Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 24 - Mental Health
Part 1 - Policies of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health
Chapter 3 - Admissions
Subchapter 1 - Criteria for Admission to East Mississippi State Hospital, Mississippi State Hospital, North Mississippi State Hospital and South Mississippi State Hospital
Rule 24-1-3.1.3 - GENERAL ADMISSION CRITERIA

A. Individuals between the ages of twelve years and seventeen years eleven months may be admitted for psychiatric treatment at Mississippi State Hospital.

B. Individuals between the ages of twelve years and seventeen years eleven months may be admitted for chemical dependence at Mississippi State Hospital.

C. Children between the ages of four (4) years and eleven (11) years and eleven (11) months may be admitted for psychiatric treatment only to Mississippi State Hospital.

D. Adults may be admitted for treatment of chemical dependence only to Mississippi State Hospital.

E. Adult women and men over the age of eighteen (18) may be admitted for psychiatric care at East Mississippi State Hospital, Mississippi State Hospital, North Mississippi State Hospital, and South Mississippi State Hospital.