As used in sections 192.2550 to 192.2560, the following terms mean:
(1) "Child", an individual who is under the age of seventeen;(2) "Department", the department of health and senior services;(3) "Eligible child", an individual who is under the age of six years and has complex medical needs requiring continuous skilled nursing intervention of at least four hours per day, as ordered by a physician;(4) "Person", any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, incorporated or unincorporated organization, or other legal entity, regardless of the name used;(5) "Prescribed pediatric extended care facility", a facility providing medically necessary multidisciplinary services to eligible children in a child care facility licensed by the department of elementary and secondary education under chapter 210. Multidisciplinary services include skilled nursing, personal care, nutritional assessment, developmental assessment, and speech, physical, and occupational therapy services, as ordered by a physician;(6) "Prescribed pediatric extended care provider" or "provider", the person or persons licensed or required to be licensed under sections 192.2550 to 192.2560 to establish, conduct, or maintain, a prescribed pediatric extended care facility.Added by 2024 Mo. Laws, SB 1111,s A, eff. 8/28/2024.