15 Miss. Code. R. 9-99-1.4.5
Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) provide care in areas designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as medically underserved. These clinics use physician's assistants and nurse practitioners under the general direction of a physician, who is located within 15 miles of the clinic, to provide outpatient primary care services to patients in rural areas. RHCs may be freestanding facilities owned by physicians or provider-based clinics established by hospitals, nursing homes, or home health agencies. The July 2014 MSDH Facilities Directory reported that Mississippi had 159 certified RHCs and the state fiscal year 2013 Report on Hospitals indicated that there were 933,280 visits for the 99 hospitals with rural health clinics.
15 Miss. Code. R. 9-99-1.4.5