§ 41-41-211 of the Mississippi Code states that a surrogate may make a health-care decision for a patient who is an adult or emancipated minor if the patient has been determined by the primary physician to lack capacity and no agent or guardian has been appointed or the agent or guardian is not reasonably available. An adult or emancipated minor may designate any individual to act as surrogate by personally...

The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) goes hand-in-hand with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN Act), in that both were enacted to help ensure the validity of electronic contracts and the defensibility of electronic signatures. The UETA gives states a framework for determining the legality of an electronic signature in both commercial and government transactions. Although there are many similarities between the UETA and the... 29 Nov 2017, Jeannine Volpe, 0, 255 Read More