15 Miss. Code. R. 3-2-1.1.1
The Mississippi State Department of Health (Department) is assigned the responsibility for developing, implementing and managing the statewide STEMI System of Care (SOC). The Department shall be designated as the lead agency for STEMI SOC development, implementation and management. The Department shall develop and implement the Mississippi STEMI SOC Plan and STEMI SOC standards, which include but are not limited to those having to do with STEMI center designation, field triage of STEMI patients, inter-facility transfer of STEMI patients, STEMI care from initial medical contact through appropriate intervention, STEMI data collection, STEMI system evaluation and management of STEMI funding. The Department shall further promulgate specific regulations regarding the methods and procedures by which Mississippi-licensed acute care facilities shall participate in the statewide STEMI SOC. These specific regulations shall include mechanisms for determining the appropriate level of participation for each facility or class of facilities. The Department shall cause the implementation of professional and lay STEMI education programs including but not limited to STEMI education, CPR training and cardiac disease prevention programs.
15 Miss. Code. R. 3-2-1.1.1