MCA Chapter 34

in effect

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-1 Definitions applicable to Sections 41-34-1 through 41-34-7.

For the purposes of Sections 41-34-1 through 41-34-7 the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Health-care provider” shall mean a person licensed by this state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, podiatrist, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, nurse practitioner, dentist, chiropractor or optometrist. “Board” means the State Board of Medical Licensure, State Board of Dental Examiners, the Mississippi Board of Nursing, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners or the State Board of Optometry.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-3 Licensing boards to establish practice requirements to protect public from transmission of Hepatitis B and HIV from health-care providers.

Each board licensing health-care providers may establish by rule and regulation practice requirements based, in part, on applicable guidelines from the Federal Centers for Disease Control which will protect the public from the transmission of the Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the practice of a profession regulated by the appropriate board.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-5 Licensing boards to establish procedure for licensees and applicants for license to report status as carrier of Hepatitis B and HIV.

The boards may establish by rule and regulation requirements and procedures for a licensee and a licensure applicant to report his/her status as a carrier of the Hepatitis B Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus to the board and shall enforce such requirements and procedures.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-34-7 Confidentiality of reports of Hepatitis B or HIV carrier status.

Each report of Hepatitis B Virus carrier status or Human Immunodeficiency Virus carrier status filed in compliance with this section and each record maintained and meetings held by the boards in the course of monitoring a licensee for compliance with the practice requirements established by this section, are confidential and exempt from the provisions of the Mississippi Public Records Law, Sections 25-61-1, et seq.