2013 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 9 - REGULATION OF HOSPITALS; HOSPITAL RECORDS
HOSPITAL RECORDS -- PREPARATION, PRESERVATION AND DESTRUCTION
§ 41-9-79 - Disposition of hospital records on closing of hospital
If any hospital shall be finally closed, its hospital records may be delivered and turned over to any other hospital or hospitals in the vicinity willing to accept and retain the same as provided for in Section 41-9-69. If there be no such other hospital, the closing hospital shall deliver its hospital records, in good order and properly indexed for convenient reference, to the licensing agency, which shall store, retain, retire and provide access to the information therein in the same manner as is provided for by hospitals. In its discretion, the licensing agency may also exercise like authority, and to the same effect, with respect to reproduction of such hospital records as is conferred on state hospitals by Section 41-9-77.
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