care facilities and providers.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 453, SB 2323,§ 3, eff. 3/30/2023.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 398, HB 926, 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER; JOINT-PURCHASING ARRANGEMENTS, JOINT VENTURES, JOINT-OPERATING AGREEMENTS, ETC (§§ 37-115-50 — 37-115-50.3) › Section 37-115-50.1 - University of Mississippi Medical Center authorized to enter into certain joint-purchasing arrangements, joint ventures, joint-operating agreements, etc

Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (hereafter known as the "academic medical center") is authorized to directly or indirectly enter into joint-purchasing arrangements, however structured, on terms customary in the market or required by the organization and to enter into joint ventures, joint-operating agreements, or similar arrangements with community hospitals or other public or private health-related organizations, or with for-profit or nonprofit corporations or other organizations, to establish arrangements for the academic medical center to participate in financial integration and/or clinical integration or clinically integrated networks with a joint venture, with community hospitals or other public or private health-related organizations, or with other for-profit or nonprofit corporations or other organizations, or through a joint-operating agreement, and to provide for contracts of employment or contracts for services and ownership of property on terms that will protect the public interest.
Added by Laws, 2017, ch. 398, HB 926, 2, eff. 7/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF NURSING (§ 37-115-51) › Section 37-115-51 - School of nursing created

The legislature hereby finds that there is great need of additional and better trained nurses in Mississippi and the purpose of this section is to meet that need to the extent herein provided.
The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and directed to establish a school of nursing at the University of Mississippi under the jurisdiction of the dean of the school of medicine or such other authority as said board of trustees may determine, and other regularly constituted administrative authorities of the university.
Said board of trustees shall provide for such school, such buildings and equipment, and such teaching staff and other personnel as may be deemed appropriate for the establishment and operation of such school of nursing and for the performance of the other functions herein provided for, all of which shall, however, be done within the appropriations made for such purposes.
Such school of nursing shall, under the direction and supervision of the dean of the school of medicine and the other regularly constituted administrative authorities of the university and of said board of trustees and under curricula to be prescribed by said board, and beginning each of its functions at such time as may be determined by said board, carry on a teaching course, looking to the conferring of bachelor's or master's degrees in nursing.
Such school of nursing shall under the same direction, supervision, control and conditions as set forth in the fourth paragraph hereof, have authority, in its discretion, to arrange and contract with hospitals, hospital schools of nursing or other similar institutions, for students in the school of nursing to take clinical training and practice in such institutions. It shall have the further authority to contract with hospitals, hospital schools of nursing or other similar institutions with respect to providing to any such institution instructors or instruction services from the university school of nursing upon full or part time basis and upon such basis of compensation or reimbursement of costs as may be deemed reasonable and proper in view of the public interests involved.
Under the same supervision, direction, control and conditions as are set forth in the fourth paragraph hereof, said school of nursing shall also administer such scholarship programs in nursing education and such activities with respect to recruitment of nursing students and counseling work with such students and prospective students as may be provided for by the legislature from time to time.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-21; Laws, 1948, ch. 287, §§ 1-7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-61 - Contributions by certain counties toward construction, erection and equipping of University Hospital

Any county of this state now or hereafter having a population of more than 100,000 according to the latest available census, acting by and through its board of supervisors, is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) toward the construction, erection and equipping of a teaching hospital and related facilities in the four year school of medicine of the University of Mississippi created and authorized by the terms and provisions of Sections
37-115-21
through
37-115-33
.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-19; Laws, 1950, ch. 379, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-65 - Utilization of proceeds of contributions

The proceeds of any contribution made by any county under the provisions of Section
37-115-61
, including the proceeds of any bonds issued for such purpose, shall be paid by the board of supervisors of such county into the state treasury into a special fund in the state treasury to the credit of the state building commission and shall thereafter be utilized and expended by said building commission for the construction, erection and equipping of a teaching hospital and related facilities in the manner and under the terms, provisions and conditions of Sections
37-115-21
through
37-115-33
.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-19; Laws, 1950, ch. 379, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-67 - Contribution does not give county right in facilities nor impose maintenance obligation

If any such county makes the contribution or donation as provided for in Section
37-115-61
, neither such donation nor any provisions of Sections
37-115-61
through 37-115-67 shall be held to give rise to any right of title, lien, encumbrance or other right in the buildings, facilities or equipment so constructed or acquired and installed by means of or with the aid of such contribution or donation or upon the site on which they are located. Neither shall such donation nor any provisions of said sections give rise to any right or obligation on the part of such county with respect to the operation or maintenance of said hospital, facilities or equipment.
Codes, 1942, § 6708-19; Laws, 1950, ch. 379, §§ 1-4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-69 - Contributions by certain counties towards construction, erection and equipping of university facilities

Any county of this state now or hereafter having a population of more than one hundred thousand according to the latest available census, and in which there is located a municipality of one hundred thousand or more, acting by and through its board of supervisors, is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) toward the construction, erection and equipping of educational facilities to be utilized by the University of Mississippi within such county, by the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-41; Laws, 1962, ch. 370, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-73 - Utilization of proceeds of contributions

The proceeds of any contribution made by any county under the provisions of Section
37-115-69
, including the proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued for such purposes, shall be paid by the board of supervisors of such county into the state treasury into a special fund to the credit of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, and shall thereafter be utilized and expended by said board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning in the construction, erection and equipping of educational facilities in such county to be utilized by the University of Mississippi.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-43; Laws, 1962, ch. 370, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR BENEFIT OF UNIVERSITY (§§ 37-115-61 — 37-115-75) › Section 37-115-75 - Contribution does not give county right in educational facilities nor impose maintenance obligation

If any such county makes the contribution or donation as provided for in Section
37-115-69
, neither such donation nor any provisions of Sections
37-115-69
through 37-115-75 shall be held to give rise to any right of title, lien, encumbrance or other right in the buildings, facilities or equipment so constructed or acquired and installed by means of or with the aid of such contribution or donation or upon the site on which they are located. Neither shall such donation nor any provision of said sections give rise to any right or obligation on the part of such county with respect to the operation or maintenance of said educational facilities and equipment.
Codes, 1942, § 2926-44; Laws, 1962, ch. 370, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-101 - Direction and authority to establish

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby directed and authorized to establish a school of dentistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 1, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-103 - Object and purpose

The object and purpose of the establishment of a school of dentistry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center shall be the encouragement of the study of dentistry toward the doctor of dental medicine degree, as well as the continued education of the state's dental health professions; and the encouragement of dental research and the improvement of dental health.
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 2, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-105 - When school may be in operation, staff employed and construction begun

The school of dentistry created and authorized by Sections
37-115-101
through
37-115-111
shall be in operation within three (3) years from the date the legislature makes funds available for the construction of a building to house said school; provided, however, that no staff may be employed and no construction may begin until one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) from the City of Jackson and one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) from Hinds County has been deposited in the state treasury for use by the building commission in construction and furnishing of the dental school. The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is authorized and directed to take any and all necessary and proper actions for the implementation of this section.
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 3, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-107 - Dean, faculty, staff and other employees; physical plant; courses of study and research

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to elect or appoint a dean of this school; to determine and provide for an adequate faculty, staff and other employees; to fix and provide for the compensation of said faculty, staff and employees; to provide an adequate physical plant for this school; to prescribe the courses of study and research compatible with the objects and purposes hereinabove set forth; and to do and accomplish all other related functions consistent with the implementation of Sections
37-115-101
through
37-115-111
.
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 4, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-109 - Recognition and accreditation

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is directed, empowered and authorized to take necessary and proper actions to assure that the school of dentistry of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, as hereby established, acquires and maintains recognition and accreditation in local, regional and national accreditation associations at least at the level of its counterparts in the southeastern region of the United States and on a level with the other professional schools of this state.
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 5, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (§§ 37-115-101 — 37-115-111) › Section 37-115-111 - Lands and buildings for school; payment for construction cost; "School of Dentistry Fund."

The state building commission is authorized and directed to provide suitable land presently state owned or received as a gift, and buildings to house the school of dentistry; and payment for the construction costs of such buildings shall be made from any money made available to carry out the provisions of Sections
37-115-101
through 37-115-111. Any funds appropriated or granted from any source shall be put into a fund in the office of the state treasurer to be designated as the "School of Dentistry Fund."
Laws, 1973, ch. 388, § 6, eff. 3/28/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF LAW (§§ 37-115-121 — 37-115-131) › Section 37-115-121 - Robert C. Khayat Law Center designated

The new building, currently under construction at the University of Mississippi School of Law, located in Oxford, Mississippi, shall be named the "Robert C. Khayat Law Center." The University of Mississippi School of Law shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the university of Dr. Khayat.
Laws, 2007, ch. 449, § 1, eff. 3/26/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 115 - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (§§ 37-115-1 — 37-115-131) › SCHOOL OF LAW (§§ 37-115-121 — 37-115-131) › DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN FREEDOM (§ 37-115-131) › Section 37-115-131 - 2023 Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom Fund created; use of monies

A special fund, to be designated as the "2023 Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom Fund", is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund. Monies deposited into the fund shall be expended by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support the operations of the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom ("Center") at the University of Mississippi, subject to the conditions that the Center shall:
(a)
Promote scholarly research and civic education by exploring the principles of freedom expressed in our country's founding documents;
(b)
Support individual faculty members at institutions of higher learning who have been named Declaration Fellows and who actively participate in the Center's network of scholars and further the mission and principles of the Center;
(c)
Support classes, activities, and internships that advance students' understanding of American freedom at both the secondary and post-secondary level of education, including support for the operation of any Freedom Studies minor that may be available for academic credit at the University of Mississippi, as well as support for all Freedom Studies courses belonging to this minor; and
(d)
Continue to be governed and advised in accordance with the Center governing structure described in the last paragraph of the Center mission statement signed by the Chancellor, Provost and founding Director of the Center and received in the Office of the Chancellor on March 1, 2023.
Laws, 2023, ch. 549, § 25, eff. 4/21/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 117 - MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (§§ 37-117-1 — 37-117-11) › Section 37-117-1 - Organization

The institution incorporated by the act of the legislature, approved March 12, 1884, and established in pursuance thereof, shall continue to exist as a body politic and corporate by the name of the "Mississippi College for Women," with all its property and franchises, rights, powers and privileges conferred on it by law, or properly incident to such a body and necessary to accomplish the purpose of its creation; said college may receive and hold all real estate and personal property conveyed or given to it for such purposes. However, the name "Mississippi State College for Women" is hereafter changed to "Mississippi University for Women," without interference with the rights, powers and prerogatives of said college which continue in all respects. Whenever the name "Mississippi College for Women" appears the same is construed to denote "Mississippi University for Women."
Codes, 1892, § 2295; 1906, § 2523; Hemingway's 1917, § 4948; Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 5729; 1930, § 7204; 1942, § 6710; Laws, 1920, ch. 256; Laws, 1974, ch. 367, § 2, eff. 3/15/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 117 - MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (§§ 37-117-1 — 37-117-11) › Section 37-117-3 - Purpose and aim of university

The purpose and aim of the Mississippi State College for Women is the moral and intellectual advancement of the girls of the state by the maintenance of a first-class institution for their education in the arts and sciences, for their training in normal school methods and kindergarten, for their instruction in bookkeeping, photography, stenography, telegraphy, and typewriting, and in designing, drawing, engraving, and painting, and their industrial application, and for their instruction in fancy, general and practical needlework, and in such other industrial branches as experience, from time to time, shall suggest as necessary or proper to fit them for the practical affairs of life.
Codes, 1892, § 2296; 1906, § 2524; Hemingway's 1917, § 4949; 1930, § 7205; 1942, § 6711.