As Amended
SEC. 41-39-33. Definitions.
As used in sections 41-39-31 to 41-39-51, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
(a) "Person" means individual, corporation, government or governmental agency or subdivision, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.
(b) "Body or part of body" includes organs, tissues, bones, blood and other body fluids, and "part" includes "parts."
(c) "Licensed hospital" includes any hospital licensed by the state board of health under the laws of this state and any hospital operated by the United States Government although not required to be licensed under the laws of the state of Mississippi.
(d) "Licensed physician or surgeon" means any physician or surgeon licensed to practice under the laws of this state.
(e) "Technician" means an individual other than a physician or surgeon who is certified by the state board of health as being qualified to remove and preserve parts of a body pursuant to this chapter.
(f) "Accredited school of mortuary science" means a mortuary science program in a state junior college approved by the state junior college commission and the vocational technical division of the Mississippi Department of Education.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 278.3-02; Laws, 1970, ch. 413, Sec. 2; 1975, ch. 328, Sec. 2; 1980, ch. 403, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1980.