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 6 - Registration of Home Births Filed within One (1) Year of Birth
Rule 15-5-85-3.6.1

When a birth occurs at a place other than a licensed healthcare facility the birth shall be classified as a home birth. The certificate for such a birth shall be prepared and filed in accordance with Rule 3.2.4 of this publication. A birth certificate for a home birth determined to be fraudulent, in whole or in part, shall not be filed and the record and all documents pertaining to the record shall be turned over to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation and the district attorney, in the county of the alleged birth, for prosecution.

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