43-15-101 - Purpose. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-15-101. Purpose.
 

The purpose of this article is to protect the health, safety and well-being of all children in the state who are cared for by family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies and child-placing agencies by providing for the establishment of licensing requirements for such homes and agencies and providing procedures to determine adherence to these requirements. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 379, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2000.