Mississippi Code
Hospital Records - Preparation, Preservation and Destruction
§ 41-9-67. Hospital records not public records; privileged communications rule not impaired

Except as otherwise provided by law, hospital records shall not constitute public records, and nothing contained in Sections 41-9-61 through 41-9-83 shall be deemed to impair any privilege of confidence conferred by law or the Mississippi Rules of Evidence on patients, their personal representatives or heirs, by Section 13-1-21, Mississippi Code of 1972.