Mississippi Code
General Provisions
§ 73-25-33. Practice of medicine defined

The practice of medicine shall mean to suggest, recommend, prescribe, or direct for the use of any person, any drug, medicine, appliance, or other agency, whether material or not material, for the cure, relief, or palliation of any ailment or disease of the mind or body, or for the cure or relief of any wound or fracture or other bodily injury or deformity, or the practice of obstetrics or midwifery, after having received, or with the intent of receiving therefor, either directly or indirectly, any bonus, gift, profit or compensation; provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to females engaged solely in the practice of midwifery.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 73 - Professions and Vocations

Chapter 25 - Physicians

General Provisions

§ 73-25-1. Duty to obtain license

§ 73-25-3. How license obtained; criminal history records check and fingerprinting required; educational requirements

§ 73-25-5. Application for license

§ 73-25-7. Examinations; when and where conducted

§ 73-25-9. Fees for examination

§ 73-25-11. Form of license

§ 73-25-14. Annual renewal of license; requirements for reinstatement after lapse; criminal history records check and fingerprinting

§ 73-25-15. Lost license may be supplied

§ 73-25-17. Temporary license

§ 73-25-19. Nonresidents

§ 73-25-21. Licensees from other states or Canada may be granted license without examination; affiliation with boards of medical examiners

§ 73-25-23. Licensing of graduates of foreign medical schools

§ 73-25-25. Osteopaths

§ 73-25-27. Suspension or revocation of license; notice and opportunity for hearing; appeal; subpoena power; validity of suspended or revoked license

§ 73-25-29. Nonissuance, suspension, revocation, restriction, denial of reinstatement, or denial of renewal of license; grounds

§ 73-25-31. Suspension or revocation of licenses; orders and judgments of board

§ 73-25-32. Suspension or revocation of license; reinstatement; criminal history records check and fingerprinting required

§ 73-25-33. Practice of medicine defined

§ 73-25-35. Registered nurses licensed and certified as nurse practitioners

§ 73-25-39. Books, blanks, and stationery