The following words and terms, when used in these regulations, shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise.
1. Adult means a person 18 years of age or older.2. Board means the State Board of Health(s governing board consisting of 13 members.3. Camper means any child six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age who is attending a youth camp.4. Camping means a sustained experience which provides a creative, recreational, and educational opportunity in-group living in the out-of-doors.5. Camp Director means the individual who has the primary responsibility for health matters, food, and supportive services, such as business and transportation, at a youth camp. This person may or may not be classified as the Program Manager also.6. Assistant Camp Director means an individual appointed by the director and who must be present and responsible in his absence.7. Youth Camp Operator shall mean any person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises, whether or not for profit, a youth camp. The license is issued to the Youth Camp Operator, and has the ultimate responsibility for the operation of the youth camp.8. Program Manager is the individual responsible for the staff supervision and program administration and shall meet the requirements of CAMP DIRECTOR.9. Program Manager Permit is the permit to operate a camping program of four or more consecutive days in a site rental situation.10. Counselor means an individual who has a supervisory role with campers. This individual shall be at least a high school graduate or 18 years of age.11. Health Officer means the State Health Officer, Mississippi State Board of Health.12. Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization.13. Swimming and Diving Areas mean and include those aquatic facilities and operations generally known as swimming pools, wading pools, diving tanks, beaches, rivers, lakes, or other natural bodies of water, and similar areas and facilities.14. Tent means any shelter of which 25 percent or more of the walls or roof or both are constructed of, or covered, or protected by canvas or any other fabric material.15. Youth Camp means any camp operating on a permanent campsite for four (4) or more consecutive periods of twenty-four (24) hours and accommodating twenty (20) or more children six (6) to eighteen (18) years of age: provided, however, athletic camps and hunting and fishing camps shall not be included in this definition.16. Special Needs Campers mean those campers who have (1) physical disabilities affecting sense organs, muscles or skeletal structure, (2) mental impairments altering their intellectual performance, reasoning, or judgment, or (3) special medical problems which place restrictions upon their movement or render them unable to function in a normal setting without assistance or special supervisory attention.17. Department means the Mississippi State Department of Health. 15 Miss. Code. R. 11-55-4.1.1
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