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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 209

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 209

Disabilities Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical Disabilities

209.010Division to aid blind persons 209.015Blindness education, screening and treatment program fund — uses of fund — rulemaking 209.020Division may receive and expend donations and bequests 209.030Blind pensions, eligibility requirements — termination of payments for failure to submit to vision test — change of address, notice to department 209.035Proceeds from involuntary conversion, how treated — receipt defined 209.040Standard of vision, vision test required, exemption — amount of payments, effect of insufficient appropriations — medical assistance — supplemental appropriations, when 209.050Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions — names may be stricken from roll 209.060Application for pension — payment begins, when — misrepresentation, penalty 209.070Division to prepare suitable blank application forms 209.080Division to make regulations relative to examination of applicants for pensions 209.090Division to prepare roll of pensioners — to distribute pensions 209.100Division to keep blind pension roll 209.110Person aggrieved may appeal 209.120(Repealed L. 1955 p. 507 § A)Repealed 209.130Rate of tax to be levied 209.140Persons violating provisions of law guilty of misdemeanor 209.150Rights of persons with disabilities — service dogs, no extra charge for — liability for actual damages 209.152Trainers of guide, hearing or service dogs, no extra charge for — liability for damages 209.160Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disabilities, a misdemeanor 209.162Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disability, an unlawful employment practice — complaints, filed by aggrieved persons 209.170October fifteenth to be white cane safety day, governor to note 209.180State and its political subdivisions and tax money recipients to employ visually handicapped on same terms as other employees, exception 209.190Housing accommodations, defined — discrimination against persons with visual, hearing or physical disabilities, prohibited — dogs, guide, hearing or service to have full access — liability for actual damages 209.192Definitions — blind literacy study — division of special education to make annual report 209.200Definitions 209.202Crime of causing substantial injury to or the death of a service dog, penalty — failure to control an animal that causes substantial injury to or the death of a service dog, penalty — harassment of a service dog, penalty — damages 209.204Impersonating a person with a disability for the purpose of receiving certain accommodations, penalty, civil liability — misrepresentation of dog as service dog, penalty, civil liability — misrepresentation of animal as assistance animal, penalty, civil liability — placard, brochure 209.210(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.220(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.230(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.240Amount of pension — need, how determined 209.245Financial assistance for obtaining hearing aids, program established — fund created — powers of commission 209.250(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.251Definitions 209.253Statewide dual-party relay system, establishment by PSC — advisory assistive technology council to administer — rulemaking authority 209.255Rate established to recover costs of programs — surcharge, limitations, collection — exemption from taxes 209.257Telephone company to deduct percentage to cover cost — percentage determined by PSC — money collected, deposit — use of deaf relay service fund 209.258Deaf relay service fund established, purpose — deposit — unexpended balance not to be transferred to general revenue — commission and advisory assistive technology council to request appropriations from fund for service delivery 209.259Review of surcharge and deduction percentage — recommendation procedures — surcharge adjusted when — excess funds, effective 209.260Telecommunications companies responsibility for quality of services, individuals with disabilities 209.261Definitions 209.263Person relaying conversation not to disclose contents, exception — order to disclose — privilege 209.265No disclosure of conversation without permission — penalty 209.270(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.280(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.285Definitions 209.287Board for certification of interpreters established — appointment, qualification, terms — expenses — meetings — chairman elected how — quorum — removal from office, procedure 209.289Coordinator to be hired, qualifications, salary and expenses 209.290(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.292Board's powers and duties — evaluation team to be appointed, qualifications, expenses — removal from team, procedure 209.295Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, duties of commission 209.297Applications for certification, content, oath — fee not refundable — applicant to be given date for evaluation 209.299Evaluations to be held where and when — coordinator to notify applicants of score 209.300(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.302Eligibility for evaluation 209.305Evaluations, subjects to be covered — confidentiality of tests and records 209.307Conflict of interest for board or evaluation team, effect 209.309Provisional certificates issued when — limitation — requirements — extension granted when 209.310(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.311Fees, how established 209.314Grievances on evaluation, procedure 209.317Certificate may be suspended, denied or revoked — hearing procedure 209.318Fund for certification of interpreters established, purpose — lapse into general revenue when — first fiscal year, board's expenses, how paid 209.319State committee of interpreters to be established in division of professional registration, appointment, qualifications, terms, compensation — vacancies — quorum — meetings 209.320(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.321License required to practice interpreting — certain professions exempt — practice to be limited to training and education — not considered interpreting, when — out-of-state licensees, temporary interpreting permitted — provisional licensure, criteria 209.322Certificates recognized by the board 209.323License application forms, content, oath, fee not refundable, qualifications, licenses expire, when — reinstatement procedure — replacement of license lost or destroyed 209.324Criminal background check, fingerprint submission 209.326Temporary license issued to persons licensed in other states, procedure, fee limitation 209.328Ethical rules of conduct established by rules, duties of committee — other rules authorized 209.330(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.331Procedure to adopt rules 209.332State committee of interpreters fund established, purpose — transfer to general revenue, when — profession of interpreter not to be subject to taxation or licensing fees by municipalities 209.334Refusal to issue or renew license, grounds, complaint procedure — reinstatement procedure 209.337Violations, penalty — injunction granted when — venue 209.339Conversation between a hearing person and a deaf person, interpreter is deemed a conduit, confidentiality, exceptions 209.340(Repealed L. 1973 S.B. 325 § 1)Repealed 209.600Definitions 209.605Program created — ABLE board to administer, members, terms — powers — meetings — investment of funds 209.610Agreements, terms and conditions — contribution limits 209.615Deposit and investment of moneys 209.620Cancellation of participation agreement, penalty 209.625Assets exempt from taxation 209.630Assets used for ABLE program purposes only 209.635Rulemaking authority 209.640State treasurer's office, semiannual review 209.645ABLE account moneys not part of total state revenues 209.700Citation of law — definitions — persons with disabilities, employment, duties of state agencies — rulemaking authority