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MS Code § 43-20-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-57. Persons prohibited from working or residing in family child care home; resident with disability counted as child in care; access to records of workers and volunteers in home

  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:     Has a felony conviction for a crime against persons;   Has a felony conviction under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act;   Has a conviction for a crime of child abuse or neglect;   Has a conviction for any sex offense as defined in Section 45-33-23, Mississippi Code of 1972; or   Any other offense committed in another jurisdiction or any federal offense which, if committed in this state, would be deemed to be such a crime without regard to its designation elsewhere;     Has been adjudicated a juvenile offender because of having committed an act which if done by an adult would constitute the commission of a felony and which is a crime against persons;   Has had a child declared in a court order in this or any other state to be deprived or a child in need of care based on an allegation of physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse;   Has had parental rights terminated pursuant to Section 93-15-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972; or   Has an infectious or contagious disease, as defined by the State Department of Health pursuant to Section 41-23-1, Mississippi Code of 1972.     No person shall maintain a family child care home if such person has been found to be a disabled person in need of a guardian or conservator, or both.   Any person who resides in the home and who has been found to be a disabled person in need of a guardian or conservator, or both, shall be included in the total number of children allowed in care.   In accordance with the provision of this subsection (4), the State Department of Health shall have access to any court orders or adjudications of any court of record, any records of such orders or adjudications, criminal history record information in the possession of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or court of this state concerning persons working, regularly volunteering or residing in a family child care home. The department shall have access to these records for the purpose of determining whether or not the home meets the requirements of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65.   No family child care home or its employees shall be liable for civil damages to any person refused employment or discharged from employment by reason of such home's compliance with the provisions of this section if such home acts in good faith to comply with this section.
MS Code § 43-20-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-59. Registration

  Any person maintaining a family child care home may register such home with the State Department of Health on forms provided by the department.   A certificate of registration shall be issued to the applicant for registration who (a) attests to the safety of the home for the care of children, (b) submits a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00), payable to the department, and (c) certifies that no person described in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of Section 43-20-57(1) resides, works or volunteers in the family child care home.  Any increase in the fee charged by the department under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.    The department shall furnish each applicant for registration a family child care home safety evaluation form to be completed by the applicant and submitted with the registration application.   The certificate of registration shall be renewed annually in the same manner provided for in this section.   A certificate of registration shall be in force for one (1) year after the date of issuance unless revoked pursuant to Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65. The certificate shall specify that the registrant may operate a family child care home for five (5) or fewer children. This section shall not be construed to limit the right of the department to enter a registered family child care home for the purpose of assessing compliance with Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 after receiving a complaint against the registrant of such home or in conducting a periodic routine inspection.   The department shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the registration provisions.
MS Code § 43-20-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-61. Denial, revocation, or refusal to renew certificate of registration; hearing

 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 department shall not revoke or refuse to renew any certificate without giving notice and conducting a hearing.
MS Code § 43-20-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-63. Suspension of certificate of registration; grounds

 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:   Violation by the registrant of any provision of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 or of the rules and regulations promulgated under Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65;   Aiding, abetting or permitting the violation of any provision of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 or of the rules and regulations promulgated under Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65;   Conduct in the operation or maintenance, or both the operation and maintenance of a family child care home which is inimical to health, morals, welfare or safety of either an individual in or receiving services from the home or the people of this state; and   The conviction of a registrant at any time during registration of any crime under state or federal law.   The department may suspend any certificate of registration issued under the provisions of Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65 prior to any hearing when, in the opinion of the department, the action is necessary to protect any child in the family child care home from physical or mental abuse, abandonment or any other substantial threat to health or safety.
MS Code § 43-20-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Family Child Care Homes|§ 43-20-65. Information confidential; hearings may be closed

 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 Sections 43-20-51 through 43-20-65, the hearing officer may close the hearing to the public to prevent public disclosure of matters relating to individuals restricted by other law.
MS Code § 43-20-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 20 - Child Care Facilities|Information to be Provided to Child's Parents or Legal Guardians by Child Care Facilities|§ 43-20-81. Information relative to risks associated with influenza and availability, effectiveness and modes of administration of influenza vaccines

  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 information shall be updated annually to include new information and shall include the following:   The causes and symptoms of influenza and means by which influenza is transmitted;   The infection rates of influenza in children;   Information about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recommendations for routine, seasonal vaccination of all children aged six (6) months through eighteen (18) years; and   Sources in which a parent or legal guardian may obtain additional information and where a child may be immunized against influenza.     The State Department of Health shall develop information on influenza immunization and provide that information to each licensed child care facility, which shall provide the information to each child's parent or legal guardian as required by subsection (1) of this section.   The department shall determine the most cost-effective and efficient means of distributing the information.The department may work with public health organizations and vaccine stakeholders in developing and distributing the information.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any licensed child care facility to provide or pay for immunizations against influenza.However, if a licensed child care facility requests assistance in providing influenza vaccine on site to children in accordance with their parent or legal guardian's approval, the department shall work with the licensed child care facility to provide advice and influenza vaccine for children who qualify for the vaccine through the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.   The State Board of Health shall establish by rules and regulations all guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 43-21-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Funding of Salaries and Expenses of Youth Counsellors and Clerk-Reporters|§ 43-21-45. Funds for payment of salaries and expenses of youth counsellors and clerk-reporters

 In any Class 1 county having a total population in excess of eighty thousand (80,000) according to the 1950 census and having a total assessed valuation in excess of Forty-eight Million Dollars ($48,000,000.00), and in which there is both a youth court and a federal military base or encampment; and in any Class 1 county having a total population in excess of fifty-two thousand seven hundred twenty (52,720) in the 1960 federal decennial census and in which there is located both a state-supported university and a Mississippi National Guard Camp, the board of supervisors of any such county may, in its discretion, set aside, appropriate and expend moneys from the general fund to be used in the payment of salaries and/or travel expenses of a youth counsellor, or counsellors, and the salary of a clerk-reporter of the youth court of such county, and such funds shall be expended for no other purpose.
MS Code § 43-21-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-101. Short title

 This chapter shall be cited as the "Youth Court Law."
MS Code § 43-21-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-103. Construction and purpose

 This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that each child coming within the jurisdiction of the youth court shall become a responsible, accountable and productive citizen, and that each such child shall receive such care, guidance and control, preferably in such child's own home as is conducive toward that end and is in the state's and the child's best interest. It is the public policy of this state that the parents of each child shall be primarily responsible for the care, support, education and welfare of such children; however, when it is necessary that a child be removed from the control of such child's parents, the youth court shall secure proper care for such child.
MS Code § 43-21-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-107. Establishment clause

  A youth court division is hereby created as a division of the county court of each county now or hereafter having a county court, and the county judge shall be the judge of the youth court unless another judge is named by the county judge as provided by this chapter.   A youth court division is hereby created as a division of the chancery court of each county in which no county court is maintained and any chancellor within a chancery court district shall be the judge of the youth court of that county within such chancery court district unless another judge is named by the senior chancellor of the county or chancery court district as provided by this chapter.   In any county where there is no county court or family court on July 1, 1979, there may be created a youth court division as a division of the municipal court in any city if the governing authorities of such city adopt a resolution to that effect. The cost of the youth court division of the municipal court shall be paid from any funds available to the municipality excluding county funds. No additional municipal youth court shall be formed after January 1, 2007.
MS Code § 43-21-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-109. Youth court facilities

 Any county or municipality may separately or jointly establish and maintain detention facilities, shelter facilities, foster homes, or any other facility necessary to carry on the work of the youth court. For said purposes, the county or municipality may acquire necessary land by condemnation, by purchase or donation, may issue bonds as now provided by law for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, remodeling or maintaining such facilities; may expend necessary funds from the general fund to construct and maintain such facilities, and may employ architects to design or remodel such facilities. Such facilities may include a place for housing youth court facilities and personnel.
MS Code § 43-21-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-113. Special judge

 When a judge shall certify in writing that he is unable to serve because of illness or absence from the county or district, the judge may appoint as provided in Section 43-21-123 a special judge to serve in his stead. A special judge shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of the regular judge. The compensation for the special judge shall be fixed on order of the judge as provided in Section 43-21-123 on the basis of a statement as to the time and expense incurred by the special judge and shall be paid by the county out of any available funds. In the case of recusal, a judge shall be selected as provided by law.
MS Code § 43-21-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-115. Intake unit

 In every youth court division the judge shall appoint as provided in Section 43-21-123 one or more persons to function as the intake unit for the youth court division. The youth court intake unit shall perform all duties specified by this chapter. If the person serving as the youth court intake unit is not already a salaried public employee, the salary for such person shall be fixed on order of the judge as provided in Section 43-21-123 and shall be paid by the county or municipality, as the case may be, out of any available funds budgeted for the youth court by the board of supervisors.
MS Code § 43-21-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-117. Youth court prosecutor

  The youth court prosecutor shall represent the petitioner in all proceedings in the youth court.   The county prosecuting attorney shall serve as the youth court prosecutor; however, if funds are available pursuant to Section 43-21-123, the court may designate, as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a prosecutor or prosecutors in lieu of or in addition to the county prosecuting attorney. Where there is a municipal youth court division, the city prosecutor shall serve as youth court prosecutor; provided that the district attorney may participate in transfer proceedings.   The judge may designate as provided in Section 43-21-123 some suitable attorney or attorneys to serve as youth court prosecutor or prosecutors in lieu of or in conjunction with the youth court prosecutor provided in subsection (2) of this section. The designated youth court prosecutor or prosecutors shall be paid a fee or salary fixed on order of the judge as provided in Section 43-21-123 and shall be paid by the county out of any available funds budgeted for the youth court by the board of supervisors, unless the designated youth court prosecutor or prosecutors serves in a municipal youth court division, in which case he shall be paid a fee or salary fixed on order of the judge from the funds available to the municipality.   All youth court prosecutors and county prosecuting attorneys who serve as youth court prosecutors shall be required to receive juvenile justice training approved by the Mississippi Attorney General's office and regular annual continuing education in the field of juvenile justice. The Mississippi Attorney General's office shall determine the amount of juvenile justice training and annual continuing education which shall be satisfactory to fulfill the requirements of this subsection. The Administrative Office of Courts shall maintain a roll of youth court prosecutors, shall enforce the provisions of this subsection and shall maintain records on all such youth court prosecutors regarding such training. Should a youth court prosecutor miss two (2) consecutive training sessions sponsored by the Mississippi Attorney General's office as required by this subsection or fail to attend one (1) such training session within six (6) months of their designation as youth court prosecutor, the youth court prosecutor shall be disqualified to serve and be immediately removed from the office of youth court prosecutor and another youth court prosecutor shall be designated.
MS Code § 43-21-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-119. Youth court personnel

 The judge or his designee shall appoint as provided in Section 43-21-123 sufficient personnel, responsible to and under the control of the youth court, to carry on the professional, clerical and other work of the youth court. The cost of these persons appointed by the youth court shall be paid as provided in Section 43-21-123 out of any available funds budgeted for the youth court by the board of supervisors.
MS Code § 43-21-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-123. Expenditures by the youth court

 Except for expenses provided by state funds and/or other monies, the board of supervisors, or the municipal governing board where there is a municipal youth court, shall adequately provide funds for the operation of the youth court division of the chancery court in conjunction with the regular chancery court budget, or the county or family courts where said courts are constituted. In preparation for said funding, on an annual basis at the time requested, the youth court judge or administrator shall prepare and submit to the board of supervisors, or the municipal governing board of the youth court wherever the youth court is a municipal court, an annual budget which will identify the number, staff position, title and amount of annual or monthly compensation of each position as well as provide for other expenditures necessary to the functioning and operation of the youth court. When the budget of the youth court or youth court judge is approved by the board of supervisors or the governing authority of the municipality, then the youth court or youth court judge may employ such persons as provided in the budget from time to time.   The board of supervisors of any county in which there is located a youth court, and the governing authority of any municipality in which there is located a municipal youth court, are each authorized to reimburse the youth court judges and other youth court employees or personnel for reasonable travel and expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and in attending educational meetings offering professional training to such persons as budgeted.
MS Code § 43-21-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-125. Council of youth court judges

  There shall be a Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges which shall be the official organization of the judges having youth court jurisdiction in this state. The membership of the council shall consist of all the judges and referees of youth courts in the State of Mississippi.   The Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges is authorized to adopt and, from time to time, amend such rules, regulations or bylaws as it considers necessary to the conduct of its affairs.   The council may elect officers and provide for such meetings of the council as it deems necessary. The council shall meet at least annually for the consideration of:   any and all matters pertaining to the discharge of the official duties and obligations of its members; and   problems that have arisen in connection with the operation of the youth courts in any county or in all counties in order to improve the administration of juvenile justice in the state.     The council shall publish and submit to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the Mississippi Judicial Council an annual report of the operations which shall include financial and statistical data and may include suggestions and recommendations for legislation.   The council is authorized to receive and expend any funds which may become available from the federal government to carry out any of the purposes of this chapter, and to this end the council may meet any federal requirements not contrary to state law which may be conditions precedent to receiving such federal funds.   The council may cooperate with the federal government in a program for training personnel employed or preparing for employment by the youth court and may receive and expend funds from federal or state sources or from private donations for such purposes. The council may contract with public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning for the training of such personnel, may conduct short-term training courses of its own, may hire experts on a temporary basis for such purpose and may cooperate with the department of youth services or other state departments or agencies in personnel training programs.
MS Code § 43-21-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 21 - Youth Court|Organization, Administration and Operation|§ 43-21-127. Cooperation

 It is hereby made the duty of every public official or department to render all assistance and cooperation within his or its jurisdictional power which may further the objects of this chapter. The youth court is authorized to seek the cooperation of all societies, organizations or agencies having for their object the protection or aid of children.