Title XII, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

192.002. Department of health and senior services established. — The department of health shall be known as the "Department of Health and Senior Services". ­­-------- (L. 2001 H.B. 603)

192.005. Department of health and senior services created — division of health abolished — duties — federal Older Americans Act, implementation transferred to department, state plan. — 1. There is hereby created and established as a department of state government the "Department …

192.006. Health and senior services, department of, rulemaking authority, procedure. — The department of health and senior services may adopt, appeal and amend rules necessary to carry out the duties assigned to it. All rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the provisions of thi…

192.007. Director, appointment — compensation — qualifications. — 1. The director of the department of health and senior services shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and the …

192.011. Duties of department — monitoring environmental effects on public health — developing disease prevention plan. — 1. The department shall monitor the adverse health effects of the environment and prepare population risk assessments regarding environmental hazards includin…

192.014. State board of health and senior services to advise department. — The state board of health and senior services shall advise the department of health and senior services in the: (1) Promulgation of rules and regulations by the department of health and senior services. At…

192.015. Fees for laboratory tests authorized — deposit in general revenue. — The department may, by rule, impose a reasonable handling charge for each test made in any of its laboratories. All proceeds from such charges shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. ­­-------- …

192.016. Putative father registry — fund created. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall establish a putative father registry which shall record the names and addresses of: (1) Any person adjudicated by a court of this state to be the father of a child born out o…

192.019. Citation. — This act* shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Nosocomial Infection Control Act of 2004". The purpose of the act* is to decrease the incidence of infection within health care facilities in this state. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 1279 § 192.021) *"Thi…

192.020. Duty to safeguard the health of the people of Missouri — certain diseases to be included on communicable or infectious disease list — reporting to department, when. — 1. It shall be the general duty and responsibility of the department of health and senior services to sa…

192.025. To accept and disburse federal funds for health purposes. — The department of health and senior services is hereby designated the official agency of the state of Missouri to receive federal funds for health purposes. The department shall comply with the acts of congress …

192.026. Missouri Lyme disease eradication act — definitions — confirmed or suspected cases, report to department — annual report — rules. — 1. Sections 103.190 and 192.026 to 192.029 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act". 2. As used in se…

192.027. Lyme disease research and eradication fund — use of moneys — report. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Lyme Research and Eradication Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the general assembly, as well as any grants, bequests, gi…

192.028. Lyme disease task force, purpose — members, terms — duties. — 1. There shall be established within the department the "Lyme Disease Task Force" to advise the department on disease prevention and surveillance, as well as education relating to the disease for health care p…

192.029. No sanctions for health care providers for treatment and therapies for Lyme disease, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a health care provider shall not be subject to any discipline, suspension or revocation of a license, or denial of a license…

192.031. Hepatitis C programs established by department of health and senior services. — The department of health and senior services shall: (1) Establish and promote hepatitis C education programs as an integral part of its health promotion and disease prevention efforts in orde…

192.033. Strategies for raising public awareness on hepatitis C. — The department of health and senior services may, in conjunction with existing or future health awareness programs for similar at-risk populations, use the following strategies for raising public awareness of the …

192.036. Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals and training providers. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall use the strategies, protocols, and guidelines adopted by the National Institutes of Health on hepatitis C for educating physici…

192.040. Department to issue reports — subjects. — The department of health and senior services, with the approval of the director of the department and within the limits of appropriations made for the department, shall compile and issue reports and summaries of accomplishments a…

192.050. Department to maintain certain bureaus — establishment of others. — The department of health and senior services shall maintain a bureau of vital statistics, a bureau of laboratories, a bureau of communicable diseases, a bureau of food and drug inspection, a bureau of ch…

192.060. Department to keep vital statistics. — It shall be the duty of the department of health and senior services to have charge of the state system of registration of births and deaths; to prepare the necessary methods, forms and blanks for obtaining and preserving such recor…

192.067. Patients' medical records, department may receive information from — purpose — confidentiality — immunity for persons releasing records, exception — reimbursement of costs of abstracting data — penalty. — 1. The department of health and senior services, for purposes of c…

192.068. Quality 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. — 1. Any entity subject to the provisions of sections 354.400 to 354.636 s…

192.070. Care of babies and hygiene of children, educational literature to be issued by department. — The department of health and senior services shall issue educational literature on the care of the baby and the hygiene of the child including, but not limited to, the importance…

192.072. Bureau of immunization to develop educational materials — contents, distribution. — 1. The bureau of immunization of the department of health and senior services shall develop educational materials which strongly recommend that infants and young children receive complete…

192.080. Bureau of food and drug inspection. — All powers and duties pertaining to administration of laws relating to food and drugs shall be exercised by the department of health and senior services. The director of health and senior services may appoint a deputy who, under the …

192.081. Donation of canned or perishable food — definitions — procedure — immunity from liability, when — department to provide information. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Canned food", food that is commercially processed in hermetically sealed cont…

192.083. Office of minority health, established — purpose, duties. — There is hereby established in the department of health and senior services an "Office of Minority Health". The office of minority health shall monitor the progress of all programs in the department for their im…

192.090. Inspection of hotels, inns and boardinghouses. — The department of health and senior services shall exercise such powers and duties pertaining to inspection of hotels, inns and boardinghouses as is imposed by law and such powers and duties may be delegated by the directo…

192.100. Inspection of beverages. — The department of health and senior services shall have the power and duty to administer all laws, orders and findings pertaining to inspection of beverages, except such as are administered by the supervisor of liquor control, and the director …

192.110. Department's duty as to diseases of animals. — The department of health and senior services shall take cognizance of any contagious diseases which may be prevalent among domestic animals of the state which diseases may be communicable to human beings; shall ascertain the…

192.1120. Bone marrow registry, providers may inquire whether certain patients are registered — department to disseminate information. — 1. Each primary care provider and urgent care physician may inquire of new patients who are eighteen years of age or older and under forty-five…

192.131. Definitions — health care-associated infections data to be reported — confidentiality — plan to help monitoring to be developed — required standards. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Antibiogram", a record of the resistance of microbes t…

192.138. Contagious or infectious disease reports by medical treatment facilities and nursing homes. — Other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, requirements imposed by state law or regulation that institutions defined under chapters 197 and 198 make notificati…

192.139. Communicable disease reporting, guidelines for department. — The communicable disease reporting requirements established by the department of health and senior services shall be in accordance with guidelines, funding requirements, or recommendations established by the fe…

192.140. Public health nurse provided — public and private places disinfected. — Whenever the department of health and senior services considers it necessary to secure the aid and services of a visiting public health nurse, or to disinfect any building, residence or room in any h…

192.150. Interference a misdemeanor — duty of mayor and county commission. — When the owner or occupant of any building, residence, room in a hotel or dormitory or other place designated in the report or written statement contemplated by section 192.140, refuses to consent that t…

192.160. Taxpayers may petition for the appointment of a nurse. — In case a petition is signed by two hundred and fifty taxpayers and presented to any city council of the second, third or fourth class or any county commission, for the appointment of a public health nurse or nurse…

192.170. Money appropriated from current revenue. — The county commission or city council in any such city shall have power to appropriate money out of the current revenues of the county or city, as the case may be, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 192.1…

192.2000. Division of aging created — duties — inspectors of nursing homes, training and continuing education requirements — promulgation of rules, procedure — dementia-specific training requirements established. — 1. The "Division of Aging" is hereby transferred from the departm…

192.2005. Definitions. — As used in sections 192.2000 to 192.2020 and 192.2200 to 192.2260, the following terms mean: (1) "Area agency on aging", the agency designated by the department in a planning and service area to develop and administer a plan and administer available funds…

192.2010. Shared care program established, goals — department duties. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall establish a program to help families who provide the primary long-term care for an elderly person. This program shall be known as "shared care" and has th…

192.2015. Shared care tax credit available, when — eligibility requirements — rulemaking authority — penalty provision. — 1. Any registered caregiver who meets the requirements of this section shall be eligible for a shared care tax credit in an amount not to exceed five hundred …

192.2020. Area agencies for aging duties — advisory council, duties — agency records audited, when. — 1. On and after August 13, 1984, an area agency on aging shall operate with local administrative responsibility for Title III of the Older Americans Act, and other funds allocate…

192.2025. Budget allotment tables provided to each area agency on aging, when — area plan submitted, when — on-site monitoring by department. — 1. The department shall provide budget allotment tables to each area agency on aging by January first of each year. Each area agency on …

192.2100. Alzheimer's disease and related disorders respite care program — definitions. — As used in sections 192.2100 to 192.2110, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Adult day care", a group program that emphasizes appropriate services for persons eighteen years of age or olde…

192.2105. Respite care program for Alzheimer's purposes. — 1. To encourage development of appropriate services for persons having Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, the department may make grants to public and private entities for pilot projects from funds specifically ap…

192.2110. Rules and regulations for respite care program, procedure. — The commissioner of administration, in consultation with the director of the department, shall promulgate rules that establish procedures for contracting with grantees receiving funds under sections 192.2100 t…

192.2150. Department to use services of certain organizations, when. — The department shall use the services of community based, not-for-profit organizations including senior centers for the provision of home delivered meals to qualified recipients prepared by such organizations …

192.2155. Dementia services coordinator, duties. — 1. The division of senior and disability services within the department of health and senior services shall establish a dementia services coordinator as a full-time position. 2. The dementia services coordinator shall: (1) Evalua…