Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (2026)
Suspension, denial, revocation, or limitation of physician's hospital privileges
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) Any hospital licensed pursuant to Sections 41-9-1 et seq. is authorized to suspend, deny, revoke or limit the hospital privileges of any physician practicing or applying to practice therein, if the governing board of such hospital, after consultation with the medical staff considers such physician to be unqualified because of any of the acts set forth in Section 73-25-83; provided, however, that the procedures for such actions shall comply with the hospital and/or medical staff bylaw requirements for due process.
- (2) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of any action of any nature arising against, any hospital, hospital medical staff or hospital disciplinary body or members thereof, or their agents or employees, for any action taken without malice in carrying out the provisions of Sections 73-25-81 through 73-25-95.
Laws, 1977, ch. 412, § 7, eff. 3/29/1977.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2023 · leading case: Wong v. Stripling, 700 So. 2d 296 (Miss. 1997).
Wong v. Stripling, 700 So. 2d 296 (Miss. 1997). “In so doing, the court found that Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 , the provision which governs hospital boards' decisions regarding the privileges of their physicians, did not violate any constitutional proscriptions.”
Wong v. Garden Park Cmty. Hosp., 565 So. 2d 550 (Miss. 1990). “Wong filed a "Complaint for Judicial Appeal" in the Chancery Court for the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi, pursuant to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-25-93 , 73-25-95, 73-25-83, and 73-25-29 (1972), to secure judicial review of the hospital's…”
Warnick v. Natchez Cmty. Hosp., Inc., 904 So. 2d 1019 (Miss. 2004). “At that time Miss.Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (1998) provided: .”
Sidney Wong v. John Stripling, Etc., 881 F.2d 200 (5th Cir. 1989). “Miss.Code Ann. § 73-25-93 authorizes any hospital to suspend, deny, revoke, or limit the hospital privileges of any physician considered to be unqualified, so long as the hospital complies with its bylaws.”
Curtis W. Caine, Jr., M.D. v. M.D. Hardy, M.D., 943 F.2d 1406 (5th Cir. 1991). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (incorporating id.”
Wicker v. Union Cnty. Gen. Hosp., 673 F. Supp. 177 (N.D. Miss. 1987). “Miss.Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (1972). The Mississippi legislature is silent as to the termination of privileges of non-physician staff members.”
Caine v. Hardy, 715 F. Supp. 166 (S.D. Miss. 1989). “A hospital’s authority to suspend privileges of a physician is found in Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (1). Aggrieved physicians are provided a right of judicial appeal from adverse privilege actions by virtue of Miss.”
Sidney Wong v. John Stripling (Miss. 1994). “In so doing, the court found that Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 , the provision which governs hospital boards' decisions regarding the privileges of their physicians, did not violate any constitutional proscriptions.”
Jamie S. Warnick v. Natchez Cmty. Hosp., Inc. (Miss. 2003). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 . In addition, Miss.”
Dr. Benjamin Rush v. Rush Health Sys., Inc., Physician Servs., LLC, Med. Found., Inc. & Rush Med. Found. d/b/a Rush Found. Hosp. (Miss. 2023). “Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (Rev. 2022) (emphasis added).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 73-25-93(1) — 1 case
Warnick v. Natchez Cmty. Hosp., Inc., 904 So. 2d 1019 (Miss. 2004). “At that time Miss.Code Ann. § 73-25-93 (1998) provided: .”
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