167.600. Definitions--nonseverability. - Missouri Statutes

Definitions--nonseverability.

167.600. 1. As used in sections 167.600 to 167.621, the following termsmean:

(1) "Family practitioner", a primary care provider, including a licensedphysician, nurse practitioner or primary care physician sponsor as defined insubdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 208.166, RSMo, or a primary carecontracted health provider plan, approved by the parent, guardian or legalcustodian of a school age child pursuant to section 167.611;

(2) "Most accessible care", that care or services which reach the mostchildren where they normally are during school hours or where children aremost likely to participate with the least obstacles to participation and mayinclude, but shall not be limited to, private, public or parochial schools,learning centers, preschools, child care facilities, common communitygathering places, licensed health care facilities, physicians' offices andcommunity centers and may also include the use of traveling medicalprofessionals;

(3) "School age children", all children under the age of nineteenwithout regard to whether they are currently enrolled in any school andwithout regard to what public, private, parochial or home school they mayattend;

(4) "School children health services", services, including immunization,screening for physical or mental disease, disability or injury, treatment ofpathological disease or injury, emergency medical treatment or first aid, oradministration of drugs or treatment as ordered by the child's familypractitioner, provided that the term shall only include the enumeratedservices and services directly related to the services enumerated herein;

(5) "Service area", the public school district, if the school districtelects to be a Medicaid provider, or an area determined by the department ofsocial services at the time a public school within a school district elects tobe a Medicaid provider.

2. Sections 167.600 to 167.621 shall not be severable from each other.

(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 1)