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Mississippi Code Title 41. Public Health § 41-58-9

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section, the following terms shall be defined as provided in this subsection:

(a) “Department” means the State Department of Health.

(b) “Mammography” means radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast.

(c) “Radiography” means the making of a film or other record of an internal structure of the body by passing x-rays or gamma rays through the body to act on film or other image receptor.

(2) The department shall adopt regulations that specify the information to be provided to patients receiving mammogram services in the written report of the mammography results that is furnished by the entity performing the mammography services directly to patients under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act, 42 USC Section 263b. Any information that the department requires to be provided in the report shall be evidence-based, consistent with accepted medical standards, and not inconsistent with the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act or regulations promulgated under that act.

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