§ 191.005 Information exchange between departments, rulemaking authority
§ 191.025 Health care compact
§ 191.116 Alzheimer’s state plan task force established — members, appointment, ..
§ 191.127 Land may be leased for farming or grazing — procedure
§ 191.150 Purchase of food limited to use of institution inmates
§ 191.160 Board and living quarters for employees of institutions
§ 191.170 Mistreatment of inmates — penalty
§ 191.180 Furnishing unfit food to institution — penalty
§ 191.190 Accessory to mistreatment of inmates or furnishing of unwholesome food — ..
§ 191.210 Attendance of patient by private physician
§ 191.211 Funding of certain programs
§ 191.213 Additional funding sources for certain programs
§ 191.226 Costs of HIV testing for certain crime victims payable by department of ..
§ 191.227 Medical records to be released to patient, when, exception — fee permitted, ..
§ 191.228 Physician and pharmacist not subject to discipline for cooperation
§ 191.229 Accreditation of not-for-profit human services organizations deemed ..
§ 191.231 Community-based integrated delivery system, qualification, powers — ..
§ 191.235 Mercury contained in immunizations, not to be administered to certain ..
§ 191.237 Failure to participate in health information organization, no fine or ..
§ 191.240 Patient examinations, limitation on performance of, when — notice — ..
§ 191.250 Citation of law — definitions — DNR orders, requirements — revocation of ..
§ 191.300 Definitions
§ 191.305 Missouri genetic advisory committee created — purpose — appointment, terms ..
§ 191.310 Duties of committee — liaison officers with mental health and education, ..
§ 191.315 Genetics program to be established by department — rules authorized — procedure
§ 191.317 Confidentiality of all tests and personal information — exceptions — ..
§ 191.320 Genetic diagnostic and counseling services to be established — outreach ..
§ 191.323 Powers and duties of department of health and senior services in prevention ..
§ 191.325 Cost of services, how paid — free to persons financially unable to pay — ..
§ 191.331 Infants to be tested for metabolic and genetic diseases — reports — ..
§ 191.332 Supplemental newborn screening requirements — additional screenings — ..
§ 191.333 Citation of law — screening for lysosomal storage diseases — rulemaking ..
§ 191.334 Chloe’s Law — critical congenital heart disease screening, requirements — ..
§ 191.335 Hemophilia program established — state assistance, when
§ 191.340 Hemophilia program — care and treatment — financial assistance — education ..
§ 191.360 Trained employee of end-stage renal disease facility may initiate dialysis ..
§ 191.362 Appropriately trained employees to have completed course in dialysis ..
§ 191.365 Sickle cell anemia — purposes of program — financial assistance, when
§ 191.370 Sickle cell anemia, development of program for care and treatment — duties ..
§ 191.375 Cystic fibrosis, program for care and treatment — financial assistance, when
§ 191.380 Cystic fibrosis, duties of department
§ 191.400 State board of health and senior services — appointment — terms — ..
§ 191.411 System of coordinated health care services — health access incentive fund ..
§ 191.425 Program established, eligibility — contracting authority — conditional on ..
§ 191.430 Program established, purpose — department duties
§ 191.435 Need for health care areas to be designated
§ 191.440 Contracts for forgivable loans, contents — practice sites, stipulation of
§ 191.445 Fund created, use of moneys
§ 191.450 Failure to maintain acceptable employment status, liable for loan amount — ..
§ 191.480 Manufacturers may make investigational drugs and devices available to ..
§ 191.592 Grant program established — definitions — purpose — fund created, use of ..
§ 191.594 Citation of law — prevalence of depression and suicide study — prohibited ..
§ 191.596 Research project authorized — committee established, members, duties — ..
§ 191.600 Loan repayment program established — health professional student loan ..
§ 191.603 Definitions
§ 191.605 Department to designate as areas of need — factors to be considered
§ 191.607 Qualifications for eligibility established by department
§ 191.609 Contract for repayment of loans, contents
§ 191.611 Loan repayment program to cover certain loans — amount paid per year of ..
§ 191.614 Termination of medical studies or failure to become licensed doctor, ..
§ 191.615 Application for federal funds — insufficient funds, effect
§ 191.630 Definitions
§ 191.631 Testing for disease, consent deemed given, when — hospital to conduct ..
§ 191.640 Blood-borne pathogen standard required for occupational exposure of public ..
§ 191.645 Risk of exposure to Hepatitis C, information to be made available — website ..
§ 191.648 Expedited partner therapy permitted, requirements for physicians utilizing ..
§ 191.650 Definitions
§ 191.653 HIV testing performed by whom, how — consultation with subject required, when
§ 191.656 Confidentiality of reports and records, exceptions — violation, civil ..
§ 191.657 Disclosure of confidential HIV information, by court order, only to certain ..
§ 191.658 HIV infection status disclosure by department of health and senior services ..
§ 191.659 Department of corrections, HIV and infectious diseases testing without ..
§ 191.662 Department of mental health, permissive HIV testing without right of ..
§ 191.663 HIV testing, defined — court order to test certain sexual offenders — costs ..
§ 191.665 Discrimination prohibited, exceptions
§ 191.668 Department of health and senior services and department of elementary and ..
§ 191.671 Insurance companies, HMOs or health service corporations, HIV testing by, ..
§ 191.674 Court-ordered HIV testing without right of refusal, department of health ..
§ 191.677 Serious infectious or communicable diseases, prohibited acts, criminal ..
§ 191.680 Maintaining a nuisance, abatement to be ordered, when
§ 191.683 Reports to general assembly by department of health and senior services
§ 191.686 Anonymous testing sites in central Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield and ..
§ 191.689 Schools to be given notice of identity of child with HIV infection, when, ..
§ 191.692 Premarital HIV testing, rulemaking authorized, when
§ 191.694 Infection control procedures — requirements and training for health care ..
§ 191.695 Rulemaking authority, department of health and senior services — procedure
§ 191.699 Disciplinary action for health care professionals who discriminate or ..
§ 191.700 Testing of all health care professionals not justified — voluntary and ..
§ 191.703 Death of patient with infectious or contagious disease, notification to ..
§ 191.710 MO HealthNet program and SCHIPS to focus on premature infant health care
§ 191.711 Education publications to be prepared, contents — distribution
§ 191.724 Discrimination based on religious beliefs or moral convictions prohibited, ..
§ 191.725 Physician to counsel pregnant patients on effects of cigarettes, alcohol ..
§ 191.729 School districts to be furnished information on prenatal and postnatal ..
§ 191.731 Pregnant woman referred for substance abuse to have priority for treatment ..
§ 191.737 Children exposed to substance abuse, referral by physician to children’s ..
§ 191.739 Protective and preventive services to be provided by department of social ..
§ 191.748 Shaken baby syndrome video, required viewing, when
§ 191.755 Department to post resources on website, content
§ 191.756 Grants awarded by board of health and senior services — eligibility criteria
§ 191.758 Information to be made available by physician to pregnant women, when
§ 191.761 Umbilical cord blood samples, department to provide courier service to ..
§ 191.765 Definitions
§ 191.767 Persons not to smoke in public places or meetings, except in designated ..
§ 191.769 Areas not considered public places
§ 191.771 Person in control of public places or public meetings, duties
§ 191.773 Violators, guilty of infraction
§ 191.775 Public schools and school buses — smoking, or tobacco or vapor product use ..
§ 191.776 Child day care facilities, smoking or tobacco use when children are ..
§ 191.777 More stringent ordinances or rules may be adopted by governing bodies or ..
§ 191.800 Definitions
§ 191.803 Boards of education to establish breakfast program — rules — waiver, procedure
§ 191.805 Hardship grant program, distribution of, rules
§ 191.807 Supplemental funding, women, infants and children supplemental food program ..
§ 191.810 Department of health and senior services to establish standards for summer ..
§ 191.813 Agencies to coordinate outreach programs — specific programs — public ..
§ 191.815 Administrative rules, procedure
§ 191.828 Evaluations, effect of initiatives
§ 191.831 Health initiatives fund established, use — Alt-care pilot program, ..
§ 191.835 Community 2000 grants program — local commissions, members — goals, ..
§ 191.839 Education programs for persons with no or inadequate health insurance
§ 191.843 Authorizes grants for regional research consortia in a distressed community
§ 191.875 Citation–definitions–estimate of cost provided, ..
§ 191.900 Definitions
§ 191.905 False statement to receive health care payment prohibited — kickback, ..
§ 191.907 Original source of information to receive a portion of any recovery
§ 191.908 Whistleblower protections — violations, penalty
§ 191.910 Attorney general may investigate violations, powers — service authorized — ..
§ 191.914 False report or claim, penalty
§ 191.915 Breast-feeding information provided, when, by whom
§ 191.918 Breast-feeding in public permitted — not sexual conduct, public indecency, ..
§ 191.923 Prenatally diagnosed conditions, patient to be provided information — ..
§ 191.925 Screening for hearing loss, infants, when — procedures used — exemptions — ..
§ 191.928 Surveillance and monitoring system for certain newborns — standards and ..
§ 191.931 Early intervention services available — report, content
§ 191.937 Rulemaking authority, procedure
§ 191.940 Citation of law — definitions — hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers ..
§ 191.950 Prostate cancer pilot programs — definitions — eligibility — services ..
§ 191.975 Adoption awareness, department duties — advertising campaign authorized — ..
§ 191.980 Missouri area health education centers program established — authority of ..
§ 191.990 Diabetes goals and benchmarks — report, contents
§ 191.1050 Definitions
§ 191.1053 Designation of areas — re-evaluation of designations, when — rulemaking ..
§ 191.1056 Fund created, use of moneys
§ 191.1075 Definitions
§ 191.1080 Council created, purpose, members, terms, duties — report — expiration date
§ 191.1085 Program established, purpose — website information — rulemaking authority
§ 191.1100 Citation of law — definitions
§ 191.1102 Additional licensure not required, when — inapplicability
§ 191.1104 Display of license or certificate, how satisfied
§ 191.1106 Registration with department required, fee, contents — quarterly reports — ..
§ 191.1110 Immunity from liability, when — no compensation to be received — certain ..
§ 191.1112 Volunteer crisis response teams — definitions — immunity from liability, ..
§ 191.1140 Treatment of chronic, common, and complex diseases, program authorized, ..
§ 191.1145 Definitions — telehealth services authorized, when
§ 191.1146 Physician-patient relationship required, how established
§ 191.1150 Citation of law — definitions — designation of caregiver, when — requirements
§ 191.1164 Citation of law — definitions
§ 191.1165 Medication-assisted treatment — formulary medications and requirements — ..
§ 191.1167 Contracts, policies, or procedures in violation of act deemed null and void
§ 191.1168 Severability clause
§ 191.1400 Citation of law — definitions — compassionate care visits to be permitted, ..
§ 191.1601 Citation of law
§ 191.1603 Definitions
§ 191.1604 Long-term dignity savings account, use, requirements
§ 191.1605 Accounts, use of moneys — withdrawals, recapture — death of account holder, ..
§ 191.1606 Reporting, forms — rulemaking authority
§ 191.1607 Financial institutions, requirements — no responsibility or liability, when
§ 191.1720 Gender transition — citation of law — definitions — under 18, no surgery or ..
§ 191.1820 Citation of law — definitions
§ 191.1825 Registry established, purpose — start date — notification to patients
§ 191.1830 Registry advisory committee established — members
§ 191.1835 Collection and dissemination of information, system established — list of ..
§ 191.1840 Furnishing registry data, agreements, requirements — confidentiality
§ 191.1845 Confidentiality of information — coding system — recordkeeping
§ 191.1850 Facility-based registries not preempted
§ 191.1855 Report to general assembly, contents, publishing of
§ 191.2290 v2 Citation of law — definitions — state of emergency, designated essential ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 191 - Health and Welfare

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes administrator where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: if used in a section in a context relating to property rights or obligations, means conservator of the estate as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mandatory spending: Spending (budget authority and outlays) controlled by laws other than annual appropriations acts.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020