660.400. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

660.400. As used in sections 199.025, RSMo, and 660.403 to660.420, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, thefollowing terms mean:

(1) "Adult", an individual over the age of eighteen;

(2) "Adult day care program", a group program designed toprovide care and supervision to meet the needs of functionallyimpaired adults for periods of less than twenty-four hours butmore than two hours per day in a place other than the adult's ownhome;

(3) "Adult day care provider", the person, corporation,partnership, association or organization legally responsible forthe overall operation of the adult day care program;

(4) "Department", the department of social services;

(5) "Director", the director of the division of aging;

(6) "Division", the division of aging;

(7) "Functionally impaired adult", an adult who by reason ofage or infirmity requires care and supervision;

(8) "License", the document issued by the division inaccordance with the provisions of sections 199.025, RSMo, and660.403 to 660.420 to an adult day care program which authorizesthe adult day care provider to operate the program in accordancewith the provisions of sections 199.025, RSMo, and 660.403 to660.420 and the applicable rules promulgated pursuant thereto;

(9) "Participant", a functionally impaired adult who isenrolled in an adult day care program;

(10) "Person", any individual, firm, corporation,partnership, association, agency, or an incorporated orunincorporated organization regardless of the name used;

(11) "Provisional license", the document issued by thedivision in accordance with the provisions of sections 199.025,RSMo, and 660.403 to 660.420 to an adult day care provider whichis not currently meeting the requirements necessary to obtain alicense;

(12) "Related", any of the following by blood, marriage oradoption: parent, child, grandchild, brother, sister,half-brother, half-sister, stepparent, uncle, aunt, niece,nephew, or first cousin;

(13) "Staff participant ratio", the number of adult carestaff required by the division in relation to the number ofadults being cared for by such staff.