{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-2-85","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 49-2-85","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 49-2-85","body":"The following words and phrases when used in Sections 49-2-81 through 49-2-87 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n\n(a) “ Department ” means the Department of Environmental Quality.\n\n(b) “ Home-generated medical sharp ” means a sharp used by an individual at home.\n\n(c) “ Medical sharp ” means a needle, syringe, lancet or other sharp object used to penetrate the skin for medical testing or for delivery of medication.","path":["MS Code","Title 49"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T20:49:39Z","sha256":"b98c2d56e7d2dba3e3f32d330c80f7aa95b34fd825a6a59838ff72fdb3521619","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-2-83","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-49-2-87","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}