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Regulation of Hospitals
§ 41-9-1. Declaration of purpose - The purpose of Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-39 is to protect...
§ 41-9-3. Definitions - As used in Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-35: "Hospital" means a...
§ 41-9-7. License - No person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with...
§ 41-9-11. Issuance and renewal of license - Upon receipt of an application for license and the license...
§ 41-9-13. Issuance of temporary licenses - The licensing agency may issue temporary licenses under Sections 41-9-1...
§ 41-9-15. Denial or revocation of license; notice, hearings and review - The licensing agency, after notice and opportunity for hearing to...
§ 41-9-17. Rules, regulations and standards - The licensing agency shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such...
§ 41-9-19. Effective date of rules, regulations or standards - Any hospital which is in operation at the time of...
§ 41-9-21. Inspections and consultations - The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made...
§ 41-9-23. Information confidential - Information received by the licensing agency through filed reports, inspection,...
§ 41-9-29. Annual report of licensing agency - The licensing agency shall prepare and publish an annual report...
§ 41-9-31. Judicial review - Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by the decision of the...
§ 41-9-33. Penalties - Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating any hospital without...
§ 41-9-35. Injunction - Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the...
Reimbursement for Trauma Care Service
§ 41-9-51. Hospitals authorized to charge patient for reasonable cost of activating trauma care services under certain circumstances; reimbursement by health-care insurer - Any hospital that reasonably activates a trauma care team in...
Hospital Records - Preparation, Preservation and Destruction
§ 41-9-61. Definitions - As used in Sections 41-9-61 through 41-9-83: "Hospital" shall have...
§ 41-9-63. Hospitals required to prepare and maintain hospital records - All hospitals, their officers or employees and medical and nursing...
§ 41-9-64. Electronic medical records containing electronic signature deemed signed - An electronic medical record or medical order containing an electronic...
§ 41-9-67. Hospital records not public records; privileged communications rule not impaired - Except as otherwise provided by law, hospital records shall not...
§ 41-9-71. Early retirement of hospital records on consent of patient and physician - Any hospital may, in its discretion, retire any hospital record...
§ 41-9-73. Retention of hospital records for longer periods - Any hospital may retain, preserve and store hospital records for...
§ 41-9-75. Abstracts of hospital records; destruction of originals - Upon retirement of any hospital record or part thereof, the...
§ 41-9-77. Reproduction of hospital records - Any hospital may, in its discretion, cause any hospital record...
§ 41-9-79. Disposition of hospital records on closing of hospital - If any hospital shall be finally closed, its hospital records...
§ 41-9-81. Business records of hospitals - The commissioners or board of trustees of any hospital owned...
§ 41-9-83. Violations; civil liability - Willful violation of the provisions of Sections 41-9-61 through 41-9-83...
Hospital Records - Use in Trials and Administrative Hearings
§ 41-9-101. Definitions - As used in Sections 41-9-101 through 41-9-119, the following terms...
§ 41-9-103. Furnishing copies of records in compliance with subpoenas - Except as hereinafter provided, when a subpoena duces tecum is...
§ 41-9-105. Sealing, identification and direction of copies - The copy of the records shall be separately enclosed in...
§ 41-9-107. Opening of sealed envelopes - Unless the sealed envelope or wrapper is returned to a...
§ 41-9-109. Affidavit of custodian as to copies; charges - The records shall be accompanied by an affidavit of a...
§ 41-9-113. Obtaining personal attendance of custodian - The personal attendance of the custodian shall be required if...
§ 41-9-115. Obtaining personal attendance of custodian and production of original record - The personal attendance of the custodian and the production of...
§ 41-9-117. Substitution of copies after introduction of records into evidence - In view of the property right of the hospital in...
§ 41-9-119. Evidence of reasonableness of medical expenses - Proof that medical, hospital, and doctor bills were paid or...
Rural Hospital Flexibility Act
§ 41-9-201. Short title - This article is entitled and may be cited as the...
§ 41-9-203. State policy - It is the policy of the State of Mississippi to...
§ 41-9-205. Definitions - When used in this article, the following definitions shall apply,...
§ 41-9-209. Designation as a critical access hospital - Any hospital is authorized to seek designation as a critical...
§ 41-9-210. Critical access hospitals authorized to bank licensed hospital acute care beds; banked beds may be relicensed without certificate of need - If a hospital seeks a new license from the department...
§ 41-9-211. Formation of a rural health network not subject to antitrust laws - In forming an integrated network and in contracting for services,...
§ 41-9-213. Rules and regulations - The department shall adopt, in accordance with Section 25-43-1 et...
§ 41-9-215. Insurance and other coverage to provide benefits for services performed by critical access hospitals - Each individual and group policy of accident and sickness insurance,...
§ 41-9-217. Additional personnel - The department is hereby authorized to hire additional personnel to...
Rural Health Availability Act
§ 41-9-301. Short title - Sections 41-9-301 through 41-9-311 shall be known and may be...
§ 41-9-303. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds and declares the following: In rural areas,...
§ 41-9-305. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 41-9-301 through 41-9-311, the following...
§ 41-9-309. Judicial review - Any applicant aggrieved by a decision of the department under...
§ 41-9-311. Certificates of need - Nothing in this act exempts hospitals from compliance with the...