Missouri Laws 210.1253 – Definitions
As used in sections 210.1250 to 210.1286, unless the context clearly provides otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) “Child”, a person who is under eighteen years of age;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 210.1253
- 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
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Department”, the department of social services, or the children’s division within the department of social services, as determined by the department;
(3) “Director”, a person who is responsible for the operation of the residential care facility;
(4) “Exempt-from-licensure” or “license-exempt”, a residential care facility that is not required to be licensed under section 210.516;
(5) “Person”, an individual, partnership, organization, association, or corporation;
(6) “Residential care facility”, any place, facility, or home operated by any person who receives children who are not related to the operator and whose parent or guardian is not a resident of the same facility and that provides such children with supervision, care, lodging, and maintenance for twenty-four hours a day, with or without transfer of custody.