Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 (2026)
Powers and duties of board
✓ current as of July 2026
The State Board of Medical Licensure shall have the following powers and responsibilities:
- (a) Setting policies and professional standards regarding the medical practice of physicians, osteopaths, podiatrists and physician assistants practicing with physician supervision;
- (b) Considering applications for licensure;
- (c) Conducting examinations for licensure;
- (d) Investigating alleged violations of the medical practice act;
- (e) Conducting hearings on disciplinary matters involving violations of state and federal law, probation, suspension and revocation of licenses;
- (f) Considering petitions for termination of probationary and suspension periods, and restoration of revoked licenses;
- (g) To promulgate and publish reasonable rules and regulations necessary to enable it to discharge its functions and to enforce the provisions of law regulating the practice of medicine; however, the board shall not adopt any rule or regulation or impose any requirement regarding the licensing of physicians or osteopaths that conflicts with the prohibitions in Section 73-49-3;
- (h) To enter into contracts with any other state or federal agency, or with any private person, organization or group capable of contracting, if it finds such action to be in the public interest and in the furtherance of its responsibilities;
- (i) Perform the duties prescribed by Sections 73-26-1 through 73-26-5;
- (j) Perform the duties prescribed by the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Section 73-25-101 ; and
- (k) To adopt reasonable rules and regulations providing for physician practice records retention under the following minimum standards:
- (i) Medical records shall be retained by a physician in the original, microfilmed, or similarly reproduced form for a minimum period of ten (10) years from the date a patient is last treated by a physician.
- (ii) Graphic matter, images, X-ray films, and like matter that were necessary to produce a diagnostic or therapeutic report shall be retained, preserved and properly stored by a physician in the original, microfilmed or similarly reproduced form for a minimum period of three (3) years from the date a patient is last treated by the physician. Such graphic matter, images, X-ray film, and like matter shall be retained for a longer period when requested in writing by the patient.
- (iii) Medical records in their original, microfilmed, or similarly reproduced form shall be provided upon request to a parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor under eighteen (18) without the permission of such unemancipated minor.
Laws, 1980, ch. 458, § 3 subd (1); Laws, 1990, ch. 473, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 470, § 4, eff. 7/1/2000.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 533, SB 2873,§ 3, eff. 5/13/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 508, HB 41, 3, eff. 5/16/2016.
Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 461, HB 204, 7, eff. 7/1/2015.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–2009 · leading case: Caldwell v. Warren, 2 So. 3d 751 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009).
Caldwell v. Warren, 2 So. 3d 751 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). “The Mississippi Legislature, through the passage of Mississippi Code Annotated section 73-43-11 (Rev.2008), relegated certain powers and responsibilities to the State Board of Medical Licen-sure, including the power to license physicians.”
Williams v. Morgan, 710 F. Supp. 1080 (S.D. Miss. 1989). “Miss. Code Ann. § 73-43-11 . The Board exists to provide statewide regulation of physicians in these matters by investigating and reviewing the applications of medical doctors who wish to practice within the state.”
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