As Amended
SEC. 43-15-6. Persons convicted of certain crimes not to be licensed as foster parent or foster home.
No person convicted of a crime affecting children or any other crime as set forth in Section 97-5-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the abandonment of a child under age six (6); Section 97-5-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to seduction of a child under age eighteen (18); Section 97-5-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the touching of a child for lustful purposes; Section 97-5-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the exploitation of children; Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and felonious battery of a child; Section 97-5-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child or child of a cohabiting partner; Section 97-3-95, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to sexual battery; Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to unnatural intercourse; Section 41-29-145, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the distribution of controlled substances to persons under age twenty-one (21); Section 97-3-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to murder and capital murder; Section 97-3-53, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to kidnapping; Section 97-3-65, 97-3-67 or 97-3-71, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to rape; Section 97-29-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to indecent exposure; or any other offense committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be deemed to be such a crime without regard to its designation elsewhere, shall be licensed as a foster parent or a foster home by the Mississippi Department of Public Welfare. The Department of Public Welfare is authorized to check any public records available in the State of Mississippi for such criminal information.
SOURCES: Laws, 1989, ch. 559, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1989.