Missouri Laws 630.717 – Alcohol and drug abuse facilities and programs exempt — fire, safety ..
1. Any residential facility or day program which provides services exclusively to those persons affected by alcohol or drug abuse shall be exempt from licensure rules promulgated by the department.
2. Any residential facility or day program which offers services, treatment or rehabilitation to persons affected by alcohol or drug abuse shall submit to the department a description of the services, treatment or rehabilitation which it offers, a statement of whether each facility or program is required to meet any fire-safety standards of a municipality, political subdivision of the state, and documentation of compliance with such standards, if they apply.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.717
- Day program: a place conducted or maintained by any person who advertises or holds himself out as providing prevention, evaluation, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse for less than the full twenty-four hours comprising each daily period. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- Drug abuse: the use of any drug without compelling medical reason, which use results in a temporary mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior, or in psychological or physiological dependency resulting from continued use, which dependency induces a mental, emotional or physical impairment and causes socially dysfunctional behavior. 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
- Residential facility: any premises where residential prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation is provided for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse. See Missouri Laws 630.005
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The department shall survey all such facilities and programs and shall prepare a report for submission to the general assembly of actions necessary to bring such facilities and programs in compliance with fire-safety standards developed by the department for certification. The report shall be filed with the speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the senate by January 1, 1983.
4. Failure of a facility or program to submit information requested by the department and required by this section shall disqualify such facility or program from receiving department certification or funding until such information is submitted.