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Mississippi Code Title 41. Public Health § 41-71-1

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

<Laws 2022, Ch. 456 (H.B. No. 657), § 4, retroactively amended this section effective May 8, 2020. >

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Home health agency” means a public or privately owned agency or organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, properly authorized to conduct business in Mississippi, which is primarily engaged in providing to individuals, at the written direction of a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or clinical nurse specialist, in the individual's place of residence, skilled nursing services provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse licensed to practice in Mississippi, and one or more of the following services or items:

(i) Physical, occupational or speech therapy;

(ii) Medical social services;

(iii) Part-time or intermittent services of a home health aide;

(iv) Other services as approved by the licensing agency;

(v) Medical supplies, other than drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances; or

(vi) Medical services provided by an intern or resident in training at a hospital under a teaching program of such hospital.

(b) “Licensing agency” means the State Department of Health.

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