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Mississippi

    Region
    Mississippi
    Required to Report
    Yes
    What to Report
    Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
    State Office
    Poison Control
    Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
    Seven days
    Reporting Notes

    Please visit the Mississippi State Department of Health website below for a listing of illnesses and lab results which must be reported to MSDH:http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/877.pdf

    WPS Enforcement
    Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

    Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Bureau of Plant Industry: https://www.mdac.ms.gov/bureaus-departments/bpi/pesticide-program/worker-protection-standard/

    Coverage for Farmworkers
    Optional
    Limitations
    Employer may elect to become subject to workers' compensation law. Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-5 (2011) (twelfth unnumbered paragraph).
    Statute
    Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-5 (2011) (eleventh unnumbered paragraph)
    Coverage for Undocumented Workers
    Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
    Case Law
    "employee" means any person, including minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed. Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-3(d). I found no case law on the issue of whether an undocumented worker qualifies for workers' comp.
    Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
    There is no case law answering this question.