Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 3 - Registration of Live Births
Subchapter 2 - Responsibility for Filing of Birth Certificates
Rule 15-5-85-3.2.3 - Birth in hospital or enroute to hospital

When a birth occurs and the cord is cut in a hospital or enroute thereto, the hospital shall be recorded as the place of birth and the person in charge of the hospital or his designated representative shall obtain the personal data and prepare the certificate. The completed certificate shall be presented to the mother for her approval and signature before she leaves the hospital. The physician or nurse-midwife in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the facts of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If that person does not certify to the facts of birth within the required 72 hours, the certificate may be signed by a medical staff member or the person in charge of the hospital. The completed certificate shall be filed with the Office of Vital Records of the Department of Health within five days after the date of birth.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-1; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-7