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, 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, SB 1397, c. 168, § 13, emerg. eff. April 27, 2004; Amended by Laws 2005, HB 1623, c. 159, § 6, emerg. eff. May 10, 2005 (superseded document available).