83-43-3 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 83-43-3. Definitions.
 

As used in this chapter: 
 

(a) "Dentists" means persons holding a license to practice dentistry under Sections 73-9-1 through 73-9-65, Mississippi Code of 1972. 

(b) "Dental services" include the general and usual services rendered and care administered by dentists as defined in Sections 73-9-1 through 73-9-65, Mississippi Code of 1972. 

(c) "Nonprofit dental service corporation" includes a corporation organized and operated under the provisions of Section 79-11-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all other applicable statutes governing nonprofit corporations. 

(d) "State Board of Health" means Mississippi State Board of Health. 

(e) "Court" means the chancery court of the county where the principal office of the nonprofit dental corporation is or is to be located. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8775-02; Laws,  1962, ch. 234, § 2; Laws,  1997, ch. 410, § 22, eff from and after July 1, 1997.