Scope

Scope. These rules apply to any physician who performs medical expert activities regarding any person, facility, or entity located within the state of Mississippi, or regarding an event alleged to have occurred within the state of Mississippi, regardless of the location, type, or status of the physician’s medical expert activity, the presence or absence of the physician expert’s license to practice medicine in Mississippi, the physician expert’s presence or absence of a physician-patient relationship in Mississippi, the type of medical expert activity performed (e.g., oral testimony or a written statement), or the setting in which the medical expert activity is performed (e.g., a state or federal court or administrative agency). No part of these rules is intended to conflict with or supercede the authority of any state or federal court or administrative agency to designate a physician as a medical expert in a legal matter then pending before the court or agency. The Board does not intend for these rules to conflict with or supercede the description or regulation of the function of a physician serving as an “expert” as that term is used in the Mississippi Rules of Evidence or in other provisions of law, rules, or decisions of any court or administrative agency. No part of these rules is intended to conflict with or supercede the authority of a person other than a physician to serve as an expert in a legal matter. Furthermore, the Board does not intend for these rules to have any effect on physicians’ participation in legal proceedings in a capacity other than as a medical expert.