2016 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 23 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases; Quarantine
In General (§§ 41-23-1 - 41-23-47)
§ 41-23-2. Penalties for violating health department orders with respect to life-threatening communicable diseases
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully violate the lawful order of the county, district or state health officer where that person is afflicted with a life-threatening communicable disease or the causative agent thereof shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($ 5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or by both.
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