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MO Rev Stat § 205.379 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.379 - Authority to employ counsel granted — counsel, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   205.379. Authority to employ counsel granted — counsel, how paid. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any of the sections of chapter 56, the board of trustees of a county hospital organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of sections 205.160 through 205.378, may employ and use legal counsel, other than the prosecuting or circuit attorney or the county counselor, to represent such hospital when in the exercise of its sole discretion the board of trustees determines that such special counsel is necessary to properly protect the hospital's interests.  2. Legal counsel so employed shall be paid out of the hospital fund in the manner provided in subsection 4 of section 205.190. ­­-------- (L. 1977 H.B. 378 §§ 1, 2)
MO Rev Stat § 205.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.460 - Tax for hospital purposes — petition for election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   205.460. Tax for hospital purposes — petition for election. — 1. When twenty-five percent of the voters in any township or townships in this state, forty percent of whom shall not live at the time they subscribe thereto within any town of said township or townships shall petition the county commission of the county of which said township or townships is a part, asking that a tax not to exceed one-half of one cent on each dollar be levied for one year only and thereafter an annual tax not to exceed two mills on the dollar for the establishing, either by purchase or otherwise or leasing, equipping and maintaining a hospital at some place in such township or townships to be set forth in said petition, for the care and treatment of the sick and disabled therein, such county commission shall submit the question to the voters at an election.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall there be a ______ tax for the first year and a ______ tax thereafter for a hospital?  3. The notice shall include the rate of taxation to be voted upon. If two-thirds of the voters of each township voting on said proposition shall vote for such tax, the said tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in like manner as other general taxes of said township or townships and be known as "Hospital Fund" and turned over by the collector of said tax to the treasurer of such hospital. The tax shall cease in case the voters in such township or townships by a two-thirds vote of the total vote cast at a municipal election held therein shall so determine. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15210, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13993
MO Rev Stat § 205.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.470 - County commission to appoint board of trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   205.470. County commission to appoint board of trustees. — When any such township or townships shall decide to establish and maintain a hospital under the provisions of sections 205.460 to 205.570, the county commission of such county of which said township or townships is a part shall appoint a board of six trustees for the same, chosen from the voters of such township or townships. Such trustees shall serve without compensation. Such trustees appointed under the provisions of sections 205.460 to 205.570 shall hold office respectively for the term of two and four years as indicated and fixed in the order of the county commission appointing them. Every two years thereafter three trustees shall be elected at the municipal election who shall hold their office for the term of four years and until their successors are elected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15211, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13994
MO Rev Stat § 205.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.480 - Vacancies, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   205.480. Vacancies, how filled. — If a vacancy occurs in the office of director by death, resignation, refusal to serve, repeated neglect of duty or removal from the district of such hospital, the remaining trustees shall, before transacting any official business, appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy; the person appointed shall serve until the next municipal election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15212, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13995
MO Rev Stat § 205.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.490 - Members shall elect officers, adopt bylaws — quorum.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.490. Members shall elect officers, adopt bylaws — quorum. — The members of said board shall meet at some place to be agreed upon by the trustees appointed within ten days after their appointments have been made and organize by electing one of their members president, and one vice president, a treasurer and a secretary which position they shall hold for two years. They shall elect such other officers as they deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the management of such hospitals and the admission and discharge of patients as they shall deem expedient. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15213)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13996
MO Rev Stat § 205.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.500 - Treasurer to give bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.500. Treasurer to give bond. — The treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall enter into a bond to the hospital, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will render a faithful and just account of all money that may come into his hands as such treasurer, and otherwise perform the duties of his office according to law, said bond to be filed with the president of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15214)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13997
MO Rev Stat § 205.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.510 - Secretary — salary — duties — compensation of treasurer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.510. Secretary — salary — duties — compensation of treasurer. — 1. The secretary may or may not be a member of the board and shall draw such salary as the trustees shall agree upon. He shall keep a record of all the proceedings of said board which shall be open at all times to public scrutiny. The secretary shall keep a record of all money or property received from all sources and of all expenditures therefrom, also a complete record of all patients treated therein.  2. The treasurer shall receive an annual salary of one dollar. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15215)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13998
MO Rev Stat § 205.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.520 - Board to control expenditures — employ help.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.520. Board to control expenditures — employ help. — The board shall control the expenditures of all moneys collected to the credit of the hospital fund, and the construction, leasing, equipping of such hospital and the grounds and other property real and personal belonging to such hospital, providing all moneys from taxes, donations and from any other source shall be deposited in the hospital treasury, and drawn upon by warrants signed by the president and secretary of hospital. The board shall also employ such help, professional and otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of sections 205.460 to 205.570, and all such assistants and employees shall serve at the pleasure of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15216)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13999
MO Rev Stat § 205.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.530 - Meeting of board — report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.530. Meeting of board — report. — The board shall meet every Monday to look after the business of the hospital. They shall make on the first day of January and the first day of July of each year a detailed report, showing the receipts of all funds and the expenditures therefrom, and showing each donation, giving the name of the donor, and the date and amount of his donation, and the name of each patient and the amount paid by said patient. Said report shall be made and placed on the secretary's book and a copy posted in the office of the hospital. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15217)  Prior revision: 1929 § 14000
MO Rev Stat § 205.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.540 - Bequests and donations accepted by trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.540. Bequests and donations accepted by trustees. — Any person making bequests or donations to such hospital shall have the right to vest the title to the real estate or personal property so bequeathed or donated in the board and to be held and controlled by said board, and to all such property the board shall be held to be special trustees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15218)  Prior revision: 1929 § 14001
MO Rev Stat § 205.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.550 - Special taxes for hospital collected as township taxes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.550. Special taxes for hospital collected as township taxes. — The taxes authorized and provided by the terms of sections 205.460 to 205.570 shall be levied against the township or townships forming the hospital district and collected in the same manner as the regular township taxes are levied and collected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15219)  Prior revision: 1929 § 14002
MO Rev Stat § 205.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.560 - Discontinuance of tax, when — disposition of property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   205.560. Discontinuance of tax, when — disposition of property. — When two-thirds of the voters as provided in section 205.460 shall vote to cease paying said tax the county commission of said county shall within three years thereafter order the same sold and all money acquired from the sale after paying all indebtedness of said hospital shall be turned into the school funds of said township or townships as their interest may appear; provided, the voters of said township or townships do not, by a vote of two-thirds reconsider and vote to continue said tax as before. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15220)  Prior revision: 1929 § 14003
MO Rev Stat § 205.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.565 - Grants for caring communities programs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   205.565. Grants for caring communities programs. — The department of social services may, subject to appropriation, use, administer and dispose of any gifts, grants, or* in-kind services and may award grants to qualifying entities to carry out the caring communities program. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 573 § 1 merged with S.B. 445 § 1)  *Word "or" does not appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 205.765 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.765 - Health and welfare department authorized — certain counties excepted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   205.765. Health and welfare department authorized — certain counties excepted. — 1. The county commission of any county of the first class may by resolution create a department of health and welfare which department shall be operated in the manner hereinafter set out.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, no department of health and welfare shall be created in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government in which a county health center has been established pursuant to the provisions of sections 205.010 to 205.150, whether or not the health center is established prior to the county's attaining first class status. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 786 § 1, A.L. 1973 H.B. 642)
MO Rev Stat § 205.766 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.766 - Commissioners of county commission to serve as commissioners of health and welfare — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   205.766. Commissioners of county commission to serve as commissioners of health and welfare — duties. — 1. The commissioners of the county commission shall during their term of office serve as commissioners of health and welfare of their respective counties and shall have charge and control of all county hospitals, clinics, health centers, institutions for the insane and all county corrective, welfare and eleemosynary institutions except the county jail and the place of detention used by the juvenile court.  2. Said commissioners shall have supervision of the rehabilitation of all state prisoners in the county jail after conviction and sentence thereto, subject to the approval of the county sheriff.  3. They shall perform investigational case work, excepting that relating to adoption, probation and detention of juveniles, in all cases involving the distribution and expenditure of any county funds.  4. They shall administer all laws relating to the county support of the poor and shall have charge of all boarding home care for all juveniles subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and shall perform such other duties as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 786 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 205.767 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.767 - Director of health and welfare, appointment, compensation, assistants.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   205.767. Director of health and welfare, appointment, compensation, assistants. — The commissioners of health and welfare may appoint a director of health and welfare and the commissioners shall fix his compensation. The commissioners may also employ such assistants as are necessary and shall fix their compensation. The cost of salaries and expenses of the department shall be apportioned to any appropriate county fund. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 786 § 3, A.L. 1953 p. 622, A.L. 1973 H.B. 642)
MO Rev Stat § 205.769 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.769 - Health inspection of eating establishments — license — fee — exceptions to license requirement — operating without a license, penalty (St. Charles County).

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   205.769. Health inspection of eating establishments — license — fee — exceptions to license requirement — operating without a license, penalty (St. Charles County). — 1. Any first class county not having a charter form of government and adjacent to a county of the first class having a charter form of government which does not contain a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, and adjacent to not more than one county of the second class, may make health inspections of premises on or from which food is prepared, served, or sold to members of the general public for consumption by humans; except this act shall not apply to hospitals licensed under chapter 197 or to nursing homes licensed under chapter 198. Any county which makes inspections as authorized by this section shall also have the power and authority to issue licenses and to charge reasonable fees for such inspections, which fees shall not exceed the amount necessary to fund and implement an inspection program established pursuant to this section.  2. Such inspections shall be performed at least annually according to procedures established by the Missouri department of health and senior services and shall be performed in the most cost efficient manner. Inspections shall be performed by qualified employees of the county, or by contracting such services on a fee basis, at the discretion of the county commission. Any person making such inspections must meet the Missouri department of health and senior services qualifications.  3. No establishment described in subsection 1 of this section shall be issued a county license until it has passed inspection. Any such establishment which has been licensed and subsequently fails an inspection shall be given ten days to correct its deficiencies and if such establishment fails to correct its deficiencies, it shall be subject to license suspension and suspension of operations. If the establishment operates without the license, the owner is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. The license shall remain suspended until the deficiencies are corrected.  4. New establishments must submit plans for their operation to the county health department before construction proceeds and licenses are sought. Establishments already doing business in the county shall not be subject to this subsection.  5. All religious, educational, nonprofit, fraternal or civic organizations shall be exempt from the fees authorized by the provisions of subsection 1 of this section.  6. From and after August 13, 1986, health inspections of the establishments described in subsection 1 of this section shall be performed only by the county and the state. Municipalities may provide for such health inspections only in those counties which do not provide for a health inspection throughout the county. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1196 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 205.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.770 - Social welfare board created — powers — second class county changing class status — may keep board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   205.770. Social welfare board created — powers — second class county changing class status — may keep board. — 1. In any county of the second class in this state there may be created and established by order of the county commission of any such county a board which shall be styled "The Social Welfare Board of the County of ______".  2. All powers and duties connected with and incident to the betterment of social and physical causes of dependency, the relief and care of the indigent, and the care of sick dependents, with the exception of the mentally ill and those suffering with contagious, infectious and transmissible diseases shall be exclusively invested in and exercised by the board.  3. The board shall have power to receive and expend donations for social welfare purposes and shall have exclusive control over the distribution and expenditure of any public funds set aside and appropriated by such counties and by any city located in any such county for the relief of the temporarily dependent. The board shall have power to promote the general welfare of the poor within the limits of such counties by social and sanitary reforms, by industrial instruction, by the inculcation of habits of providence and self-dependence, and by the establishment and maintenance of any activities to these ends. The board shall have power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts, to assume the care of or take, by gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, any money, real estate, personal property, right of property, or other valuable things, and may use, enjoy, control, sell or convey the same for charitable purposes, to have and to use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.  4. The board may make bylaws for its own guidance, rules and regulations for the government of its agents, servants and employees, and for the distribution of the funds under its control.  5. If any second class county which has established a social welfare board pursuant to the provisions of this section, subsequently becomes a first class or a third class county, such county may retain its social welfare board and continue to function pursuant to the provisions of sections 205.770 to 205.840. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9578, A.L. 1945 p. 1754, A.L. 1989 H.B. 452)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12938; 1919 § 12187; 1909 § 1322
MO Rev Stat § 205.780 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 205 - County Health and Welfare Programs|Section 205.780 - Additional powers of board — employees (second class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   205.780. Additional powers of board — employees (second class counties). — Said board shall have the exclusive power to make all suitable provisions for the relief, maintenance and support of all indigent persons within said county and within any city in said county who may appropriate for the support of said board, and to make suitable provisions for the care and maintenance to the sick dependents and those who are unable to support themselves; to enforce the laws of the state, the ordinances of such cities located within said county, in regard to the indigent, and to make such rules and regulations in the conduct of its business not inconsistent with the laws of the state of Missouri and the ordinances of such cities; to have exclusive control, care and management of all public hospitals owned or operated by said counties or said cities, except those for the care of the insane and those suffering with contagious, infectious and transmissible diseases; to recommend to the common council of said city the passage of such ordinances as said board may deem necessary for the welfare of the indigent of said city; to have the power to appoint competent physicians and surgeons, who shall hold their office at the pleasure of said board, at a salary to be fixed by said board, and said physicians and surgeons shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by said board, and shall render medical attendance to all those who may come within the provisions of this law; said board shall have the power and it shall be the duty of said board to employ and discharge all persons or officers in their judgment necessary to carry out the matters over which said board is given jurisdiction or control. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9579, A.L. 1945 p. 1754)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12939; 1919 § 12188