43-16-3 - Definitions.
§ 43-16-3. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly provides otherwise:
(a) "Child" means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen (18) years or who has not otherwise been legally emancipated.
(b) "Child residential home" means any place, facility or home operated by any person which receives children who are not related to the operators and whose parents or guardians are not residents of the same facility for supervision, care, lodging and maintenance for twenty-four (24) hours a day, with or without transfer of custody. This term shall not include residential homes which are licensed by the State Department of Public Welfare under the provisions of Section 43-15-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, and shall not include any public school or any such home operated by a state agency, nor shall it include child care facilities as defined in Section 43-20-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, youth camps as defined in Section 75-74-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, or health care facilities licensed by the State Department of Health.
(c) "Department" shall mean the State Department of Health.
(d) "Person" shall include an individual, partnership, organization, association or corporation.
Sources: Laws, 1989, ch. 493, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1989.