2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 13 - Medical Assistance for the Aged; Medicaid.
43-13-501 - Definitions.

§ 43-13-501. Definitions.
 

As used in Sections 43-13-501 through 43-13-509, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: 
 

(a) "Board" means the State Board of Pharmacy. 

(b) "Health care facility" means any of the following: 

(i) A hospital as defined under Section 41-9-3; 

(ii) An institution for the aged or infirm as defined in Section 43-11-1; 

(iii) A hospice as defined in Section 41-85-3; 

(c) "Hospital" has the meaning as defined in Section 41-9-3. 

(d) "Nonprofit clinic" means a charitable nonprofit corporation organized and operated under Section 79-11-101 et seq., or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that provides health care services to indigent and uninsured persons. "Nonprofit clinic" does not include a health care facility as defined in this section or a facility that is operated for profit. 

(e) "Pharmacy" has the meaning as defined under Section 73-21-73. 

(f) "Prescription drug" means any drug to which the following applies: 

(i) Under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 USCS Section 301), the drug is required to bear a label containing the legend, "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to be used by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian" or any similar restrictive statement, or the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription. 

(ii) Under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, (Section 41-29-101 et seq.), the drug may be dispensed only upon a prescription. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2003, ch. 543, § 9, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 21, 2003.)