Missouri Laws 344.010 – Definitions
As used in this chapter the following words or phrases mean:
(1) “Board”, the Missouri board of nursing home administrators;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 344.010
- Board: the Missouri board of nursing home administrators. See Missouri Laws 344.010
- 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
- Nursing home: any institution or facility defined as an assisted living facility, residential care facility, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing facility for licensing purposes by section 198. See Missouri Laws 344.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Long-term care facility”, any residential care facility, assisted living facility, intermediate care facility or skilled nursing facility, as defined in section 198.006, or similar facility licensed by states other than Missouri;
(3) “Nursing home”, any institution or facility defined as an assisted living facility, residential care facility, intermediate care facility, or skilled nursing facility for licensing purposes by section 198.006, whether proprietary or nonprofit;
(4) “Nursing home administrator”, a person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home, whether such individual has an ownership interest in the home, and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals.