MCA Chapter 42

in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-1 Title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Family Planning Law of 1972.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-3 Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter and as used herein: “Board” means the Mississippi State Board of Health; “Physician” means any doctor of medicine duly licensed to practice his profession in Mississippi or the state in which he resides and lawfully practicing his profession; “Contraceptive procedures” means any medically accepted procedure designed to prevent conception; “Contraceptive supplies” means those medically approved items designed to prevent conception through chemical, mechanical, or other means.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-5 Power and authority of State Board of Health.

The State Board of Health is authorized to receive and disburse such funds as may become available to it for family planning programs to any organization, public or private, engaged in providing contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information. Any family planning program administered by the board may be developed in consultation and coordination with other family planning agencies in this state. The board is hereby authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. The board may provide for the dissemination of medically acceptable contraceptive information and supplies by duly authorized persons in state and county health and welfare departments and in medical facilities at institutions of higher learning.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-42-7 Furnishing contraceptive supplies and information to minors.

Contraceptive supplies and information may be furnished by physicians to any minor who is a parent, or who is married, or who has the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian, or who has been referred for such service by another physician, a clergyman, a family planning clinic, a school or institution of higher learning, or any agency or instrumentality of this state or any subdivision thereof.