632.550. Definitions. - Missouri Statutes

Definitions.

632.550. As used in sections 632.550 to 632.557, thefollowing terms mean:

(1) "Board", the governing board established in section632.555;

(2) "Child", a person under the age of eighteen years;

(3) "Demonstration project", the project established insection 632.553;

(4) "Department", the department of mental health;

(5) "Severely emotionally disturbed child", a child whoexhibits substantial impairment in his ability to function at adevelopmentally appropriate level due to the presence of aserious psychiatric disorder.

(L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. § 1)