Statutory Authority – DMH Provider Certification

Statutory Authority – DMH Provider Certification A. Mississippi state law grants the Mississippi State Board of Mental Health (through the Mississippi Department of Mental Health) the following authorities which pertain to the certification of Mississippi state mental health system community-based providers of mental health services, intellectual/developmental disabilities services, and/or substance use prevention and treatment services: 1. To certify, coordinate, and establish standards and required services for regional mental health and intellectual disability commissions and other community service providers for community or regional programs and services in adult mental health, children and youth mental health, intellectual disabilities, alcoholism, drug misuse, developmental disabilities, compulsive gambling, addictive disorders, and related programs throughout the state. 2. To establish and promulgate reasonable standards for the construction and operation of state and all Mississippi Department of Mental Health certified facilities, including reasonable standards for the admission, diagnosis, care, treatment, transfer of patients and their records, and also including reasonable standards for providing adult day services and treatment, outpatient care, emergency care, inpatient care and follow-up care, when such care is provided for people with mental or emotional illness, an intellectual disability, alcoholism, drug misuse, and developmental disabilities. B. Additional authorities pertaining to the Mississippi State Board of Mental Health and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health are outlined in the relevant sections of Mississippi state statute.