SB 2279

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW A PHYSICIAN OR A DENTIST TO APPLY FOR A REINSTATEMENT OF HIS OR HER LICENSE AFTER CONVICTION OF CERTAIN CRIMES; TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS THAT MUST TO SATISFIED FOR AN APPLICANT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE REINSTATEMENT; TO CREATE SECTION 99-19-36, TO OUTLINE THE LICENSE REINSTATMENT PROCESS FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 99-19-35; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE, OR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS, RESPECTFULLY, SHALL BE TASKED WITH REVIEWING APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE REINSTATEMENT; TO PROVIDE GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF A LICENSE REINSTATEMENT REQUEST; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVIEWING BOARDS SHALL USE THEIR OWN DISCRETION TO CREATE AND ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.