2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 192 Department of Health and Senior Services
192.642. Osteoporosis prevention and education program, components--needs assessment, determinations.

192.642. 1. The department may establish, promote, and maintain an osteoporosis prevention and education program to promote public awareness of causes of osteoporosis, options for prevention, the value of early detection and possible treatments, including the benefits and risks of those treatments.

2. The program shall include the following:

(1) Development of a public education and outreach campaign to promote osteoporosis prevention and education, including but not limited to:

(a) Causes and nature of the disease;

(b) Risk factors;

(c) The role of hysterectomy;

(d) Prevention of the disease, including nutrition, diet, and physical exercise;

(e) Diagnostic procedures and appropriate indications for their use;

(f) Hormone replacement, including benefits and risks;

(g) Environmental safety and injury prevention; and

(h) The availability of osteoporosis diagnostic treatment services in the community;

(2) Development of educational materials to be made available for consumers, particularly targeted toward high-risk groups, through local health departments, local physicians, other health care providers and women's organizations;

(3) Development of professional education programs for health care providers to assist them in understanding research findings and the subjects set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection; and

(4) Development and maintenance of a list of current providers of specialized services for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dissemination of the list shall be accompanied by a description of diagnostic procedures, appropriate indications for their use, and a cautionary statement about the current status of osteoporosis research, prevention and treatment. The statement shall also indicate that the department does not license, certify or in any other way approve osteoporosis programs or centers in the state.

3. The department may conduct a needs assessment to identify:

(1) Available technical assistance and educational materials and programs nationwide;

(2) The level of public and professional awareness about osteoporosis;

(3) The needs of osteoporosis patients, their families and caregivers;

(4) Needs of health care providers, including physicians, nurses, managed-care organizations and other health care providers;

(5) The services available to osteoporosis patients;

(6) Existence of osteoporosis treatment programs;

(7) Existence of osteoporosis support groups;

(8) Existence of rehabilitation services; and

(9) Number and location of bone density testing equipment.

(L. 1995 H.B. 212 § 2)