Mississippi Code
In General
§ 41-23-41. Emergency service provider notice of exposure to blood or body fluids; licensed facility duties regarding infectious disease

If, in the course of providing emergency services to any person subsequently transported to a licensed facility, an emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver or other provider of emergency rescue services is exposed by direct contact to the patient's blood or other internal body fluids, the emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver or the emergency service provider, or his/her employer, shall notify the licensed facility to which the patient is transported of the blood and/or body fluid exposure. If the patient is subsequently diagnosed as having an infectious disease specified by the State Department of Health as being transmissible by blood or other internal body fluids, the licensed facility shall notify the emergency medical technician, fire fighter, bystanding caregiver, emergency service provider, or his/her employer, in such detail and according to the manner prescribed by the State Board of Health in its regulations. The State Board of Health shall adopt appropriate regulations to address the diseases involved.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 41 - Public Health

Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine

In General

§ 41-23-2. Penalties for violating health department orders with respect to life-threatening communicable diseases

§ 41-23-5. Authority of State Department of Health to investigate diseases; authority to temporarily detain individuals for disease control purposes under certain circumstances

§ 41-23-13. Suppression of nuisances injurious to public health

§ 41-23-27. Powers of State Board of Health as to persons afflicted with infectious sexually transmitted disease

§ 41-23-29. Inspection and examination of person suspected of being afflicted with infectious sexually transmitted disease

§ 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

§ 41-23-37. Immunization practices for control of vaccine preventable diseases; school attendance by unvaccinated children

§ 41-23-39. Definitions applicable to Section 41-23-41

§ 41-23-41. Emergency service provider notice of exposure to blood or body fluids; licensed facility duties regarding infectious disease

§ 41-23-45. Department of Health to provide educational material on availability of vaccines for meningitis and hepatitis A and B to public universities and colleges for distribution to students

§ 41-23-47. Preparation of statewide Hepatitis C Virus plan