192.300. Counties may make additional health rules--fees may be charged, deposit in county treasury, purpose--individuals unable to pay not to be denied health services--records and publication--viola

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192.300. Counties may make additional health rules--fees may be charged, deposit in county treasury, purpose--individuals unable to pay not to be denied health services--records and publication--viola

Counties may make additional health rules--fees may be charged,deposit in county treasury, purpose--individuals unable to pay not tobe denied health services--records and publication--violation amisdemeanor.

192.300. The county commissions and the county health center boards ofthe several counties may make and promulgate orders, ordinances, rules orregulations, respectively as will tend to enhance the public health andprevent the entrance of infectious, contagious, communicable or dangerousdiseases into such county, but any orders, ordinances, rules or regulationsshall not be in conflict with any rules or regulations authorized and made bythe department of health and senior services in accordance with this chapteror by the department of social services under chapter 198, RSMo. The countycommissions and the county health center boards of the several counties mayestablish reasonable fees to pay for any costs incurred in carrying out suchorders, ordinances, rules or regulations, however, the establishment of suchfees shall not deny personal health services to those individuals who areunable to pay such fees or impede the prevention or control of communicabledisease. Fees generated shall be deposited in the county treasury. All feesgenerated under the provisions of this section shall be used to support thepublic health activities for which they were generated. After thepromulgation and adoption of such orders, ordinances, rules or regulations bysuch county commission or county health board, such commission or countyhealth board shall make and enter an order or record declaring such orders,ordinances, rules or regulations to be printed and available for distributionto the public in the office of the county clerk, and shall require a copy ofsuch order to be published in some newspaper in the county in three successiveweeks, not later than thirty days after the entry of such order, ordinance,rule or regulation. Any person, firm, corporation or association whichviolates any of the orders or ordinances adopted, promulgated and published bysuch county commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be prosecuted,tried and fined as otherwise provided by law. The county commission or countyhealth board of any such county has full power and authority to initiate theprosecution of any action under this section.