191.605. Department to designate as areas of need--factors to be considered. - Missouri Statutes

Department to designate as areas of need--factors to be considered.

191.605. The department shall designate counties, communities, orsections of urban areas as areas of defined need for medical, chiropracticor dental services when such county, community or section of an urban areahas been designated as a primary care health professional shortage area ora dental health care professional shortage area by the federal Departmentof Health and Human Services, or has been determined by the director of thedepartment of health and senior services to have an extraordinary need forhealth care professional services, without a corresponding supply of suchprofessionals.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1380 § 3, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567 merged with S.B. 393)