75-74-3 - Definitions.
§ 75-74-3. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:
(a) "Board" shall mean the State Board of Health.
(b) "Camper" shall mean any child six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age who is attending a youth camp.
(c) "Health officer" shall mean the state health officer, Mississippi State Board of Health.
(d) "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association or organization.
(e) "Youth camp" shall mean any camp operating on a permanent campsite for four (4) or more consecutive periods of twenty-four (24) hours, and accommodating twenty (20) or more children six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age; provided, however, athletic camps and hunting and fishing camps shall not be included in this definition.
(f) "Permanent campsite" shall mean a campground containing within the premises thereof permanent structures and installed facilities which are primarily used for camping purposes by a youth camp operator; provided, however, facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, any political subdivision thereof or any public or private university, college or junior college shall not be included in this definition.
(g) "Youth camp operator" shall mean any person who owns, operates, controls or supervises, whether or not for profit, a youth camp.
Sources: Laws, 1977, ch. 459, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1977.