221.040. Sheriff and jailer to receive prisoners--penalty for refusal--medical exams required. - Missouri Statutes

Sheriff and jailer to receive prisoners--penalty for refusal--medicalexams required.

221.040. 1. It shall be the duty of the sheriff and jailer toreceive, from constables and other officers, all persons who shall beapprehended by such constable or other officers, for offenses against thisstate, or who shall be committed to such jail by any competent authority;and if any sheriff or jailer shall refuse to receive any such person orpersons, he or she shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and onconviction shall be fined in the discretion of the court.

2. The sheriff and jailer shall not be required to receive or detaina prisoner in custody under subsection 1 of this section until thearresting constable or other officer has had the prisoner examined by aphysician or competent medical personnel if the prisoner appears to be:

(1) Unconscious;

(2) Suffering from a serious illness;

(3) Suffering from a serious injury; or

(4) Seriously impaired by alcohol, a controlled substance as definedin section 195.017, RSMo, a drug other than a controlled substance, or acombination of alcohol, a controlled substance, or drugs.

3. The cost of the examination and resulting treatment undersubsection 2 of this section is the financial responsibility of theprisoner receiving the examination or treatment.

(RSMo 1939 § 9196, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 8527; 1919 § 12552; 1909 § 1574