Only a physician duly licensed by the Mississippi State Board of Health may perform an autopsy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-37-5
Who may perform autopsy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Evans v. State (1997)
Most recently applied in Evans v. State (September 1997)
Codes, 1942, § 7158-03; Laws, 1960, ch. 258, § 4, eff from and after passage (approved May 11, 1960
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