Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
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Does Mississippi's Fresh Start Act limit the Massage Therapy Board's ability to deny a license based on a criminal record?
The 2020 opinion concluded that the Mississippi Massage Therapy Board's specific licensing statutes qualified as 'applicable state law' that overrode the Fresh Start Act's general restrictions on usin…
Does the Fresh Start Act force the Mississippi Board of Physical Therapy to ignore prior felony convictions when licensing applicants?
The AG concluded that because the Physical Therapy Board's enabling statute did not bar licensure based on prior convictions, the Board had to comply with Section 73-77-5 of the Fresh Start Act. Its g…
Does Mississippi's Fresh Start Act let people with criminal records get a nursing license, or can the Board of Nursing still bar them?
The AG concluded that the Mississippi Board of Nursing's existing enabling statute, which let it deny a license for felony or moral-turpitude convictions, qualified as 'applicable state law' that exem…
Does the Fresh Start Act limit the Mississippi Funeral Services Board from disqualifying applicants for prior crimes?
Partly. The AG concluded that the Funeral Services Board's enabling statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 73-11-51, did not bar an applicant for a prior criminal conviction. So Fresh Start Act § 73-77-5 applied …
Does Mississippi's Fresh Start Act let a person with a serious felony become a licensed nursing home administrator?
No, for serious felonies. The AG concluded that Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13(5)(c), which bars nursing home administrator licensure for felonies including drug offenses, murder, manslaughter, sexual bat…
Does Mississippi's Fresh Start Act stop the Optometry Board from rejecting a license applicant for a moral-turpitude crime?
No. The AG concluded that Miss. Code Ann. § 73-19-23(1), which lets the Optometry Board refuse, cancel, or suspend a license for 'conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude,' was 'applicable stat…
Does Mississippi's Fresh Start Act of 2019 stop the social-worker board from denying a license based on a felony conviction?
No. The AG concluded that the social-work board's enabling statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 73-53-13, was 'applicable state law' that exempted the board from the Fresh Start Act's restrictions on using prio…
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Attorney general opinions in Mississippi are written by the Mississippi Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.