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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLEChapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
SPECIAL NEEDS PRISON PROGRAM OF 1994
Section 47-5-1103 - Definitions

Miss. Code § 47-5-1103

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Section 47-5-1103 - Definitions

As used in Sections 47-5-1101 through 47-5-1123, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Corrections.
(b) "Contractor" means any private entity entering into a contractual agreement with the commissioner to provide special needs facilities or correctional services to inmates under the custody of the department.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
(d) "Special needs" means an inmate with diminished mental or physical health requiring specialized health care facilities or services. This does not include HIV positive inmates.

Miss. Code § 47-5-1103

Laws, 1994, ch. 450, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 540, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 480, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 617, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 372, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 471, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 385, § 2, eff. 7/1/2006.