{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-15-303","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-303","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 43-15-303","body":"(1) A child care service employer offering or conducting a child care service:\n\n(a) Shall not employ or permit to volunteer an applicant who is listed on the sex offender registry as a sex offender under Section 45-33-25 ; and\n\n(b) Shall not knowingly employ or permit to volunteer an applicant who has been convicted of a sex offense, who has been adjudicated not guilty of a sex offense by reason of insanity; or who has been adjudicated physically or mentally incompetent.\n\n(2)(a) A child care service employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), imprisoned for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or both.\n\n(b) An employer who obtains an official report from the Mississippi Justice Information Center that the applicant is not registered as a sex offender shall not be guilty of a violation of this section, absent the employer's actual knowledge that the applicant is a sex offender.","path":["MS Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"8fad1464e5a60d6b1ab700b7fead3bb454da7b8909fd64e66493c7acb9374699","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-15-301","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-43-15-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}