15 Miss. Code R. § 16-1-1.35.4
The nursing service shall be under the direction of a Director of Nursing Services who is a registered nurse licensed to practice in Mississippi. The Director of Nurses is prohibited from simultaneous employment with more than one agency. Each facility shall provide a similarly qualified registered nurse available to act in the absence of the Director of Nursing Services. A registered nurse shall be responsible to assure the accurate assessment, development of a plan of care, implementation and evaluation of each patient's plan of care. Nursing care is administered and delegated in accordance with acceptable standards of nursing practice and the Mississippi Nurse Practice Act. Nursing staff must be available on the premises twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There shall be a registered nurse on duty at all times when there are patients in the facility. When there are no patients in the facility, the hospice shall have a registered nurse on call to be immediately available. The facility shall provide sufficient nursing personnel to meet each patient's needs in accordance with the patient's plan of care.
15 Miss. Code. R. § 16-1-1.35.4