2019 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 123 - Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce
§ 41-123-3. Mississippi Physician Workforce Advisory Board; composition, appointments, meetings

(1) The Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce shall be administered by UMMC. An advisory board shall be created to assist UMMC in achieving the purpose of this chapter to be known as the “Mississippi Physician Workforce Advisory Board.” The advisory board shall be composed of the following members:

• (a) The Chairman of the State Board of Health.

• (b) The State Health Officer.

• (c) Two (2) physicians appointed by and from the membership of the Mississippi State Medical Association for a term of three (3) years. Any member appointed under this paragraph may be reappointed for two (2) additional terms.

• (d) Two (2) physicians appointed by and from the membership of the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians for a term of three (3) years. Any member appointed under this paragraph may be reappointed for two (2) additional terms.

• (e) One (1) physician appointed by and from the membership of each of the following organizations, whose terms shall be for three (3) years and who may be reappointed for two (2) additional terms:

  • (i) Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association;

  • (ii) Mississippi Chapter, American College of Physicians;

  • (iii) Mississippi Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics;

  • (iv) Mississippi Chapter, American College of OB-GYN; and

  • (v) Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association.

• (f) Two (2) physician designees of the Dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, who will serve at the will and pleasure of the dean. One (1) of the members appointed under this paragraph must be responsible for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.

• (g) The Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.

• (h) A member of the State Board of Medical Licensure, who will serve at the will and pleasure of that board.

• (i) One (1) physician designee of the Dean of the William Carey School of Medicine, who will serve at the will and pleasure of the dean.

• (j) One (1) representative of the Mississippi Economic Council appointed by the president of the council, and who will serve at the will and pleasure of the president.

• (k) One (1) representative of the Mississippi Development Authority appointed by the executive director of the authority, who will serve at the will and pleasure of the executive director.

• (l) One (1) representative of the Mississippi Hospital Association, who will serve at the will and pleasure of the association.

• (m) Two (2) representatives of the Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, who will serve at the will and pleasure of the association.

(2) Vacancies on the advisory board must be filled in a manner consistent with the original appointments.

(3) All appointments to the advisory board must be made no later than July 10, 2012. After a majority of the members are appointed, the advisory board shall meet on a date mutually agreed upon by a majority of the members for the purposes of organizing the advisory board and establishing rules for transacting its business. A majority of the members of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum at all advisory board meetings. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting shall be required in the making recommendations by the advisory board. At the organizational meeting, the advisory board shall elect a chair and vice chair from the members appointed according to paragraphs (a) through (l) of subsection (1). The chair shall serve for a term of two (2) years, upon the expiration of which the vice chair shall assume the office of chair.

(4) After the organizational meeting, the advisory board shall hold no less than two (2) meetings annually.

(5) The advisory board may form an executive committee for the purpose of transacting business that must be conducted before the next regularly scheduled meeting of the advisory board. All actions taken by the executive committee must be ratified by the advisory board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

(6) Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed, subject to the availability of funding, for mileage and actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the advisory board.

(7) The advisory board shall be housed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.