Missouri Laws 630.710 – Required standards
1. The standards contained in the rules shall particularly provide for the following:
(1) Admission and commitment criteria, which shall be based upon diagnoses;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.710
- Client: any person who is placed by the department in a facility or program licensed and funded by the department or who is a recipient of services from a regional center, as defined in section 633. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- 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
- Habilitation: a process of treatment, training, care or specialized attention that seeks to enhance and maximize a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability to cope with the environment and to live as determined by the person as much as possible, as is appropriate for the person considering his or her physical and mental condition and financial means. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Rehabilitation: a process of restoration of a person's ability to attain or maintain normal or optimum health or constructive activity through care, treatment, training, counseling or specialized attention. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Resident: a person receiving residential services from a facility, other than mental health facility, operated, funded or licensed by the department. See Missouri Laws 630.005
(2) Care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation;
(3) General medical and health care;
(4) Adequate physical plant facilities, including fire safety, housekeeping and maintenance standards;
(5) Food service facilities;
(6) Safety precautions;
(7) Drugs and medications;
(8) Uniform system of record keeping;
(9) Resident or client rights and grievance procedures;
(10) Adequate staff.
2. The rules containing the standards for living units within facilities or homes shall provide for such classifications of the living units as are small enough to ensure programs based upon the personal needs of the resident as determined by individualized habilitation or treatment plans. The units may include distinct parts of other facilities such as wards, wings or floors.