In any legal proceeding filed by an inmate, full and complete exhaustion of all administrative and statutory remedies on all potential claims against the state, the Department of Corrections, private entities contracting to provide correctional services, or an employee of the state or the Department of Corrections is a jurisdictional requirement and must be completed prior to the filing of any pleadings.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 168, § 13, emerg. eff. April 27, 2004. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 159, § 6, emerg. eff. May 10, 2005; Laws 2006, c. 31, 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 382, § 4 repealed the effective date in Laws 2004, c. 168, § 18, causing that chapter to revert to its emergency effective date.