Rule 15-16-1-41.84.3 - DefinitionsThe definitions specific to the PFER are:
1.Licensing Agency. "Licensing agency" means the Mississippi State Department of Health.2.Pilot Freestanding Emergency Room (PFER). "Pilot freestanding emergency room" is a facility open twenty-four (24) hours a day for the treatment of urgent and emergent medical conditions that is not located on a hospital campus. In order to be eligible for licensure under this chapter, the pilot freestanding emergency room shall be located at least fifteen (15) miles from the nearest hospital-based emergency room in a county without emergency hospital care that is open twenty-four (24) hours a day. A PFER shall not retain any patient beyond 23 hours and 59 minutes under normal operations and shall not hold itself out as an emergency hospital.15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-41.84.3
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-75-1