1. The division may provide or obtain respite care for an intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled person for respite care of up to twenty-one days which may be extended up to an additional twenty-one days for good cause shown. Any additional respite care beyond forty-two days within a one-year period shall be expressly approved by the director of the division.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 633.120 and section 475.120, a regional center may admit an intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled person who has been declared legally incapacitated for respite care without a court order authorizing the guardian of such person to obtain such care of up to twenty-one days for good cause shown.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 633.155

  • Division: the division of developmental disabilities of the department of mental health. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Regional center: an entity so designated by the department to provide, directly or indirectly, for comprehensive developmental disability services under this chapter in a particular region. See Missouri Laws 633.005
  • Respite care: temporary and short-term residential care, sustenance and supervision of a person with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability who otherwise resides in a family home. See Missouri Laws 633.005
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