Title 43, Public Welfare

(1) The licensing agency may deny a license or refuse to renew a license for any of the reasons set forth in subsection (3) of this section. (2) Before the licensing agency may deny or refuse to renew, the applicant or person named on the license shall be entitled to a hearing in…

The licensing agency shall make or cause to be made inspections relative to compliance with the laws and regulations governing the licensure of child care facilities. Such inspections shall be made at least once a year but additional inspections may be made as often as deemed nec…

Information in the possession of the licensing agency concerning the license of individual child care facilities may be disclosed to the public, except such information shall not be disclosed in such manner as to identify children or families of children cared for at a child care…

Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating a child care facility without a license under this chapter after August 1, 1972, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, and…

Notwithstanding the existence of any other remedy, the licensing agency may, in the manner provided by law, in termtime or in vacation, upon the advice of the Attorney General who, except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, shall represent the licensing agency in the proce…

The purpose of this chapter is to protect and promote the health and safety of the children of this state by providing for the licensing of child care facilities as defined herein so as to assure that certain minimum standards are maintained in such facilities. This policy is pre…

(a) The Department of Health shall promulgate regulations to ensure that licensed child care facilities shall be required to comply with the following:(a) Breast-feeding mothers, including employees, shall be provided a sanitary place that is not a toilet stall to breast-feed the…

(a) When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:(a) “Child care facility” means a place that provides shelter and personal care for six (6) or more children who are not related within the third degree computed according to the civil law to the…

The purpose of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 is to protect and promote the health and safety of children of this state who are cared for in family child care homes which are not required to be licensed by the state, by allowing for a voluntary registration of such homes, est…

(a) As used in Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65:(a) “Family child care home” means any residential facility occupied by the operator where five (5) or fewer children who are not related within the third degree computed according to the civil law to the provider and who are unde…

The advisory council appointed by the Executive Officer of the State Department of Health under the provisions of Section 43-20-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall assist and advise in the development of regulations and standards governing the registration and regulation of family…

(1) No person shall knowingly maintain a family child care home if, in such family child care home, there resides, works or regularly volunteers any person who:(a) (i) Has a felony conviction for a crime against persons;(ii) Has a felony conviction under the Uniform Controlled Su…

(1) Any person maintaining a family child care home may register such home with the State Department of Health on forms provided by the department. (2) A certificate of registration shall be issued to the applicant for registration who (a) attests to the safety of the home for th…

The department may deny, revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of registration upon determination that the registrant falsified information on the application or willfully and substantially has violated Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65, inclusive and amendments thereto. The d…

(a) The department may suspend any certificate of registration issued under the provision of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 upon any of the following grounds and in the manner provided in Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65:(a) Violation by the registrant of any provision of S…

Information received by the licensing agency through filed reports, inspections or otherwise authorized under Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify individuals. In any hearings conducted under regulation provisions of Sec…

(1) There is hereby created an advisory council which shall be appointed by the State Health Officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the State Health Officer. (2) The advisory council shall consist of twelve (12) persons, six (6) of whom shall be licensed child care providers…

(1) The licensing agency shall have powers and duties as set forth below, in addition to other duties prescribed under this chapter:(a) Promulgate rules and regulations concerning the licensing and regulation of child care facilities as defined in Section 43-20-5;(b) Have the aut…

(1) Each licensed child care facility shall, by October 1 of every year, provide each child’s parent or legal guardian with information relative to the risks associated with influenza and the availability, effectiveness and modes of administration of influenza vaccines. That info…

From and after August 1, 1972, no person acting individually or jointly with another person or persons shall establish, own, operate, conduct or maintain a child care facility in this state without a license issued under this chapter.