11-1-61 - Expert witness in action against physician. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-1-61. Expert witness in action against physician.
 

In any action for injury or death against a physician, whether in contract or in tort, arising out of the provision of or failure to provide health care services, a person may qualify as an expert witness on the issue of the appropriate medical standard of care if the witness is licensed in this state, or some other state, as a doctor of medicine. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1990, ch. 440, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 21, 1990).