41-9-67 - Hospital records not public records; privileged communications rule not impaired.

§ 41-9-67. Hospital records not public records; privileged communications rule not impaired.
 

Except as otherwise provided by law, hospital records shall not constitute public records, and nothing contained in Sections 41-9-61 through 41-9-83 shall be deemed to impair any privilege of confidence conferred by law or the Mississippi Rules of Evidence on patients, their personal representatives or heirs, by Section 13-1-21, Mississippi Code of 1972. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7146-59; Laws,  1962, ch. 411, § 9; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 109, eff from and after August 14, 1991 (the date the United States Attorney General stated that this amendment was not subject to preclearance under the Voting Rights Act).