As Amended
SEC. 99-13-1. Definition of "feeble-minded."
The term "feeble-minded," within the meaning of this chapter shall apply to any and all persons with such a degree of mental inferiority from birth, or from infancy or early childhood, that they are unable to care for themselves, to profit by ordinary public school instruction, to compete on equal terms with others, or to manage themselves and their affairs with ordinary prudence, and consequently constitute menaces to the happiness or safety of themselves or of other persons in the community, and require care, supervision and control either for their own protection or for the protection of others. These persons denominated feeble-minded comprise those commonly called idiots, imbeciles and morons, or high grade feeble-minded persons.
SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. Sec. 5728b; 1930, Sec. 7269; 1942; Sec. 6764; Laws, 1920, ch. 210; 1984, ch. 472, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1984.