Beginning October 1, 2016, the licensing agency shall conduct mock reviews of all juvenile detention facilities and determine what, if any, issues exist that may prevent licensure pursuant to the adopted rules and regulations. From and after October 1, 2017, no county or state entity shall establish, own, operate, and maintain a juvenile detention facility without a license issued under Sections 43-21-901 through 43-21-915.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-909
Identification of existence of issues that might prevent licensure; license required to own, operate and maintain juvenile detention facility
Known as the Youth Court Law
The act spans §§ 43-21-1 to 43-21-915 (102 sections).
Laws, 2016, ch. 438, § 5, eff from and after July 1, 2016.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.