Health-care provider or institution liability and discipline

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Public Health
4. Surgical or Medical Procedures; Consents
5. Health-Care Decisions Act
6. Health-care provider or institution liability and discipline

1. A health-care provider or institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for:
   1. Complying with a health-care decision of a person apparently having authority to make a health-care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care;
   2. Declining to comply with a health-care decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority; or
   3. Complying with an advance health-care directive and assuming that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated.
2. An individual acting as agent or surrogate under Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health-care decisions made in good faith.

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