Miss. Code § 41-127-1

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 41-127-1 - Licensed health care practitioners authorized to provide health care services via electronic means; standards of practice

Subject to the limitations of the license under which the individual is practicing, a health care practitioner licensed in this state may prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs or medical supplies, or otherwise provide treatment recommendations to a patient after having performed an appropriate examination of the patient either in person or by the use of instrumentation and diagnostic equipment through which images and medical records may be transmitted electronically. Treatment recommendations made via electronic means, including issuing a prescription via electronic means, shall be held to the same standards of appropriate practice as those in traditional provider-patient settings.

Miss. Code § 41-127-1

Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 478, SB 2209, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.