§ 41-67-2. Definitions [Repealed effective July 1, 2011].

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 
 

(a) "Advanced treatment system" means individual on-site wastewater treatment systems that comply with Section 47-67-10. 

(b) "Alternative system" means any on-site sewage treatment and disposal system used in lieu of a conventional system. 

(c) "Board" means the Mississippi State Board of Health. 

(d) "Centralized sewerage system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, and all other construction, devices and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for the collection and conveyance of sewage to a treatment works or point of ultimate disposal other than an individual on-site wastewater disposal system. 

(e) "Certified maintenance provider" means any person who holds a written certification issued by the department allowing the person to provide maintenance services associated with approved on-site wastewater treatment and disposal systems. 

(f) "Certified professional evaluator" means any person who has met the requirements of Section 41-67-37. 

(g) "Conventional system" means an individual on-site wastewater disposal system consisting of a septic tank and gravity-fed subsurface disposal field. 

(h) "Department" means the Mississippi State Department of Health. 

(i) "Generator" means any person whose act or process produces sewage or other material suitable for disposal in an individual on-site wastewater disposal system. 

(j) "Individual on-site wastewater disposal system" means a sewage treatment and effluent disposal system that does not discharge into waters of the state, that serves only one (1) legal tract, that accepts only residential waste and similar waste streams maintained on the property of the generator, and that is designed and installed in accordance with this law and regulations of the board. 

(k) "Installer" means any person who has met the requirements of Section 41-67-25. 

(l) "Performance-based system" means an individual on-site wastewater disposal system designed to meet standards established to designate a level of treatment of wastewater that an individual on-site wastewater disposal system must meet, including, but not limited to, biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, nutrient reduction and fecal coliform. 

(m) "Person" means any individual, trust, firm, joint-stock company, public or private corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, or any agency or institution thereof, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or the United States or any officer or employee thereof. 

(n) "Property of the generator" means land owned by or under permanent legal easement or lease to the generator. 

(o) "Qualified homeowner" means the current owner of a specific residence where that homeowner resides and where the homeowner has met the requirements of the Department of Health regulations. 

(p) "Subdivision" means any tract or combination of adjacent tracts of land that is subdivided into ten (10) or more tracts, sites or parcels for the purpose of commercial or residential development. 

Sources: Laws,  1996, ch. 516, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 578, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2002, ch. 493, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 525, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2005, ch. 545, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 391, § 2; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2008, ch. 563, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2009.