73-25-61 - Examining committee to report findings and determination. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 73-25-61. Examining committee to report findings and determination.
 

(1)  The examining committee shall report to the board its findings on the examination of the physician under Section 73-25-57, the determination of the committee as to the fitness of the physician to engage in the practice of medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients, either on a restricted or unrestricted basis, and any management that the committee may recommend. Such recommendation by the committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the board. 

(2)  The board may accept or reject the recommendation of the examining committee to permit a physician to continue to practice with or without any restriction on his license to practice medicine, or may refer the matter back to the examining committee for further examination and report thereon. 

(3)  In the absence of a voluntary agreement by a physician under Section 73-25-59 for restriction of the licensure of such physician to practice medicine, any physician shall be entitled to a hearing in formal proceedings before the board and a determination on the evidence as to whether or not restriction, suspension or revocation of licensure shall be imposed. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 504, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved April 8, 1975).