Mississippi § 41-30-3 - Definitions.

§ 41-30-3. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the definition ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” shall mean the Mississippi State Board of Health, or in the event the 1974 Regular Session shall enact House Bill 411 and thereby, upon approval by the Governor, create a Board of Mental Health, the term “board” shall then mean such Board of Mental Health. “Division” shall mean the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Services. “Director” shall mean the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Services. “Consortium” shall mean the University Consortium on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. “State hospitals” shall mean the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield and the East Mississippi State Hospital at Meridian. “Alcoholic” shall mean any person who chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that he has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of such beverages, or any person who, while chronically under the influence of alcoholic beverages, endangers public morals, health, safety or welfare. “Certified private treatment facility” shall mean any private facility, service or program approved by the division providing treatment or rehabilitation services for alcoholics and drug addicts, including, but not limited to, detoxication centers, licensed hospitals, community or regional mental health facilities, clinics or programs, halfway houses, and rehabilitation centers. “Certified public treatment facility” shall mean any center, facility, service or program approved by the division owned and operated or sponsored and operated by any federal, state or local governmental entity and which provides treatment and rehabilitation services for alcoholics or drug addicts. “Intoxicated person” shall mean a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol or drugs. “Drug addict” and “drug addiction” shall have the meanings as defined in Section 41-31-1.