A person convicted of bribery, burglary, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy, shall not be allowed to practice medicine or dentistry, or be appointed to hold or perform the duties of any office of profit, trust, or honor, unless after full pardon for the same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-35
Person convicted of certain crimes not to practice medicine or dentistry, or hold office
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Petition of Massey (1996)
Most recently applied in 707 So. 2d 1093 - Mauney v. State Ex Rel. Moore (February 1998)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 65, art. 2(63); 1857, ch. 64, art. 358; 1871, § 2865; 1880, § 3100; 1892, § 1455; 1906, § 1528; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1290; 1930, § 1315; 1942, § 256…
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