Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE Chapter 210 • Effective - 14 Jul 2021, see footnote 210.1253. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.1250 to 210.1286, unless the context clearly provides otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) 'Child', a person who is under eighteen years of age; (2) 'Department', the department of social services, or the children's division within the department of social services, as determined by the department; (3) 'Director', a person who is responsible for the operation of the residential care facility; (4) 'Exempt-from-licensure' or 'license-exempt', a residential care facility that is not required to be licensed under section 210.516; (5) 'Person', an individual, partnership, organization, association, or corporation; (6) 'Residential care facility', any place, facility, or home operated by any person who receives children who are not related to the operator and whose parent or guardian is not a resident of the same facility and that provides such children with supervision, care, lodging, and maintenance for twenty-four hours a day, with or without transfer of custody. -------- (L. 2021 H.B. 557 & 560) Effective 7-14-21
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