Any person who shall knowingly and willfully violate the lawful order of the county, district or state health officer where that person is afflicted with a life-threatening communicable disease or the causative agent thereof shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or by both.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine
§ 41-23-13. Suppression of nuisances injurious to public health
§ 41-23-30. Confidential testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted disease
§ 41-23-31. Donations to state board of health
§ 41-23-33. State Board of Health may call upon the federal government