Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-1 (2026)
Declaration of purpose
✓ current as of July 2026
The purpose of Sections 41-9-1 through 41-9-39 is to protect and promote the public health by providing for the development, establishment and enforcement of certain standards in the construction, maintenance and operation of hospitals which will ensure safe, sanitary and reasonably adequate care and treatment of individuals in hospitals. The Legislature hereby finds that the protection and promotion of the public health requires the measures provided for in said sections.
Codes, 1942, § 7146.5-02; Laws, 1948, ch. 398, § 2.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 433, HB 1269, 6, eff. 7/1/2014.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1990–2001 · leading case: Young v. North Mississippi Med. Ctr., 783 So. 2d 661 (Miss. 2001).
Young v. North Mississippi Med. Ctr., 783 So. 2d 661 (Miss. 2001). “See Miss.Code Ann. §§ 41-9-1 (1993) & 43-47-37 (2000).”
Wong v. Garden Park Cmty. Hosp., 565 So. 2d 550 (Miss. 1990). “Because Garden Park is licensed pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 41-9-1 et seq., its argument is unpersuasive.”
Ronald P. Young v. Baptist Mem'l Hosp. - North Mississippi (Miss. 1999). “See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-9-1 (1993) & 43-47-37 (2000).”
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