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Chapter 192

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 192

Department of Health and Senior Services

192.002Department of health and senior services established 192.005Department of health and senior services created — division of health abolished — duties — federal Older Americans Act, implementation transferred to department, state plan 192.006Health and senior services, department of, rulemaking authority, procedure 192.007Director, appointment — compensation — qualifications 192.011Duties of department — monitoring environmental effects on public health — developing disease prevention plan 192.014State board of health and senior services to advise department 192.015Fees for laboratory tests authorized — deposit in general revenue 192.016Putative father registry — fund created 192.019Citation 192.020To safeguard the health of the people of Missouri — certain diseases to be included on communicable or infectious disease list 192.025To accept and disburse federal funds for health purposes 192.031Hepatitis C programs established by department of health and senior services 192.033Strategies for raising public awareness on hepatitis C 192.036Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals and training providers 192.040Department to issue reports — subjects 192.050Department to maintain certain bureaus — establishment of others 192.060Department to keep vital statistics 192.067Patients' medical records, department may receive information from — purpose — confidentiality — immunity for persons releasing records, exception — reimbursement of costs of abstracting data — penalty 192.068Quality of care, access, member satisfaction and status information provided to department — standards of measurement — rulemaking authority — data not to be made public — reports to be published 192.070Care of babies and hygiene of children, educational literature to be issued by department 192.072Bureau of immunization to develop educational materials — contents, distribution 192.080Bureau of food and drug inspection 192.081Donation of canned or perishable food — definitions — procedure — immunity from liability, when — department to provide information 192.083Office of minority health, established — purpose, duties 192.090Inspection of hotels, inns and boardinghouses 192.100Inspection of beverages 192.110Department's duty as to diseases of animals 192.1120Bone marrow registry, providers may inquire whether certain patients are registered — department to disseminate information 192.131Definitions — health care-associated infections data to be reported — confidentiality — plan to help monitoring to be developed — required standards 192.138Contagious or infectious disease reports by medical treatment facilities and nursing homes 192.139Communicable disease reporting, guidelines for department 192.140Public health nurse provided — public and private places disinfected 192.150Interference a misdemeanor — duty of mayor and county commission 192.160Taxpayers may petition for the appointment of a nurse 192.170Money appropriated from current revenue 192.2000Division of aging created — duties — inspectors of nursing homes, training and continuing education requirements — promulgation of rules, procedure — dementia-specific training requirements established 192.2005Definitions 192.2010Shared care program established, goals — department duties 192.2015Shared care tax credit available, when — eligibility requirements — rulemaking authority — penalty provision 192.2020Area agencies for aging duties — advisory council, duties — agency records audited, when 192.2025Budget allotment tables provided to each area agency on aging, when — area plan submitted, when — on-site monitoring by department 192.2100Alzheimer's disease and related disorders respite care program — definitions 192.2105Respite care program for Alzheimer's purposes 192.2110Rules and regulations for respite care program, procedure 192.2150Department to use services of certain organizations, when 192.2200Definitions 192.2205License required to operate day care program — forms — documents — review — license validity period — temporary operating permit, when 192.2210Deficiencies, operator informed in exit interview, requirements — plan of correction — categories of standards established — inspection reports made available — notices required 192.2215Revocation of license, when — notification of operator 192.2220Exceptions to licensure requirements for adult day care centers 192.2225Right to enter premises for compliance inspections or to investigate complaints — failure to permit, effect 192.2230Fee for license or renewal, limitation 192.2235Adult daycare program manual — regional training sessions 192.2240Inspections, when — refusal to permit access, court order issued when — injunction authorized 192.2245License denied — suspended — revoked — hearing procedure — appeals 192.2250Rulemaking authority 192.2255Rules, authority, procedure 192.2260Violations, penalties 192.2265Inspections and plans of correction to be provided on department website, exceptions 192.2270Dispute resolution, department may contract with third parties — definitions — requirements — rulemaking authority 192.2275Cost-based uniform rate for services, budget line item 192.230Department to conduct a survey of hospitals and health facilities — to recommend a state plan 192.2300Definitions 192.2305Office of state ombudsman for long-term care facility and veterans' home residents created in department of health and senior services — purpose — powers and duties 192.2310Confidentiality of ombudsman's files and records, exceptions, violations, penalty 192.2315Immunity from liability for official duties for staff and volunteers — information furnished office, no reprisals against employees of facilities or residents, violations, penalty 192.2400Definitions 192.2405Mandatory reporters--penalty for failure to report 192.2410Reports, contents — department to maintain telephone for reporting 192.2415Investigations of reports of eligible adults, department procedures 192.2420Investigations of reports of eligible adults between eighteen and fifty-nine, department procedures 192.2425Investigation of elder abuse — report 192.2430Duty to report, immunity 192.2435Records, what confidential, what subject to disclosure — procedure — central registry to receive complaints of abuse and neglect 192.2440Assistance to be given 192.2445Procedure when abuse, neglect, or physical harm may be involved — remedies 192.2450Interference with delivery of services, effect — remedy 192.2455Recipient unable to give consent, procedure, remedy 192.2460Director may proceed under other law, when — legal counsel may be retained, when 192.2465Peace officer may act, when, how — involuntary treatment may be ordered, how, where rendered — religious beliefs to be observed 192.2470Discontinuance of services, when — exception 192.2475Report of abuse or neglect of in-home services or home health agency client, duty — penalty — contents of report — investigation, procedure — confidentiality of report — immunity — retaliation prohibited, penalty — employee disqualification list — safe at home evaluations, procedure 192.2480In-home services client, misappropriation of property, report — investigation — penalty — confidentiality of report — immunity — retaliation prohibited — employee disqualification list 192.2485Alteration of in-home services provider agency contracts, procedure — letters of censure — staying of suspensions — appeal process 192.2490Employee disqualification list, notification of placement, contents — challenge of allegation, procedure — hearing, procedure — appeal — removal of name from list — list provided to whom — prohibition of employment 192.2495Criminal background checks of employees, required when — persons with criminal history not to be hired, when, penalty — failure to disclose, penalty — improper hirings, penalty — definitions — rules to waive hiring restrictions 192.250Department to receive grants 192.2500Prohibition against disclosure of reports, exceptions — employment security provided reports upon request 192.2505Confidentiality of records, records disclosed, when 192.2520Citation of law — definitions — telehealth network for victims of sexual offenses, requirements — contracts — report, contents — fund established, use of moneys — rulemaking authority 192.2521Specialty hospital exemption 192.2550Definitions 192.2552License required — inapplicability, when 192.2554Department powers and duties — inspections and investigations — rule variance request — rules 192.2556Child care facility license required — employees considered child care staff members, when 192.2558Sanction of license procedure — immediate suspension, when — court action, when 192.2560Confidentiality of records — inspection and investigation reports available to public, when 192.260County health officer appointed by county commission 192.270Deputy or assistant county health officers (certain first and second class counties)192.280Duties of county health officer — neglect, penalty — removal 192.290State regulations supersede local rules — additional local rules 192.300Counties may make additional health rules — fees, deposit in county treasury, purpose — individuals unable to pay not to be denied health services — records and publication — violation a misdemeanor 192.310City of St. Charles and cities of 75,000 or over excepted from sections 192.260 to 192.320 192.320Violation of law or quarantine — penalty 192.323Department of health and senior services document services fund created — funding by certain fees — purpose — amount from fund exempt from lapse into general revenue 192.324Administrative and cost allocation fund created, use of moneys 192.326Disaster fund created, use of moneys during a state of emergency 192.360Active duty military, license to remain in good standing for duration of duty — licensing board procedure required — renewal of license 192.380Neonatal care designations, criteria for — levels — rulemaking authority — facility to report level to department 192.385Program established, purpose — fund created, use of moneys — disbursement to area agencies on aging, formula — rulemaking authority 192.390Cost of certain formulas to be provided — rulemaking authority 192.400Definitions 192.410Powers and duties of department 192.420Department to make rules — procedure 192.430Radiation sources to be kept safe 192.440Unregistered use or possession of radiation producers unlawful — use or possession contrary to law or regulations unlawful 192.450Department to order abatement of violations — agents may inspect — data confidential 192.460Emergency orders — compliance required — hearing 192.470Judicial review 192.480Law not to limit medical use of radiation 192.490Violation of law or regulation, misdemeanor — injunctive relief 192.500Inspection of cone beam computed tomography systems and panoramic x-ray systems, when 192.505Radiation data management program to collect statistics to protect health and environment 192.507Radiological laboratory to be established, purpose 192.510Radiation emergencies, duties of department of health and senior services to cooperate with other agencies 192.601Toll-free telephone to be established for information on health care providers for children on medical assistance 192.604Office established — powers and duties — report to general assembly and governor, when 192.630Advisory committee on childhood immunization — members — public meetings, costs — appointment — duties 192.650Cancer information reporting system established — purpose — rulemaking authority 192.653Reports required from certain health care providers, content — exemptions 192.655Confidentiality of reports — release of reports, requirements — publication, when — exchange of data agreements with other registries permitted, when 192.657No liability for furnishing or providing access to required information, exception — department examination of individuals not intended — violations, penalty 192.665Definitions 192.667Health care providers, financial data, submission of data on infections to be collected, rules, recommendations — federal guidelines to be implemented — collection and use of data, restrictions, penalty — public reports required, when, requirements — rulemaking authority — antimicrobial stewardship program, report 192.700Arthritis program established — purpose 192.703Definitions 192.705Program coordinators, appointment, duties — compensation 192.707Arthritis advisory board established — members, terms, appointment, vacancies — meetings — chairman, term — duties, reports, reimbursement of expenses 192.710Arthritis program review committee created — members — qualifications — appointment — term — vacancies — meetings — duties — executive administrator 192.712Expenses of board and committee members to be paid, subject to appropriations 192.714Regional arthritis centers to be established — purpose — regions designated 192.716Centers to establish programs for education and improved patient care 192.718Fellowships to be granted in clinical rheumatology — candidates, how approved — amount 192.720Support for rheumatology trainees — amount — approval of candidates 192.723Research feasibility studies to be carried out by regional centers 192.725Arthritis information network to be established — staff 192.727DMSO — definition — use for treatment of arthritis — authorized — no liability for persons prescribing, administering, dispensing, when — label requirements 192.735Definitions 192.737Data analysis and needs assessment 192.739Confidentiality of reports — release of reports, requirements 192.740No liability for furnishing required information, exception 192.742Promulgation of rules, authority for, consultation with council 192.744Department examination or treatment of individual not intended — violations, penalty 192.745Advisory council established — members, terms, appointment, meetings, expenses — chairman — duties 192.760Definitions 192.762Department to license materials used to perform mammography — minimum training and performance standards — rules, procedure, review 192.764Schedule of fees to be established — nonrefundable fees — waiver of fees — mammography fund 192.766Machine not registered shall not be used for mammography — department to authorize machines, when — nonrenewable temporary authorizations — application form, information required — annual inspections — withdrawal of authorization, emergency order authorized — administrative penalty — injunctive relief 192.775Physician referral not required for screening mammogram, when 192.895Covid-19 tests, no cost, when — department duties — use of federal funds — no reduction in health insurance coverage, when 192.900Missouri public health services fund, established, purposes 192.915Over-the-counter weight loss pills, education and awareness program established — strategies — rulemaking authority 192.925Awareness program established — focus of program — cooperation with department of social services, distribution of program information 192.926Committee established to assess continuation of demonstration program — duties of committee, members — recommendations — termination date 192.965Office on women's health created, duties 192.968Committee to advise the office on women's health created, duties 192.990Board established, purpose — definitions — members, duties — report — data to be provided to department — confidentiality — use of grant funds