198.200. District created, how--territory included--name--nursing home defined. - Missouri Statutes

District created, how--territory included--name--nursing home defined.

198.200. 1. A nursing home district may be created, incorporated andmanaged as provided in sections 198.200 to 198.350 and may exercise the powersherein granted or necessarily implied. A nursing home district may includemunicipalities or territory not in municipalities or both or territory in oneor more counties; except, that the provisions of sections 198.200 to 198.350are not effective in counties having a population of more than four hundredthousand inhabitants. The territory contained within the corporate limits ofan existing nursing home district shall not be incorporated in another nursinghome district.

2. When a nursing home district is organized it shall be a bodycorporate and political subdivision of the state and shall be known as"........ Nursing Home District", and in that name may sue and be sued, levyand collect taxes within the limitations of sections 198.200 to 198.350 andthe constitution and issue bonds as herein provided.

3. For the purposes of sections 198.200 to 198.360, "nursing home" shallmean a residential care facility, an assisted living facility, an intermediatecare facility, or a skilled nursing facility as defined in section 198.006.

(L. 1963 p. 368 § 2, A.L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al., A.L. 1984 S.B. 451)

*Reprinted due to editorial change required by § 198.005.