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§ 41-3-37. Appointment of county health officer

A competent physician shall be appointed county health officer for each county by the State Board of Health or its executive officer. Said board shall cause the appointment to be certified by its secretary to the board of supervisors of the county for which the appointment was made.

§ 41-3-41. Duties of county health officer

It shall be the duty of the county health officer to administer programs and enforce the public health provisions of the Mississippi Code and the rules and regulations of the state board of health applicable in his county. He shall report his actions and all informations and results of his investigations to the board of […]

§ 41-3-17. Power to make and publish rules and regulations

The State Board of Health is authorized to make and publish all reasonable rules and regulations necessary to enable it to discharge its duties and powers and to carry out the purposes and objectives of its creation. It is further authorized to make reasonable sanitary rules and regulations, to be enforced in the several counties […]

§ 41-3-18. Assessment of fees

The board shall assess fees in the following amounts and for the following purposes: Food establishment annual permit fee, based on the assessment factors of the establishment as follows: Assessment Category 1. . . . .$ 30.00 Assessment Category 2. . . . .100.00 Assessment Category 3. . . . .150.00 Assessment Category 4. . […]

§ 41-3-19. Report to the Governor

It is the duty of the State Board of Health to make a report, in writing, to the Governor, on or before the first day of December next preceding each session, not an extraordinary session of the Legislature, upon the sanitary condition, prospect, and needs of the state, setting forth the action of said board, […]

§ 41-3-20. Repeal of Sections 41-3-1.1 through 41-3-19

Sections 41-3-1.1, 41-3-3, 41-3-4, 41-3-5.1, 41-3-6, 41-3-15, 41-3-16, 41-3-17, 41-3-18 and 41-3-19, which create the reconstituted State Board of Health, establish the position of Executive Officer of the State Department of Health and establish the State Department of Health and prescribe its powers and duties, shall stand repealed on July 1, 2021.

§ 41-3-21. Mississippi Public Health Laboratory created; powers and duties

There is hereby established the Mississippi Public Health Laboratory in the Mississippi State Department of Health. The Mississippi Public Health Laboratory shall have the following powers and duties: To perform such laboratory tests and procedures as shall be determined beneficial to the health of the people of Mississippi; To apply for and maintain any and […]