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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or Mental Retardation.
- 41-21-1 - through 41-21-29. Repealed.
- 41-21-31 - and 41-21-33. Repealed.
- 41-21-35 - Legal settlement of persons with mental illness and mental retardation.
- 41-21-37 - through 41-21-41. Repealed.
- 41-21-43 - and 41-21-45. Repealed.
- 41-21-61 - Definitions.
- 41-21-63 - Commitment proceedings; jurisdiction of chancery court and circuit court.
- 41-21-65 - Affidavit for commitment.
- 41-21-67 - Person to be taken into custody; appointment of examining physicians, or physician and psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; appointment of attorney; emergency patient status.
- 41-21-69 - Examination by physicians or physician and psychologist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; presence of attorney.
- 41-21-71 - Procedure after examination; release or confinement pending hearing.
- 41-21-73 - Procedures for hearing; evidence; witnesses; commitment; disposition and findings.
- 41-21-74 - Requirements for outpatient commitments.
- 41-21-75 - Repealed.
- 41-21-76 - Waiver of rights by respondent.
- 41-21-77 - Commitment to state hospital or Veterans Administration facility.
- 41-21-79 - Payment of costs.
- 41-21-81 - Twenty days' observation, diagnosis and treatment; notice of need for further treatment; right to hearing on need for further treatment.
- 41-21-82 - Report prior to termination of initial commitment or discharge.
- 41-21-83 - Hearing on need for further treatment.
- 41-21-85 - Payment of costs of hearing on need for further treatment.
- 41-21-87 - Discharge at behest of director of treatment facility.
- 41-21-89 - Discharge at behest of patient, attorney, relative or guardian.
- 41-21-91 - Deportation of nonresidents.
- 41-21-93 - Warrant for patient absent without authorization.
- 41-21-95 - Payment of costs incurred in transporting discharged patients home or returning patients on unauthorized leave.
- 41-21-97 - Confidentiality of hospital records and information; exceptions.
- 41-21-99 - Continued care of patients.
- 41-21-101 - Admissions and commitments not adjudication of incompetency.
- 41-21-102 - Patients' rights.
- 41-21-103 - Voluntary admissions for treatment.
- 41-21-105 - Civil and criminal immunity.
- 41-21-107 - Criminal offenses.
- 41-21-109 - Rehabilitation facilities for adolescents with mental illness or mental retardation; establishment.
- 41-21-151 - Crisis Intervention Mental Health Fund created; purpose; distribution of monies from fund; fund to be a continuing fund; components of fund.
- 41-21-201 - Newborn screening program.
- 41-21-203 - Testing of newborn children for certain conditions.
- 41-21-205 - Creation of Birth Defects Registry.
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