Missouri Laws 191.1075 – Definitions
As used in sections 191.1075 to 191.1085, the following terms shall mean:
(1) “Department”, the department of health and senior services;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 191.1075
- 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
- 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
(2) “Health care professional”, a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, or certified by the state of Missouri to perform specified health services;
(3) “Hospital”:
(a) A place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours in any week of three or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, or other abnormal physical conditions; or
(b) A place devoted primarily to provide for not less than twenty-four consecutive hours in any week medical or nursing care for three or more unrelated individuals. “Hospital” does not include convalescent, nursing, shelter, or boarding homes as defined in chapter 198.