2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 191 Health and Welfare
Section 191.300 Definitions.

191.300. As used in sections 191.300 to 191.380, the following terms mean:

(1) "Committee", the Missouri genetic disease advisory committee;

(2) "Cystic fibrosis", a serious lung problem of children; an inherited disorder which produces chronic involvement of the respiratory and digestive systems;

(3) "Department", the department of health and senior services;

(4) "Director", the director of the state department of health and senior services;

(5) "Genetic counseling", the provision and interpretation of medical information based on expanding knowledge of human genetics;

(6) "Genetic disorders", abnormalities of structure, function, or body metabolism which may be inherited or may result from damage to the fetus;

(7) "Genetic screening", the search through testing for persons with genetic disorders;

(8) "Health care professional", a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, or certified by the state of Missouri to perform specified health services;

(9) "Health care services", services for the diagnosis, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease;

(10) "Hemophilia", a bleeding tendency resulting from a genetically determined deficiency factor in the blood;

(11) "Outreach clinics", medical clinics which provide genetic diagnosis and counseling at sites away from the tertiary genetic centers;

(12) "Program", the genetic program authorized by the provisions of sections 191.300 to 191.331, 191.340, and 191.365 to 191.380;

(13) "Sickle cell anemia", a blood disease characterized by the presence of crescent shaped or sickle shaped erythrocytes in peripheral blood, excessive hemolysis, and active hematopoiesis, resulting from a genetic defect;

(14) "Sickle cell trait", the healthy state wherein one carries the gene for sickle cell and could possibly pass that gene to his offspring;

(15) "Tertiary genetic centers", permanent genetic divisions that provide comprehensive diagnostic treatment and counseling services.

(L. 1985 H.B. 612, A.L. 2007 H.B. 948)

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