{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-33-15","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-15","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-33-15","body":"When any county health officer has reasonable grounds to believe that any person has active tuberculosis, he shall formally request such person to submit to a medical examination.\n\nIn order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to refuse to submit to a medical examination when the county health officer has reasonable grounds to believe that such person has active tuberculosis, and upon conviction, such person shall be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not longer than thirty (30) days, or both.","path":["MS Code","Title 41"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"19e4592fe73df41ee07b696aa9e222f3aef48f96d9bf2773407e1ff07599f260","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-33-13","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-33-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}