630.050. Rules, promulgation, procedure--public inspection--facility policies. - Missouri Statutes

Rules, promulgation, procedure--public inspection--facility policies.

630.050. 1. The department shall promulgate rules under theprovisions of this section and chapter 536, RSMo, as necessary to prescribepolicies or standards which affect charging, funding and licensingprocedures of residential facilities, day programs and specialized servicesavailable to the public and for reporting and investigating complaints ofabuse and neglect. The rules applicable to each facility, program orservice operated, funded or licensed by the department shall be availablefor public inspection and review at such facility, program or service. Norule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chaptershall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to theprovisions of section 536.024, RSMo.

2. The department shall adopt operating regulations concerning onlyits internal management which need not be published in the MissouriRegister or the code of state regulations under chapter 536, RSMo, butthese regulations shall be available at department facilities for publicinspection and review.

3. Under the supervision of the department and its respectivedivisions, each facility shall adopt policies concerning only its internalmanagement or its procedures for its patients, residents or clients withoutpublishing such policies in the Missouri Register or the code of stateregulations under chapter 536, RSMo, but the facility policies shall beavailable at such facility for public inspection and review.

4. The rules, operating regulations and facility policies shall becompatible with and appropriate to the facility or program mission,population served, size, type of service and other reasonableclassifications.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1081)