Rule 24-1-4.1.6 - ECT AS TREATMENT OF CHOICEA. ECT shall not be administered, even in an emergency, without the written approval of a psychiatrist of the ECT Committee, and the written approval of a lawyer licensed to practice in the State of Mississippi. The lawyer shall be appointed by the Hospital Director to assess the patient's ability to consent freely and without coercion to ECT. Approval must be documented in writing together with the clinical evaluation and will be part of the patient's permanent medical record. This evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, the patient's physical and neurological condition, the disorder for which ECT is proposed, and the results of laboratory, x-ray, and electrocardiogram (ECG) tests. The medical evaluation shall also include the opinion of the staff committee member as to whether the patient is capable of giving informed consent to the proposed treatment.B. ECT will not be administered to persons under sixteen (16) years of age unless all of the following conditions are met:1. Two Board Eligible or Board Certified child psychiatrists who are not directly involved in treating the patient will: examine the patient, consult with the attending physician and document their concurrence with the treatment in the patient's medical record, and2. The parent or legal guardian of the patient has given informed consent, and/or3. A court order for treatment is obtained.C. ECT shall not be administered to patients with serious physical conditions, such as space occupying lesions of the central nervous system, myocardial infarction within the past three (3) months, or uncompensated heart failure, only after an evaluation by a physician who is knowledgeable and experienced in the appropriate area of medicine.24 Miss. Code. R. 1-4.1.6
Miss Code Ann. § 41-4-1, et seq. and § 41-4-7.