Terms Used In Missouri Laws 205.330

  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.

The board of hospital trustees shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented at said public hospital for treatment are subjects for charity, and shall fix such price for compensation for patients, other than those unable to assist themselves, as the said board deems proper, the receipts therefor to be paid to the treasurer of said county and credited by him to the hospital fund.