Missouri Laws 178.900 – Definitions
For the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean:
(1) “Department”, the department of elementary and secondary education;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 178.900
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Disabled persons”, a lower range educable or upper range trainable developmentally disabled or other disabled person sixteen years of age or over who has had school training and has a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment adapted to the abilities of persons with a developmental disability but whose limited capabilities make him or her nonemployable in competitive business and industry and unsuited for vocational rehabilitation training;
(3) “Sheltered workshop”, an occupation-oriented facility operated by a not-for-profit corporation, which, except for its staff, employs only persons with disabilities and has a minimum enrollment of at least fifteen employable persons with disabilities;
(4) “Staff”, employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, purchasing, supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.