Public Safety

All individuals who have attended the Basic Death Investigation Training School must, at least once every four years, attend the Advanced Death Investigation Training School provided by the Mississippi Crime Laboratory and State Medical Examiner. This ordinarily will be a one or …

No substitutions can be made for the five day Basic Death Investigation Training School. If attendance at the school becomes difficult or impossible due to illness or other emergencies, the candidate should contact the State Medical Examiner immediately regarding alternative arra…

All individuals completing the Basic, Interim and Advanced Training Courses must successfully complete testing on the subject material by the State Medical Examiner. This includes those individuals who have substituted alternate forms of training for either the Interim or Advance…

Every Medical Examiner is required to complete a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education as certified by the State Medical Examiner, during each successive twelve (12) month period following election or appointment. Acceptable continuing education activities inc…

The purpose of the Designated Pathologist Program is to identify, recruit and assist qualified Pathologists to perform consultations and to provide autopsy service in support of the Mississippi Medicolegal Death Investigation System. Pathologists so designated should have adequat…

1. All Designated Pathologists will be physicians (M.D. or D.O.) licensed to practice medicine in the State of Mississippi, and will be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Anatomic Pathology and have a special interest in Forensic Pathology. 2. All autopsy reports will be comple…

1. The purpose of the Committee is to assist the State Medical Examiner's Office in the selection and supervision of qualified Designated Pathologists and to develop and maintain a Quality Assurance -Enhancement Program concerning the activities of those Designated Pathologists. …

This chapter consists of model rules for oral proceedings held to provide the public an opportunity to comment on submissions made under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Rules in this Title. The Secretary of State's Office is required to provide these model rules under M…

This chapter applies to all oral proceedings held for the purpose of providing the public with an opportunity to make oral presentations or written input on proposed new rules, amendments to rules, and proposed repeal of existing rules before the Crime Lab pursuant to the Adminis…

When a political subdivision, an agency, or a citizen requests an oral proceeding in regards to a proposed rule adoption, the requestor must submit a printed, typewritten, or legibly handwritten request. 1. Each request must be submitted on 8-1/2" x 11" white paper. 2. The reques…

Notice of the date, time, and place of all oral proceedings shall be filed with the Secretary of State's Office for publication in the Administrative Bulletin. The agency providing the notice shall provide notice of oral proceedings to each requestor. The oral proceedings will be…

Public participation shall be permitted at oral proceedings in accordance with the following: 1. At an oral proceeding on a proposed rule, persons may make statements and present documentary and physical submissions concerning the proposed rule. 2. Persons wishing to make oral pr…

Physical and Documentary Submissions presented by participants in an oral proceeding shall be submitted to the presiding officer. Such submissions become the property of the Crime Lab, part of the rulemaking record, and are subject to the Crime Lab's public records request proced…

This chapter consists of model rules addressing the public's request for declaratory opinions and an agency's disposition of requests for declaratory opinions. The Secretary of State's Office is required to provide these model rules under Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.105. Agencies a…

Declaratory opinions and requests for declaratory opinions shall be available for public inspection and copying at the expense of the viewer during normal business hours. All declaratory opinions and requests shall be indexed by name, subject, and date of issue. Declaratory opini…

This chapter sets forth the Crime Lab's rules governing the form, content, and filing of requests for declaratory opinions, the procedural rights of persons in relation to the written requests, and the Crime Lab's procedures regarding the disposition of requests as required by Mi…

The Crime Lab will issue declaratory opinions regarding the applicability to specified facts of: 1. a statute administered or enforceable by the Crime Lab, 2. a rule promulgated by the Crime Lab, or 3. an order issued by the Crime Lab. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 503-1.3 Miss. Code A…

A request must be limited to a single transaction or occurrence. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 503-1.4 Miss. Code Ann. § 25-43-2.105 (Rev. 2006).

When a person with substantial interest, as required by Section 25-43-2.103 of the Administrative Procedures Act, requests a declaratory opinion, the requestor must submit a printed, typewritten, or legibly handwritten request. 1. Each request must be submitted on 8-1/2" x 11" wh…

Any party who signs the request shall attest that the request complies with the requirements set forth in these rules, including but not limited to a full, complete, and accurate statement of relevant facts and that there are no related proceedings pending before any agency, admi…

Each request must contain the following: 1. A clear identification of the statute, rule, or order at issue; 2. The question for the declaratory opinion; 3. A clear and concise statement of all facts relevant to the question presented; 4. The identity of all other known persons in…

The Crime Lab may, for good cause, refuse to issue a declaratory opinion. The circumstances in which declaratory opinions will not be issued include, but are not necessarily limited to: 1. The matter is outside the primary jurisdiction of the Crime Lab; 2. Lack of clarity concern…

1. Within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of a request for a declaratory opinion which complies with the requirements of these rules, the Crime Lab shall, in writing:a. Issue an opinion declaring the applicability of the statute, rule, or order to the specified circumstanc…

In accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-51, the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office has developed the following procedures with respect to the collection of forensic samples. 1. Biological samples are to be collected if a pregnancy termination is performed on a minor wh…

The Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office has developed the following reporting instrument with respect to the collection of forensic samples pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-51. This form is to be used in conjunction with the collection of fetal tissue when a pregnancy t…

The purpose of this ignition interlock document is to establish rules and regulations pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-30 for the certification of ignition interlock devices and the approval of ignition interlock vendors in the state of Mississippi. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 505…

The Department of Public Safety annually certifies all vendors that provide ignition interlock services in the state of Mississippi. 1. Application for approval as an authorized service provider must be made by submitting a letter requesting approval of a breath alcohol ignition …

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1. Alcohol - Ethanol or ethyl alcohol 2. Alcohol concentration - The amount of alcohol in a given amount of breath, expressed in weight per volume (w/v) based upon grams of alcohol per 210 liters (L) of breath. For the purposes of this document, alcohol concentrations given in Br…

The ignition interlock device must be tested by an independent alcohol testing laboratory, and the results submitted to the MSDPS with all costs of the test being the responsibility of the manufacturer or service provider. All ignition interlock devices must, at a minimum, meet o…

The service provider must demonstrate the ability to install and remove devices according to the following guidelines: 1. A service provider must inspect all vehicles prior to installation to determine that mechanical and electrical parts of the vehicle that are and will be affec…

The service provider must demonstrate an ability to provide effective and efficient service to the motor vehicles and convey the necessary information for ignition interlock device to the MDPS in according to the following requirements: 1. Servicing, inspection and monitoring of …

The service provider must demonstrate the ability to provide efficient and effective service to the participants of the program according to the following guidelines: 1. The service provider shall train participants who will drive the vehicle on the use of the ignition interlock …

A successful vendor must demonstrate the ability to establish service centers and employ personnel according to the following guidelines: 1. Locations for service centers shall be within the geographical boundaries of the state of Mississippi and approved by the MDPS. All service…

1. The service provider will be responsible for providing information regarding the program's participants, complaints or concerns, technical problems encountered when requested by the MDPS. 2. The service provider shall inform the MDPS of any hardware modifications to the igniti…

1. The costs for leasing, monitoring, servicing, installation, and removing shall be the responsibility of the program participant. 2. The fees for leasing or buying, monitoring, servicing, installation and removal of the ignition interlock device shall be a reasonable rate. a. N…

The purpose of this Breath Alcohol Testing document is to establish rules and regulations applicable to the Implied Consent laws of the State of Mississippi pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-1. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 506-1.1 Miss. Code Ann. § 45-1-3 Adopted 2/15/2015

Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-19 requires that calibration checks be performed at least once a quarter on breath alcohol instruments. The calibration checks of Intoxilyzer 8000 instruments are performed when an instrument is installed or removed from a location, when a dry gas ethanol …

Records of two (2) calibration checks (the calibration check immediately before and the calibration check immediately after the subject test in question) will be supplied upon request. The request must be made in writing giving the test subject's name, the date of the test, the t…

All official records for the Intoxilyzer 8000 of the State of Mississippi will be maintained by the Implied Consent Section of the Mississippi Crime Laboratory or designee. The records will be maintained in either an electronic file or paper file. Notes 31 Miss. Code. R. 506-12.1…

Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §§ 63-11-5 and 63-11-19, operators conducting a chemical test of an individual's breath to ascertain alcohol level shall hold a valid permit issued by the Mississippi Crime Laboratory or designee in order to conduct such tests. The Permit to Conduct Br…

Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §§ 63-11-5 and 63-11-19, in order to receive a permit to conduct breath alcohol tests, an individual must successfully complete the training program for Intoxilyzer 8000 operator certifications. This training program is taught by persons of the Implied…

Prior to the expiration of a valid Permit to Conduct Breath Analysis (Form IP-51E), the operator must renew his permit in order to continue to conduct chemical tests of an individual's breath to determine alcohol level. The permit renewal is issued by the Implied Consent Section …

The following Implied Consent forms are available upon request from the Implied Consent Section of the Mississippi Crime Laboratory or designee: a. IP-01E Breath Test Report b. IP-03E Intoxilyzer 8000 Calibration Certificate c.IP-04E Removal of Instrument d. IP-11E Permit Applica…

1. Alcohol Ethyl alcohol and may include isopropyl and methyl alcohol. 2. BrAC Breath Alcohol Concentration, measured as grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. 3. Breath Alcohol Reference Standard Solution A water-alcohol solution compounded for use in a simulator which, when…