SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SUTHERLAND.
Read 1st time March 31, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 192.735, 192.737, 192.739, 192.742, 192.745, 192.935, 199.001, 199.003, 199.007, 199.009, 199.010, 199.029, 199.031, 199.037, 199.039, 199.041, 199.043, 199.051, 256.030, 256.040, 256.060, 256.110, 256.410, 256.420, 256.425, 256.603, 256.621, 259.010, 259.030, 278.070, 301.020, 302.171, 304.028, 384.025, 384.031, 384.051, 384.057, 384.062, 595.010, 595.015, 595.020, 595.025, 595.027, 595.030, 595.035, 595.037, 595.040, 595.045, and 595.060, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof forty-eight new sections relating to state agency reorganizations, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 192.735, 192.737, 192.739, 192.742, 192.745, 192.935, 199.001, 199.003, 199.007, 199.009, 199.010, 199.029, 199.031, 199.037, 199.039, 199.041, 199.043, 199.051, 256.030, 256.040, 256.060, 256.110, 256.410, 256.420, 256.425, 256.603, 256.621, 259.010, 259.030, 278.070, 301.020, 302.171, 304.028, 384.025, 384.031, 384.051, 384.057, 384.062, 595.010, 595.015, 595.020, 595.025, 595.027, 595.030, 595.035, 595.037, 595.040, 595.045, and 595.060, RSMo, are repealed and forty-eight new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 192.735, 192.737, 192.739, 192.742, 192.745, 199.001, 199.003, 199.007, 199.009, 199.010, 199.029, 199.031, 199.037, 199.039, 199.041, 199.043, 199.051, 209.015, 256.030, 256.040, 256.060, 256.110, 256.410, 256.420, 256.425, 256.603, 256.621, 259.010, 259.030, 278.070, 301.020, 302.171, 304.028, 384.025, 384.051, 384.057, 384.062, 595.010, 595.015, 595.020, 595.025, 595.027, 595.030, 595.035, 595.037, 595.040, 595.045, and 595.060, to read as follows:
192.735. As used in sections 192.735 to 192.745, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(1) ["Department", the department of health and senior services;
(2)] "[Head] Brain injury" or "traumatic [head] brain injury", a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature. Such insult or damage may produce an altered state of consciousness and may result in a decrease of one or more of the following: mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical functioning resulting in partial or total disability. Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and congenital deficits are specifically excluded from this definition;
(2) "Department", the department of health and senior services;
(3) "Spinal cord injury", an injury that occurs as a result of trauma, which may involve spinal vertebral fracture, and where the injured person suffers two or more of the following effects either immediately or within forty-eight hours of injury:
(a) Effects on the sensory system including numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in one or more extremities;
(b) Effects on the motor system including weakness or paralysis in one or more extremities;
(c) Effects on the visceral system including bowel or bladder dysfunction or hypotension. 192.737. 1. The department of health and senior services shall establish and maintain an information registry and reporting system for the purpose of data collection and needs assessment of head and spinal cord injured persons in this state.
2. Reports of traumatic [head] brain and spinal cord injuries shall be filed with the department by a treating physician or [his] such physician's designee within seven days of identification. The attending physician of any patient with traumatic [head] brain or spinal cord injury who is in the hospital shall provide in writing to the chief administrative officer the information required to be reported by this section. The chief administrative officer of the hospital shall then have the duty to submit the required reports.
3. Reporting forms and the manner in which the information is to be reported shall be provided by the department. Such reports shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information: name, age, and residence of the injured person, the date and cause of the injury, the initial diagnosis and such other information as required by the department.
192.739. 1. All reports and records made pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 and maintained by the department and other appropriate persons, officials and institutions pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 shall be confidential. Information shall not be made available to any individual or institution except to:
(1) Appropriate staff of the department;
(2) Any person engaged in a bona fide research project, with the permission of the director of the department, except that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made available to researchers unless the department requests and receives consent for such release pursuant to the provisions of this section;
(3) The Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council, except that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made available to the council unless consent for release is requested and received pursuant to the provisions of this section. Only information pertaining to [head] brain injuries as defined in section 192.735 shall be released to the council.
2. The department shall not reveal the identity of a patient, a reporting physician or hospital, except that the identity of the patient may be released upon written consent of the patient, parent or guardian, the identity of the physician may be released upon written consent of the physician, and the identity of the hospital may be released upon written consent of the hospital.
3. The department shall request consent for release from a patient, a reporting physician or hospital only upon a showing by the applicant for such release that obtaining the identities of certain patients, physicians or hospitals is necessary for his or her research.
4. The department shall at least annually compile a report of the data accumulated through the reporting system established under section 192.737 and shall submit such data relating to [head] brain injuries as defined in section 192.735 and in accordance with confidentiality restrictions established pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 to the director of the Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council.
192.742. The department, in consultation with the Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 192.735 to 192.744, pursuant to the provisions of section 192.006 and chapter 536, RSMo.
192.745. 1. The "Missouri [Head] Brain Injury Advisory Council" [is hereby established] as created by executive order of the governor on March 5, 1985, is hereby transferred to the department of health and senior services in accordance with executive order 05-09 issued on February 5, 2005. The council shall consist of twenty-five members. The members of the council that are serving on [August 13, 1986] February 5, 2005, shall continue [serving on the following basis: the two members of the council who are members of the house of representatives and appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve for the remainder of their terms; the two members of the council who are members of the senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate shall serve for the remainder of their terms; and the remaining twenty-one members shall determine by lot which seven are to have a one-year term, which seven are to have a two-year term, and which seven are to have a three-year term] to fulfill their current terms. Through attrition, the council shall decrease from the present twenty-five members to eighteen members. Thereafter, the successors to each of these [twenty-one] members shall be appointed by the director of the department of health and senior services to serve a three-year term and [until the member's successor is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. In addition, two members who are members of the house of representatives shall be appointed by the speaker of the house and two members who are members of the senate shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate. The members appointed by the governor shall represent] shall be appointed on the following basis: four people with [head] brain injuries[,] or relatives of persons with [head] brain injuries, [proprietary schools as defined in section 173.600, RSMo,] and fourteen others from professional groups, health institutions, [or] community groups, and private industry [and state agencies which administer programs regarding mental health, education, public health, public safety, insurance, and Medicaid. The appointment of individuals representing state agencies shall be conditioned on their continued employment with their respective agencies]. In addition to the eighteen council members, individuals representing state agencies with services that impact brain injury survivors and their families shall participate on the council in an ex officio nonvoting capacity. Such individuals shall be appointed by the respective agency.
2. The Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council is assigned to the [division of general services in the office of administration] department of health and senior services. The [office of administration] department shall submit estimates of requirements for appropriations on behalf of the council for the necessary staff and expenses to carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned by the council. [Such staff shall consist of a director and other support staff.]
3. Meetings of the council shall be held at least [every ninety days] four times a year or at the call of the council chairperson, who shall be elected by the council. Subcommittees may meet on an as-needed basis.
4. [Each member shall, subject to appropriations, be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.] Members of the council shall not receive any compensation for their services, but they shall, subject to appropriations, be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated for such purpose.
5. The council shall adopt written procedures to govern its activities. [Staff and consultants shall be provided for the council from appropriations requested by the commissioner of the office of administration for such purpose.]
6. The council, under the direction of the department, shall make recommendations to the [governor] director of the department of health and senior services for developing and administering a state plan to provide services for [head] brain injured persons.
7. No member of the council may participate in or seek to influence a decision or vote of the council if the member would be directly involved with the matter or if the member would derive income from it. A violation of the prohibition contained herein shall be grounds for a person to be removed as a member of the council by the [governor] director of the department of health and senior services.
8. The council shall be advisory and shall:
(1) Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of reducing the debilitating effects of [head] brain injuries and disseminate information in cooperation with any other department, agency or entity on the prevention, evaluation, care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons affected by [head] brain injuries;
(2) Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, treatment and rehabilitation technologies and recommend appropriate preparation, training, retraining and distribution of manpower and resources in the provision of services to [head-injured] brain-injured persons through private and public residential facilities, day programs and other specialized services;
(3) Recommend [what] specific methods, means and procedures [should be adopted] to improve and upgrade the state's service delivery system for [head-injured] brain-injured citizens of this state;
(4) Participate in developing and disseminating criteria and standards which may be required for future funding or licensing of facilities, day programs and other specialized services for [head-injured] brain-injured persons in this state;
(5) Report annually to the [commissioner of administration, the governor, and the general assembly] director of the department of health and senior services on its activities, and on the results of its studies and the recommendations of the council.
9. The [office of administration] department of health and senior services may accept on behalf of the council federal funds, gifts and donations from individuals, private organizations and foundations, and any other funds that may become available.
199.001. As used in sections 199.001 to 199.055, the following terms mean:
(1) ["Division", the division of injury prevention, head injury rehabilitation and local health services of the department of health and senior services;
(2)] "[Head] Brain injury" includes [head] brain injury[,] and traumatic [head] brain injury[, and spinal cord injury] as defined in section 192.735, RSMo;
(2) "Department", the adult head injury program within the department of health and senior services;
(3) "Injury or trauma", any unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting from acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy or from the absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen;
(4) "Rehabilitation", a comprehensive series of interventions for physical, medical, cognitive and psychological disabilities designed to restore a person to his maximum functional potential.
199.003. 1. The ["Division of Injury Prevention, Head Injury Rehabilitation and Local Health Services" is hereby created and shall be a division of the department of health and senior services. The division] department shall have the responsibility, subject to appropriations, of ensuring that injury prevention and [head] brain injury rehabilitation evaluation, [case management] service coordination, treatment, rehabilitation, and community support services are accessible, wherever possible. [The division shall have and exercise supervision of division rehabilitation facilities, residential programs and specialized services operated by the division and oversight of facilities, programs and services funded by the division. The division may also plan for prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and care, including hospice, for persons with other diseases as determined by the general assembly by appropriations. The division shall also have responsibilities for the support, development, and coordination of local health services.]
2. The powers, functions and duties of the [division] department shall include the following:
(1) [Provision of funds for] Planning and implementing, in cooperation with the Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council [and implementation of] , accessible programs to [rehabilitate and care for] promote rehabilitation and community reintegration of persons with [head injuries, injury prevention and research] brain injuries;
(2) Provision of technical assistance and training to community-based programs [and assistance and cooperation to programs of political subdivisions designed to assist in planning and implementing quality services] assisting persons with brain injuries;
(3) Assurance of [program] quality [in compliance with such appropriate standards for residential facilities, day programs, and specialized programs as may be established by the division] for brain injury services funded by the department;
(4) Sponsorship and encouragement of research into the causes, effects, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and appropriateness and cost and benefit effectiveness of [head] brain injury rehabilitation, residential programs and specialized services;
(5) Provision of public information relating to injury prevention and [head] brain injury treatment and rehabilitation;
(6) Cooperation with nonstate governmental agencies and [the] private sector [in establishing, conducting, integrating and coordinating] programs and projects relating to injury prevention and [head] brain injury treatment and rehabilitation;
(7) [Review and oversight of those portions of the department's annual budget which are directed for injury prevention and head injury services;
(8) Encouragement of the utilization, support, assistance and dedication of volunteers to assist persons affected by head injuries to be accepted and integrated into normal community activities;
(9) Support, development, and coordination of local health services, which shall include but shall not be limited to:
(a) Professional resources and staff development;
(b) Services assessment and coordination;
(c) Standards development, implementation and quality assurance;
(d) Provision of basic public health services in areas not served by local public health agencies;
(e) Fiscal resources and management;
(f) Technical assistance; and
(g) Assistance with public health problems, emergencies and conditions.] Receiving federal grants and aids for injury prevention and for persons with brain injuries and brain injury rehabilitation under the terms of the grants and aids and administering or paying them out. The director shall approve such applications for federal assistance administered through the department as may be considered advisable in consultation with the Missouri brain injury advisory council;
(8) Promulgating rules under this section as necessary to prescribe policies or standards that affect charging and funding of adult brain injury rehabilitation services. The rules applicable to each program or service operated or funded by the department shall be available for public inspection and review at such program or service. The rules and policies shall be compatible with and appropriate to the program mission, population served, size, type of service, and other reasonable classifications;
(9) Promulgating reasonable rules relative to the implementation of participant rights described in sections 199.001 to 199.051;
(10) Promulgating rules setting forth a reasonable standard means test that shall be applied to all programs and services funded by the department in determining eligibility for such services.
3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2008, shall be invalid and void.
199.007. The Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council, created by section 192.745, RSMo, shall act as the advisory body to the [division and the division] department and the department director. Any power or function of the [division] department requiring planning activities shall be undertaken with the direct input and cooperation of the advisory council. The [division] department shall not undertake or duplicate any activity or function of the council under the provisions of section 192.745, RSMo.
199.009. 1. The [division] department may provide injury prevention, and [head] brain injury evaluation, care, treatment, rehabilitation and such related services directly or through contracts from private and public vendors in this state, the quality of the services being equal, appropriate and consistent with professional advice in the least restrictive environment and as close to an individual's home community as possible, with funds appropriated for this purpose. 2. If it is determined through a comprehensive evaluation that a person [is suffering from a head] has a traumatic brain injury so as to require the coordination of provision of services, including other state governmental agencies, nongovernmental and the private sector, and if such person, such person's parent, if the person is a minor, or legal guardian, so requests, the [division] department shall, within the limits of available resources and subject to relevant federal and state laws, secure a comprehensive program of any necessary services for such person. Such services [may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) Assessment and evaluation;
(2) Case management;
(3) Counseling;
(4) Respite care;
(5) Recreation;
(6) Rehabilitation;
(7) Cognitive retraining;
(8) Prevocational rehabilitation;
(9) Residential care;
(10) Homemaker services;
(11) Day activity programs;
(12) Supported living;
(13) Referral to appropriate services;
(14) Transportation;
(15) Supported work] , if provided by the department, shall be directed toward preparation for education or vocational achievement, independent living, and community participation. Long-term needs shall be identified and efforts made to link participants with appropriate resources.
3. In securing the comprehensive program of services, the [division] department shall involve the [patient, his] participant, the participant's family or [his] the participant's legal guardian in decisions affecting [his] the participant's care, rehabilitation, services or referral. The quality of the services being equal, appropriate and consistent with professional advice, services shall be offered in the least restrictive environment and as close to an individual's home community as possible.
4. In accordance with state and federal law, no service or program operated or funded by the department shall deny admission or other services to any person because of such person's race, sex, creed, marital status, national origin, handicap, or age.
199.010. The curators of the University of Missouri shall provide for the care of persons needing [head] brain injury and other rehabilitation and further, for the treatment and commitment of persons having tuberculosis subject to appropriation by the general assembly.
199.029. 1. The [division] department shall promulgate rules under the provisions of this section and chapter 536, RSMo, as necessary to prescribe policies or standards which affect charging and funding of residential care rehabilitation programs and specialized services for persons with [head] brain injuries available to the public. The rules applicable to each facility, program or service operated or funded by the [division] department shall be available for public inspection and review at such facility, program or service. These rules shall not apply to facilities, programs or services operated or provided by curators of the University of Missouri. 2. The rules, operating regulations and facility policies shall be compatible with and appropriate to the facility or program mission, population served, size, type of service and other reasonable classifications. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo.
199.031. 1. The [division] department may receive federal grants and aids for injury prevention and for persons with [head] brain injuries and [head] brain injury rehabilitation under the terms of the grants and aids and administer or pay them out subject to the provisions attached.
2. The director shall approve such applications for federal assistance administered through the [division] department as may be considered advisable after consultation with the Missouri [head] brain injury advisory council.
199.037. The director of the [division] department shall promulgate reasonable rules relative to the implementation of patient rights described in sections 199.001 to 199.055. These rules shall not apply to facilities, programs or services operated or provided by the curators of the University of Missouri.
199.039. The director of the [division] department shall promulgate rules setting forth a reasonable standard means test which shall be applied to all facilities, programs and services operated or funded by the [division] department in determining the amount to be charged to persons receiving services. Notwithstanding other provisions of sections 199.001 to 199.055, the department shall accept funds from federal reimbursement, third-party reimbursement, private pay or other funding sources.
199.041. 1. Any probate division of the circuit court having knowledge of the existence of an estate of a patient receiving services from residential facilities or other programs operated or funded by the [division] department shall promptly notify the director of the nature and extent of the estate and the identity of the attorney of record and conservator. The director shall then apply the standard means test contained in the rules of the [division] department to determine if the estate shall be charged for services rendered by the [division] department.
2. If the director determines that the estate should be charged for the evaluation, care, treatment, rehabilitation or room and board provided or funded by the [division] department, and notifies the conservator, the conservator shall pay the charges. If the conservator fails to pay for the charges, after reasonable delay, the head of the [division] department, residential facility or day program may discharge the patient.
3. The decision of the director shall be final, and appeal may be made to the circuit court of Cole County or the county where the person responsible for payment resides in the manner provided by chapter 536, RSMo. The director shall notify the conservator and the supervising court of such failure to pay for services rendered by a facility or program operated or funded by the [division] department at least thirty days before the patient is discharged. If the conservator appeals the decision of the director, the patient shall remain in the facility or program pending final disposition of the appeal.
199.043. In accordance with state and federal law, no residential facility, day program or specialized service operated or funded by the [division] department shall deny admission or other services to any person because of [his] such person's race, sex, creed, marital status, national origin, handicap or age.
199.051. The [division] department may inspect any facility or program at any time if a contract has been issued or an application for a contract has been filed.
[192.935.] 209.015. 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program Fund". The fund shall consist of moneys donated pursuant to subsection 7 of section 301.020, RSMo, and subsection 3 of section 302.171, RSMo. Unexpended balances in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund or any other fund, the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding.
2. Subject to the availability of funds in the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund, the department shall develop a blindness education, screening and treatment program to provide blindness prevention education and to provide screening and treatment for persons who do not have adequate coverage for such services under a health benefit plan.
3. The program shall provide for:
(1) Public education about blindness and other eye conditions;
(2) Screenings and eye examinations to identify conditions that may cause blindness;
(3) Treatment procedures necessary to prevent blindness; and
(4) Any additional costs for vision examinations under section 167.195, RSMo, that are not covered by existing public or private health insurance. Subject to appropriations, moneys from the fund shall be used to pay for those additional costs, provided that the costs do not exceed ninety-nine thousand dollars per year. Payment from the fund for vision examinations under section 167.195, RSMo, shall not exceed the allowable state Medicaid reimbursement amount for vision examinations.
4. The department may contract for program development with any department-approved nonprofit organization dealing with regional and community blindness education, eye donor and vision treatment services.
5. The department may adopt rules to prescribe eligibility requirements for the program. 6. [No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.] Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2008, shall be invalid and void.
256.030. The governor shall have general superintending control of the division of [geological survey and water resources] geology and land survey, with power to remove the state geologist for cause, and to appoint his or her successor. The control, direction, and management of all assistants and other employees shall be the responsibility of the state geologist.
256.040. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office the state geologist shall take the usual oath [to faithfully demean himself in] of office and perform all the duties required of him by law. The state geologist and all employees of the division shall abstain from all private or personal consulting activities for themselves or others within the state while employed in the division of [geological survey and water resources] geology and land survey.
256.060. The [state geologist] director is authorized to make a survey of the water resources of the state, including a survey of underground water supplies and the chemical composition of such waters. Gauging stations shall be established and maintained, and such other field and laboratory work shall be done as may be deemed necessary.
256.110. The work of the division of [geological survey and water resources] geology and land survey may be done in cooperation with federal agencies and other state agencies. The state geologist shall be authorized to file formal cooperative agreements with federal agencies. The progress of cooperative programs shall be included in the report of the activities of the division.
256.410. 1. No major water user shall withdraw or divert water from any water source without filing an official registration document with the [division] department. The registration document shall set forth:
(1) The name and mailing address of the applicant;
(2) The name, if any, and location of the water source;
(3) The type of water source (such as well, lake or stream);
(4) The point in the water source from which it is proposed to withdraw or divert the water;
(5) The name, location, and acreage of the lands or other application to which such water is to be diverted;
(6) The location and description of the water well, canal, tunnel or pipes and other works or equipment through which the water is to be withdrawn or diverted;
(7) The amount in gallons of water withdrawn or diverted on an average day of operation, and the number of days and the months during the preceding year, when water was diverted;
(8) The total amount in gallons withdrawn or diverted during the preceding year, and the periods of time when such diversion is scheduled during the current year. The foregoing requirements of this subsection shall not apply to water being pumped from mines and quarries and such water user shall only be required to set forth the quantity pumped from the mine and quarry at each point where it is pumped to the point to discharge and only the name of the stream into which any of the discharge is permitted to flow.
2. Withdrawal or diversion of water by major users may continue during the first calendar year after September 28, 1983, or after the initial date of their operation, at which time a registration document must be filed. The filing period shall extend from January first through March thirty-first. Withdrawal or diversion may continue during the filing period. Location data shall be given in terms of section, township and range.
256.420. The [state geologist or his] director or the director's authorized agent may enter upon the property of any major water user with permission. If permission is not granted, the department may request a court order for the purpose of inspecting any water source or diversion project to determine water levels, quantity of water withdrawn or diverted and consumed.
256.425. The [division] department shall compile all information contained in the registration document and shall analyze such information on a periodic basis to assist in the determination of the water usage and water needs of this state. Not more than three persons shall be employed to carry out the provisions of sections 71.287, RSMo, and 256.400 to 256.430.
256.603. As used in sections 256.600 to 256.640, the following terms mean:
(1) "Abandoned well", a well shall be deemed abandoned which is in such a state of disrepair that continued use for the purpose of thermal recovery or obtaining groundwater is impractical and which has not been in use for a period of two years or more. The term "abandoned well" includes a test hole or a monitoring well which was drilled in the exploration for minerals, or for geological, water quality or hydroponic data from the time that it is no longer used for exploratory purposes and that has not been plugged in accordance with rules and regulations pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640;
(2) "Board", the body created in section 256.605;
(3) "Certification report", a form to be sent to the division upon completion of any well which shows the location, static water level, total depth, initial pumpage, hole size, casing size and length, and name of well owner;
(4) "Division", the division of geology and land survey, or any other division within the department of natural resources to which the director assigns the duties of administering sections 256.600 to 256.640;
(5) "Driller's log", a record accurately kept at the time of drilling showing the depth, thickness, character of the different strata penetrated, location of water-bearing strata, depth, size and character of casing installed, together with any other data or information required on the certification report forms;
(6) "Examination", an assessment of professional competency administered to applicants;
(7) "Heat pump installation contractor", any person, including owner, operator or drilling supervisor who engages for compensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction of any well in the state for extracting thermal energy;
(8) "Monitoring well installation contractor", any person, including owner, operator, or drilling supervisor who engages for compensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction of any well in this state which is drilled for geologic data, water quality, or hydroponic data;
(9) "Permitted well driller", any person who holds a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 256.600 to 256.640;
(10) "Person", any individual, whether or not connected with a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit;
(11) "Pump installation contractor", any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of installing or repairing pumps and pumping equipment;
(12) "Registration report", a form to be sent to the division upon completion of plugging of an abandoned well, raising casings, lining wells, deepening of wells, major repairs and alterations, and jetted wells;
(13) "Well", an excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, trenched, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the acquisition of groundwater supply, for monitoring, thermal exchange or for exploration for minerals or geologic or hydroponic data; but such term does not include a cistern, an excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or for prospecting for oil or natural gas, or for construction foundation data, dewatering of construction sites or dewatering of existing structures, observation wells used as a part of an underground storage tank leak detection system of a minimal depth, as determined by the board by rule, or for inserting media to repressure oil or natural-gas-bearing formations;
(14) "Well installation contractor", any person, including owner, operator, and drilling supervisor who engages for compensation in the drilling, boring, coring, or construction of any well in this state. The term, however, shall not include any person who drills, bores, cores, or constructs a water well on his own property for his own use or a person who assists in the construction of a water well under the direct supervision of a permitted well installation contractor and is not primarily responsible for drilling operations;
(15) "Well owner", any person or corporation who is the party responsible for having a well drilled and whose name appears on the well registration or certification form.
256.621. All persons engaged in groundwater or surface water tracing, for any purpose, shall register with the division of geology and land survey. This registration shall be renewed annually. The registrant shall report in writing all proposed injections of tracers to the division of geology and land survey prior to actual injection. Written and graphical documentation of traces shall be provided to the division of geology and land survey within thirty days of completion of each trace. The division of geology and land survey shall maintain records of all injections and traces reported and will provide this information to interested parties upon request at the cost of reproduction.
259.010. There shall be a "State Oil and Gas Council" composed of the following state agencies and two other persons as provided in section 259.020:
(1) Division of [geological survey and water resources] geology and land survey;
(2) Division of commerce and industrial development;
(3) Missouri public service commission;
(4) Clean water commission;
(5) University of Missouri.
259.030. 1. The council shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from the members of the council other than the representative of the division of [geological survey and water resources] geology and land survey. A chairman may serve more than one term.
2. The state geologist shall act as administrator for the council and shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
278.070. As used in sections 278.060 to 278.300, the following words and terms mean:
(1) "Board of soil and water district supervisors" or "soil and water supervisors", the local governing body of a soil and water district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this law;
(2) "Landowner", any person, firm or corporation who holds title to any lands lying within a district organized or to be organized under the provisions of this chapter. Any landowner may be represented by notarized proxy not more than one year old;
(3) "Land representative", the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within any area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water district under the provisions of this law, and for the purposes of this law each such farm shall be entitled to representation by a land representative; provided, however, that any land representative must be a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located;
(4) "Soil and water conservation cost-share program", a state-funded incentive program designed for the purpose of saving the soil and protecting the water resources of the state [through erosion control and abatement] to preserve the productive power of Missouri agricultural land;
(5) "Soil and water conservation district" or "soil and water district", a county or one or more of its townships wherein a project for saving the soil and water has been established with the authority and duty and subject to the restrictions herein set forth; and in establishing a soil and water district, if the proposed area is less than the area of the county which contains it, but greater than the area of one township, the additional township or townships to be included in such soil and water district need not be contiguous with the first township or with one another, but there shall be only one soil and water district within the boundaries of the same county; and any farm intersected by a soil and water district boundary shall be considered as lying within that district for purposes of soil and water conservation by that district, except that the soil and water conservation of a farm which lies partly within one soil and water district and partly within another shall be considered the duty of the soil and water district in which the home buildings of such farm are located;
(6) "State soil and water districts commission" or "soil and water commission", the agency created by section 278.080 for the administration of the soil and water conservation districts provided for by this law;
(7) "Subdistrict", "watershed subdistrict", or "watershed district", as used in sections 278.160 to 278.300, describe a watershed district, with the exception of section 278.160, whereby the term "subdistrict" is specifically used to describe the relationship to an established soil and water conservation district that may be established as a watershed district;
(8) "Township", municipal township and not congressional or survey township.
301.020. 1. Every owner of a motor vehicle or trailer, which shall be operated or driven upon the highways of this state, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall annually file, by mail or otherwise, in the office of the director of revenue, an application for registration on a blank to be furnished by the director of revenue for that purpose containing:
(1) A brief description of the motor vehicle or trailer to be registered, including the name of the manufacturer, the vehicle identification number, the amount of motive power of the motor vehicle, stated in figures of horsepower and whether the motor vehicle is to be registered as a motor vehicle primarily for business use as defined in section 301.010;
(2) The name, the applicant's identification number and address of the owner of such motor vehicle or trailer;
(3) The gross weight of the vehicle and the desired load in pounds if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle or trailer.
2. If the vehicle is a motor vehicle primarily for business use as defined in section 301.010 and if such vehicle is five years of age or less, the director of revenue shall retain the odometer information provided in the vehicle inspection report, and provide for prompt access to such information, together with the vehicle identification number for the motor vehicle to which such information pertains, for a period of five years after the receipt of such information. This section shall not apply unless:
(1) The application for the vehicle's certificate of ownership was submitted after July 1, 1989; and
(2) The certificate was issued pursuant to a manufacturer's statement of origin.
3. If the vehicle is any motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle primarily for business use, a recreational motor vehicle, motorcycle, motortricycle, bus or any commercial motor vehicle licensed for over twelve thousand pounds and if such motor vehicle is five years of age or less, the director of revenue shall retain the odometer information provided in the vehicle inspection report, and provide for prompt access to such information, together with the vehicle identification number for the motor vehicle to which such information pertains, for a period of five years after the receipt of such information. This subsection shall not apply unless:
(1) The application for the vehicle's certificate of ownership was submitted after July 1, 1990; and
(2) The certificate was issued pursuant to a manufacturer's statement of origin.
4. If the vehicle qualifies as a reconstructed motor vehicle, motor change vehicle, specially constructed motor vehicle, non-USA-std motor vehicle, as defined in section 301.010, or prior salvage as referenced in section 301.573, the owner or lienholder shall surrender the certificate of ownership. The owner shall make an application for a new certificate of ownership, pay the required title fee, and obtain the vehicle examination certificate required pursuant to subsection 9 of section 301.190. If an insurance company pays a claim on a salvage vehicle as defined in section 301.010 and the owner retains the vehicle, as prior salvage, the vehicle shall only be required to meet the examination requirements under and pursuant to subsection 10 of section 301.190. Notarized bills of sale along with a copy of the front and back of the certificate of ownership for all major component parts installed on the vehicle and invoices for all essential parts which are not defined as major component parts shall accompany the application for a new certificate of ownership. If the vehicle is a specially constructed motor vehicle, as defined in section 301.010, two pictures of the vehicle shall be submitted with the application. If the vehicle is a kit vehicle, the applicant shall submit the invoice and the manufacturer's statement of origin on the kit. If the vehicle requires the issuance of a special number by the director of revenue or a replacement vehicle identification number, the applicant shall submit the required application and application fee. All applications required under this subsection shall be submitted with any applicable taxes which may be due on the purchase of the vehicle or parts. The director of revenue shall appropriately designate "Reconstructed Motor Vehicle", "Motor Change Vehicle", "Non-USA-Std Motor Vehicle", or "Specially Constructed Motor Vehicle" on the current and all subsequent issues of the certificate of ownership of such vehicle.
5. Every insurance company that pays a claim for repair of a motor vehicle which as the result of such repairs becomes a reconstructed motor vehicle as defined in section 301.010 or that pays a claim on a salvage vehicle as defined in section 301.010 and the owner is retaining the vehicle shall in writing notify the owner of the vehicle, and in a first party claim, the lienholder if a lien is in effect, that he is required to surrender the certificate of ownership, and the documents and fees required pursuant to subsection 4 of this section to obtain a prior salvage motor vehicle certificate of ownership or documents and fees as otherwise required by law to obtain a salvage certificate of ownership, from the director of revenue. The insurance company shall within thirty days of the payment of such claims report to the director of revenue the name and address of such owner, the year, make, model, vehicle identification number, and license plate number of the vehicle, and the date of loss and payment.
6. Anyone who fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
7. An applicant for registration may make a donation of one dollar to promote a blindness education, screening and treatment program. The director of revenue shall collect the donations and deposit all such donations in the state treasury to the credit of the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund established in section [192.935] 209.015, RSMo. Moneys in the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund shall be used solely for the purposes established in section [192.935] 209.015, RSMo, except that the department of revenue shall retain no more than one percent for its administrative costs. The donation prescribed in this subsection is voluntary and may be refused by the applicant for registration at the time of issuance or renewal. The director shall inquire of each applicant at the time the applicant presents the completed application to the director whether the applicant is interested in making the one dollar donation prescribed in this subsection.
8. An applicant for registration may make a donation of one dollar to promote an organ donor program. The director of revenue shall collect the donations and deposit all such donations in the state treasury to the credit of the organ donor program fund as established in sections 194.297 to 194.304, RSMo. Moneys in the organ donor fund shall be used solely for the purposes established in sections 194.297 to 194.304, RSMo, except that the department of revenue shall retain no more than one percent for its administrative costs. The donation prescribed in this subsection is voluntary and may be refused by the applicant for registration at the time of issuance or renewal. The director shall inquire of each applicant at the time the applicant presents the completed application to the director whether the applicant is interested in making the one dollar donation prescribed in this subsection.
302.171. 1. Beginning July 1, 2005, the director shall verify that an applicant for a driver's license is lawfully present in the United States before accepting the application. The director shall not issue a driver's license for a period that exceeds an applicant's lawful presence in the United States. The director may establish procedures to verify the lawful presence of the applicant and establish the duration of any driver's license issued under this section. An application for a license shall be made upon an approved form furnished by the director. Every application shall state the full name, Social Security number, age, height, weight, color of eyes, sex, residence, mailing address of the applicant, and the classification for which the applicant has been licensed, and, if so, when and by what state, and whether or not such license has ever been suspended, revoked, or disqualified, and, if revoked, suspended or disqualified, the date and reason for such suspension, revocation or disqualification and whether the applicant is making a one dollar donation to promote an organ donation program as prescribed in subsection 2 of this section. A driver's license, nondriver's license, or instruction permit issued under this chapter shall contain the applicant's legal name as it appears on a birth certificate or as legally changed through marriage or court order. No name change by common usage based on common law shall be permitted. The application shall also contain such information as the director may require to enable the director to determine the applicant's qualification for driving a motor vehicle; and shall state whether or not the applicant has been convicted in this or any other state for violating the laws of this or any other state or any ordinance of any municipality, relating to driving without a license, careless driving, or driving while intoxicated, or failing to stop after an accident and disclosing the applicant's identity, or driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The application shall contain a certification by the applicant as to the truth of the facts stated therein. Every person who applies for a license to operate a motor vehicle who is less than twenty-one years of age shall be provided with educational materials relating to the hazards of driving while intoxicated, including information on penalties imposed by law for violation of the intoxication-related offenses of the state. Beginning January 1, 2001, if the applicant is less than eighteen years of age, the applicant must comply with all requirements for the issuance of an intermediate driver's license pursuant to section 302.178. For persons mobilized and deployed with the United States Armed Forces, an application under this subsection shall be considered satisfactory by the department of revenue if it is signed by a person who holds general power of attorney executed by the person deployed, provided the applicant meets all other requirements set by the director.
2. An applicant for a license may make a donation of one dollar to promote an organ donor program. The director of revenue shall collect the donations and deposit all such donations in the state treasury to the credit of the organ donor program fund established in sections 194.297 to 194.304, RSMo. Moneys in the organ donor program fund shall be used solely for the purposes established in sections 194.297 to 194.304, RSMo, except that the department of revenue shall retain no more than one percent for its administrative costs. The donation prescribed in this subsection is voluntary and may be refused by the applicant for the license at the time of issuance or renewal of the license. The director shall make available an informational booklet or other informational sources on the importance of organ donations to applicants for licensure as designed by the organ donation advisory committee established in sections 194.297 to 194.304, RSMo. The director shall inquire of each applicant at the time the licensee presents the completed application to the director whether the applicant is interested in making the one dollar donation prescribed in this subsection and whether the applicant is interested in inclusion in the organ donor registry and shall also specifically inform the licensee of the ability to consent to organ donation by completing the form on the reverse of the license that the applicant will receive in the manner prescribed by subsection 6 of section 194.240, RSMo. The director shall notify the department of health and senior services of information obtained from applicants who indicate to the director that they are interested in registry participation, and the department of health and senior services shall enter the complete name, address, date of birth, race, gender and a unique personal identifier in the registry established in subsection 1 of section 194.304, RSMo.
3. An applicant for a license may make a donation of one dollar to promote a blindness education, screening and treatment program. The director of revenue shall collect the donations and deposit all such donations in the state treasury to the credit of the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund established in section [192.935] 209.015, RSMo. Moneys in the blindness education, screening and treatment program fund shall be used solely for the purposes established in section [192.935] 209.015, RSMo, except that the department of revenue shall retain no more than one percent for its administrative costs. The donation prescribed in this subsection is voluntary and may be refused by the applicant for the license at the time of issuance or renewal of the license. The director shall inquire of each applicant at the time the licensee presents the completed application to the director whether the applicant is interested in making the one dollar donation prescribed in this subsection.
4. Beginning July 1, 2005, the director shall deny the driving privilege of any person who commits fraud or deception during the examination process or who makes application for an instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license which contains or is substantiated with false or fraudulent information or documentation, or who knowingly conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud in any such application. The period of denial shall be one year from the effective date of the denial notice sent by the director. The denial shall become effective ten days after the date the denial notice is mailed to the person. The notice shall be mailed to the person at the last known address shown on the person's driving record. The notice shall be deemed received three days after mailing unless returned by the postal authorities. No such individual shall reapply for a driver's examination, instruction permit, driver's license, or nondriver's license until the period of denial is completed. No individual who is denied the driving privilege under this section shall be eligible for a limited driving privilege issued under section 302.309.
5. All appeals of denials under this section shall be made as required by section 302.311. 6. The period of limitation for criminal prosecution under this section shall be extended under subdivision (1) of subsection 3 of section 556.036, RSMo.
7. The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer and enforce this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo.
8. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter that requires an applicant to provide proof of lawful presence for renewal of a noncommercial driver's license, noncommercial instruction permit, or nondriver's license, an applicant who is sixty-five years and older and who was previously issued a Missouri noncommercial driver's license, noncommercial instruction permit, or Missouri nondriver's license is exempt from showing proof of lawful presence.
9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an applicant does not meet the requirements of subsection 8 of this section and does not have the required documents to prove lawful presence, the department may issue a one-year driver's license renewal. This one-time renewal shall only be issued to an applicant who previously has held a Missouri noncommercial driver's license, noncommercial instruction permit, or nondriver's license for a period of fifteen years or more and who does not have the required documents to prove lawful presence. After the expiration of the one-year period, no further renewal shall be provided without the applicant producing proof of lawful presence.
304.028. 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for use by the [Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council] department of health and senior services a fund to be known as the "[Head] Brain Injury Fund". All judgments collected pursuant to this section, federal grants, private donations and any other moneys designated for the [head] brain injury fund shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the general assembly to the [office of administration] department of health and senior services, be received and expended by the [council] department for the purpose of transition and integration of medical, social and educational services or activities for purposes of outreach and [short-term] supports to enable individuals with traumatic [head] brain injury and their families to live in the community[, including counseling and mentoring the families]. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary, any unexpended balance in the [head] brain injury fund at the end of any biennium shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund.
2. In all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, there shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two dollars. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
3. Such surcharge shall be collected and distributed by the clerk of the court as provided in sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo. The surcharge collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the state treasury to the credit of the [head] brain injury fund established in this section.
384.025. 1. If at any time the director has reason to believe that an eligible surplus lines insurer:
(1) Is in unsound financial condition;
(2) Is no longer eligible under section 384.021;
(3) Has willfully violated the laws of this state; or
(4) Does not make reasonably prompt payment of just losses and claims in this state or elsewhere;
the director may declare it ineligible.
2. The director shall promptly [mail] publish notice of all such declarations [to each surplus lines licensee] in any public electronic format.
384.051. 1. Every insured in this state who procures or causes to be procured or continues or renews insurance in any surplus lines insurer, or any self-insurer in this state who so procures or continues with, any surplus lines insurer, excess of loss, catastrophe or other insurance, upon a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed within this state, other than insurance procured through a surplus lines broker pursuant to sections 384.011 to 384.071, shall before March second of the year next succeeding the year in which the insurance was so procured, continued or renewed, file a written report of the same with the director on forms prescribed by the director and furnished to such an insured upon request. The report shall show:
(1) The name and address of the insured or insureds;
(2) The name and address of the insurer or insurers;
(3) The subject of the insurance;
(4) A general description of the coverage;
(5) The amount of premium currently charged therefor;
(6) Such additional pertinent information as may be reasonably requested by the director. 2. If any such insurance covers also a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed outside this state, for the purposes of this section, a proper pro rata portion of the entire premium payable for all such insurance shall be allocated as to the subjects of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this state.
3. Any insurance in a surplus lines insurer procured through negotiations or an application in whole or in part occurring or made within or from within this state, or for which premiums in whole or in part are remitted directly or indirectly from within this state, shall be deemed to be insurance procured or continued or renewed in this state within the intent of subsection 1 of this section.
4. For the general support of the government of this state there is levied upon the insured or self-insurer who procures insurance pursuant to subsections 1 and 3 of this section a tax at the rate of five percent of the net amount of the premium in respect of risks located in this state. Before April sixteenth of the year next succeeding the year in which the insurance was so procured, continued or renewed, the insured shall remit to the [director] department of revenue the amount of the tax. [The director before June first of each year shall certify and transmit to the director of revenue the sums so collected.] The department of revenue shall notify the director of the sums collected from each insured or self-insurer.
384.057. 1. Before March second of each year, each surplus lines broker shall report under oath to the director on forms prescribed by [him] the director a statement showing, with respect to the year ending the immediately preceding December thirty-first:
(1) The gross amounts charged for surplus lines insurance with respect to risks located within this state, exclusive of sums collected for the payment of federal, state or local taxes;
(2) The amount of net premiums with respect to the insurance.
2. Within forty-five days after the end of the calendar quarter ending March thirty-first, June thirtieth, September thirtieth, and December thirty-first, each surplus lines broker shall report under oath to the director on forms prescribed by the director a statement showing, with respect to each respective calendar quarter:
(1) The gross amounts charged for surplus lines insurance with respect to risks located within this state, exclusive of sums collected for the payment of federal, state, or local taxes;
(2) The amount of net premiums with respect to the insurance.
3. For the purpose of this section, "net premiums" means the gross amount of charges for surplus lines insurance with respect to risks located within this state, exclusive of sums collected for the payment of federal, state and local taxes, less returned premiums.
384.062. 1. If [the tax collectible] any tax, penalty, or interest payable by a surplus lines licensee under the provisions of sections 384.011 to 384.071 [has been collected and] is not paid within the time prescribed, the same shall be recoverable in a suit brought by the director against the surplus lines licensee.
2. All taxes, penalties, and interest or delinquent taxes levied pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the [director] department of revenue, who shall [obtain such taxes, penalties and interest by civil action against the insured or the surplus lines licensee, and the director shall remit such taxes when collected to the director of revenue] notify the director of the sums collected from each surplus lines licensee. All checks and drafts remitted for the payment of such taxes, penalties and interest shall be made payable to the director of revenue.
3. Taxes collected pursuant to this chapter are taxes collected by the director of revenue within the meaning of section 139.031, RSMo.
595.010. 1. As used in sections 595.010 to 595.075, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Child", a dependent, unmarried person who is under eighteen years of age and includes a posthumous child, stepchild, or an adopted child;
(2) "Claimant", a victim or a dependent, relative, survivor, or member of the family, of a victim eligible for compensation pursuant to sections 595.010 to 595.075;
(3) "Conservator", a person or corporation appointed by a court to have the care and custody of the estate of a minor or a disabled person, including a limited conservator;
(4) "Counseling", problem-solving and support concerning emotional issues that result from criminal victimization licensed pursuant to section 595.030. Counseling is a confidential service provided either on an individual basis or in a group. Counseling has as a primary purpose to enhance, protect and restore a person's sense of well-being and social functioning after victimization. Counseling does not include victim advocacy services such as crisis telephone counseling, attendance at medical procedures, law enforcement interviews or criminal justice proceedings;
(5) "Crime", an act committed in this state which, if committed by a mentally competent, criminally responsible person who had no legal exemption or defense, would constitute a crime; provided that, such act involves the application of force or violence or the threat of force or violence by the offender upon the victim but shall include the crime of driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and hit and run; and provided, further, that no act involving the operation of a motor vehicle except driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and hit and run which results in injury to another shall constitute a crime for the purpose of sections 595.010 to 595.075, unless such injury was intentionally inflicted through the use of a motor vehicle. A crime shall also include an act of terrorism, as defined in 18 U.S.C. section 2331, which has been committed outside of the United States against a resident of Missouri;
(6) "Crisis intervention counseling", helping to reduce psychological trauma where victimization occurs;
(7) "Department", the department of public safety;
(8) "Dependent", mother, father, spouse, spouse's mother, spouse's father, child, grandchild, adopted child, illegitimate child, niece or nephew, who is wholly or partially dependent for support upon, and living with, but shall include children entitled to child support but not living with, the victim at the time of his injury or death due to a crime alleged in a claim pursuant to sections 595.010 to 595.070;
(9) "Direct service", providing physical services to a victim of crime including, but not limited to, transportation, funeral arrangements, child care, emergency food, clothing, shelter, notification and information;
(10) "Director", the director of public safety of this state or a person designated by him for the purposes of sections 595.010 to 595.070;
(11) "Disabled person", one who is unable by reason of any physical or mental condition to receive and evaluate information or to communicate decisions to such an extent that the person lacks ability to manage his financial resources, including a partially disabled person who lacks the ability, in part, to manage his financial resources;
(12) ["Division", the division of workers' compensation of the state of Missouri;
(13)] "Emergency service", those services provided within thirty days to alleviate the immediate effects of the criminal act or offense, and may include cash grants of not more than one hundred dollars;
[(14)] (13) "Earnings", net income or net wages;
[(15)] (14) "Family", the spouse, parent, grandparent, stepmother, stepfather, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adopted children of parent, or spouse's parents;
[(16)] (15) "Funeral expenses", the expenses of the funeral, burial, cremation or other chosen method of interment, including plot or tomb and other necessary incidents to the disposition of the remains;
[(17)] (16) "Gainful employment", engaging on a regular and continuous basis, up to the date of the incident upon which the claim is based, in a lawful activity from which a person derives a livelihood;
[(18)] (17) "Guardian", one appointed by a court to have the care and custody of the person of a minor or of an incapacitated person, including a limited guardian;
[(19)] (18) "Hit and run", the crime of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident as defined in section 577.060, RSMo;
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