30 Miss. Code. R. 2635-9.3 - Position

It is the position of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure that vaccinations administered pursuant to a community-based public immunization program are considered to be under the direction and supervision of a physician, and thus do not constitute the unlawful practice of medicine, when all of the following criteria are met:

A. the vaccinations are administered to the public by a licensed nurse and

B. are carried out pursuant to state and federal public health immunization programs or other programs which:

1. shall be approved in advance by the Board;

2. shall be conducted under the general supervision of a physician licensed in the state of Mississippi , who is in at least part-time practice of medicine and resides in the state of Mississippi; and,

3. a single physician assumes responsibility for the safe conduct of the immunization program.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 2635-9.3

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 (1972, as amended).

Adopted March 24, 2011.