31 Miss. Code. R. 401-12.3 - Designated Pathologist Review Committee
1. The purpose of
the Committee is to assist the State Medical Examiner's Office in the selection
and supervision of qualified Designated Pathologists and to develop and
maintain a Quality Assurance - Enhancement Program concerning the activities of
those Designated Pathologists. The Quality Assurance - Enhancement Program will
involve review and selected examples of postmortem examinations, and other
documents so as to recommend selection, retention, probation or dismissal of
pathologists from the designated list.
2. Membership - The membership of the
Committee shall consist of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner, the
President of the Mississippi Association of Pathologists, or his designee and
the President of the Mississippi State Medical Association or his designee. The
State Medical Examiner shall act as Chairman of the Committee.
3. Meetings - The meetings of the committee
shall be held at least on an annual basis at the time of the Mississippi State
Medical Association's annual meeting. Additional special meetings may be called
by the Chairman of the Committee and such special meetings may be conducted by
telephone conference or other means.
4. Administrative Support - Administrative
support for the committee, including secretarial support and maintenance of
records, will be provided by the State Medical Examiner's Office.
5. Records - The State Medical Examiner's
Office will maintain records of the Committee including a file for each
Designated Pathologist, that file to include a Curriculum Vitae as well as
records of recommendations or actions of the Committee. Also include in each
file will be representative examples of postmortem examination reports and
other pertinent data. These files will be confidential and access to the files
will be limited to the Commissioner of Public Safety, the three members of the
committee and the individual Pathologist involved. Except as otherwise provided
in this section, these files are not public records as defined and addressed by
the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 and access to such may only be had
as provided in this Section.
6.
Annual Report - A general summary report from the Committee will be prepared on
an annual basis and submitted to the Department of Public Safety. A copy of
this report may be made available on request to any interested party.
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