Missouri Chapter 210 — Child Protection and Reformation

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.001— Department of social services to meet needs of homeless, dependent and..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.003— Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions — duties of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.004— Law enforcement agencies, record of custody of child
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.027— Direct payment recipients, child care providers — department's duties
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.030— Blood tests of pregnant women
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.040— Blood test results — confidential
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.050— Reporting required
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.060— Noncompliance a misdemeanor — penalty
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.070— Prophylactic eye drops at birth — objection to, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.080— Report of infant eye inflammation, by whom
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.090— Health officer to furnish copy of law to midwife — secretary of state to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.100— Violation a misdemeanor
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.102— Coordinating board for early childhood established, members, powers — fund..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.106— Failure to use passenger restraint system not to be basis for civil actions..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.108— Dominic James Memorial Foster Care Reform Act, statutes involved
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.109— Child protection system established by children's division, duties,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.110— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.112— Policy of state, system principles — evaluation tool — response and..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.113— Accreditation goal, when to be achieved
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.114— Qualified immunity for private contractor, when — exceptions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.115— Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths — persons required..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.116— Sharing of information with child welfare agencies and law enforcement, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.117— Child not reunited with parents or placed in a home, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.118— Court finding of abuse by preponderance of evidence, responsible party to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.119— Severe behavioral challenges, program established — eligibility — contracts..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.120— Medical institution staff members, duties of
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.121— Unaccompanied youth — definitions — access to supportive services — status..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.122— Voluntary placement agreements, children in state custody solely in need of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.123— Temporary alternative placement agreements — definitions — purpose —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.125— Protective custody of child, who may take, reports required — temporary..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.127— Diligent search for biological parents required, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.130— Oral reports, when and where made — contents of reports
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.135— Immunity from liability, when — exception — preliminary evaluation..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.140— Privileged communication not recognized, exception
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.143— Exempt-from-licensure residential care facilities, orders to present child,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.145— Telephone hotline for reports on child abuse — division duties, protocols,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.146— Evaluation by SAFE CARE provider required, when--referral to juvenile..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.147— Confidentiality of family support team meetings, exceptions — form..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.148— Juveniles with problem sexual behavior reports, procedure — definition —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.150— Confidentiality of reports and records, exceptions — violations, penalty
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.152— Reports of abuse or neglect — division to retain or remove certain..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.153— Child abuse and neglect review board, established, members, duties,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.154— Missouri task force on the prevention of infant abuse and neglect created,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.155— Division to provide programs and information — division to continuously..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.156— Identifying information provided to state registrar, when — state registrar..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.160— Guardian ad litem and counsel appointed for child, when — fees — volunteer..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.165— Penalty for violation
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.166— Medical neglect of child, who may bring action — procedure
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.167— Report to school district on violations of compulsory school attendance law..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.170— Children's trust fund board created — members, appointment — qualifications..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.171— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.172— Powers and duties of board
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.173— Trust fund established — investment — disbursement, limitation, exception —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.180— Division employees to be trained
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.183— Alleged perpetrator to be provided written description of investigation..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.187— Child abuse and neglect services and funding, task force on children's..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.188— Report to general assembly and governor, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.192— Child fatality review panel to investigate deaths — members — prosecutors..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.194— Rules, guidelines and protocols — confidentiality requirements
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.195— State technical assistance team, duties — regional coordinators,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.196— Hospitals and physicians, rules authorized for protocol and identifying..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.201— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.203— Complaints against child care facilities, open records to be kept by..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.211— License required — exceptions — written notice of licensure status, when —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.215— Access to child and care providers during normal hours — exception court..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.221— Licenses to be issued by department — duty to fix standards and make..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.223— Safe sleep policy to be maintained, purpose — alternatives, written..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.231— Department of elementary and secondary education may delegate powers
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.241— Judicial review
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.245— Violations, penalties — prosecutor may file suit to oversee or prevent..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.251— State and federal funds to be made available to centers to upgrade..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.252— Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedure — variances to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.254— Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.255— Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.256— Violations, penalties — injunction, procedure
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.257— Rules, procedure to adopt
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.258— Religious organizations operating facility, no interference permitted with..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.259— Nonreligious organization's agreement for child-care facility on property..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.275— Child care provided only to school-age children must comply with child-care..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.278— Exempt from licensure, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.305— Emergency placements, grandparent or relative placement preferred —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.320— Regulation of detention facility — taxation of cigarettes to support, rate..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.481— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.482— Background checks for emergency placements, requirements, exceptions —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.484— Residential care facilities license required
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.485— Civil liability, for-profit child-placing agency or residential care..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.486— License required, applicants to be investigated — provisional license, when..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.487— Background checks for foster families, requirements — costs, paid by whom —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.491— Investigation of certain facilities by the division, when — injunctive..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.493— Background checks required, when — definitions — content — procedure —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.496— Refusal to issue, suspension or revocation of licenses — grounds
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.498— Access to records on the suspension or revocation of a foster home license..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.501— Application for licensure, form, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.506— Rules, procedure — promulgation, persons to be consulted
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.511— Division to assist applicants in meeting license requirements and..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.516— Exceptions to license requirement — division may not require documentation
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.518— Departments' duties, classification of services to children — interagency..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.521— Assistance for division in licensure of foster homes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.526— Grievance procedure for decisions of division, requirements — judicial..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.531— Violations or false statements, penalty
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.535— Foster care and adoption assistance under federal Social Security Act,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.536— Cost of foster care, how paid — failure of parent to pay required amount,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.537— County foster parent associations may be established, duties of division
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.539— State health insurance, foster parents may purchase, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.542— Training and standards for foster parents to be provided, when — evaluation..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.543— Specialized foster parents, training, fiscal incentives
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.545— Respite care facilities for foster families — rules and regulations — procedure
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.551— Grievance procedure for decisions of division to be developed with..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.560— Money held by others for benefit of a child, definitions, liability to the..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.564— Citation of law — foster care bill of rights
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.565— Relatives of child shall be given foster home placement, when — definitions..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.566— Foster parents' bill of rights
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.568— Juvenile offender regimented discipline program, certain counties —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.570— Text of compact
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.580— Compact binding, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.590— Courts and agencies to cooperate to promote purposes of compact
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.617— Missouri state foster care and adoption board created, duties, members,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.620— Compact enacted, text of compact
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.622— Emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.625— Financial responsibility for child, how fixed
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.630— Definitions — governor's appointment of administrator authorized
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.635— Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.640— Placements from nonparty states, procedure for
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.650— Contingent effective date
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.652— Electronic exchanging of data and documents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.660— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.665— Designated caregiver, court and parties to defer to reasonable decisions of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.670— Case plans, foster children fourteen and over to be consulted — copy of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.675— Permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement, prohibited..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.680— Rulemaking authority
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.700— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.710— Child committed to care of authorized agency — written report of status..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.720— Court-ordered custody — written report of status required for court review,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.730— Court to have continuing jurisdiction for certain proceedings — duties to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.760— Placement in foster care — division's duties — removal of children from..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.761— Right to testify at foster care hearings, qualifications, limitation
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.762— Family support team meetings to be held, when — who may attend — form to be..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.764— Certain case records available for review by parents or guardians
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.790— Foster parent standing for court proceedings
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.795— Report of missing children, procedure — protocols — annual audit, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.817— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.818— Relationship not dependent on marriage
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.819— Parent and child relationship, how established
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.822— Presumption of paternity — rebuttal of presumption, standard of proof
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.823— Acknowledgment of paternity is considered a legal finding of paternity —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.824— Artificial insemination, consent required, duties of physician, effect of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.826— Determination of father and child relationship, who may bring action, when..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.828— Statute of limitations, exception — notification form required, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.829— Jurisdiction, venue, severance — effect of failure to join action for..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.830— Parties — guardian ad litem, when appointed
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.832— Pretrial proceedings, informal hearing before master — testimony of party..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.834— Blood tests — expert defined
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.836— Evidence relating to paternity
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.838— Pretrial recommendation — actions, effect of party's refusal to accept
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.839— Civil action, procedure — admissibility of evidence, parties — default..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.841— Judgment or order, contents — amount of support, presumption
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.842— Costs
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.843— Enforcement of judgment or order — payments to be made to circuit clerk or..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.844— Applicability of certain statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.845— Modification of decree, when — procedure, burden
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.846— Hearings and records, confidentiality — inspection allowed, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.847— Grandparents liable for support payments for grandchildren, when — amount..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.848— Action to declare mother and child relationship
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.849— Birth records
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.850— Uniformity of application and construction
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.851— Citation of law
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.852— Application to actions commenced prior to effective date
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.853— Parenting plan in paternity actions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.854— Paternity and support, setting aside of judgment, criteria — division to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.860— Tax levy, amount, purposes — ballot — deposit of funds in special community..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.861— Board of directors, term, expenses, organization — powers — funds,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.865— Information system, tracking of children by court and by certain state..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.870— Juvenile information governance commission created, members, duties,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.875— Children's services commission study, purpose
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.877— Courts and agencies to provide information
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.900— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.903— Family care safety registry and access line established, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.906— Registration form, contents — violation, penalty — fees — voluntary..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.909— Department duties — information included in registry, when — registrant..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.912— Right to appeal, procedure
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.915— Departmental collaboration on registry information — rulemaking authority
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.918— Toll-free telephone service maintained for access to information
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.921— Release of registry information, when — limitations of disclosure —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.922— Use of registry information by certain departments, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.924— Rulemaking authority
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.927— Annual report, when, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.933— Registration qualifies as compliance with other background check..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.936— Registry information deemed public record
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.950— Safe place for newborns act — definitions — procedure — immunity from..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1007— List of children's products to be furnished to all child-care facilities by..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1012— Amber alert system created — department to develop system regions — false..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1014— Amber alert system oversight committee created, duties, members,..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1030— Task force created, members, duties — termination date
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1050— Full school day defined — foster child entitled to full school day of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1080— Background checks required — definitions — procedure — ineligible for..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1200— Task force created, purpose, members, officers, duties — reports to general..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1210— Policy recommendations
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1225— Physical custody of child in division custody taken after hospitalization —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1250— Citation of law
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1253— Definitions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1256— Department of social services to be notification agency — access to..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1259— Director of facility to provide notice — facility registration —..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1262— Notification, filing, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1263— Background checks required, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1264— Census and demographic information of children at facility and list of..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1265— Fire, safety, health, and sanitation inspections, facility to comply
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1268— Operation without proper notification, court injunction, when
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1271— Injunctive relief, when — cease operation orders, hearing — emergency..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1274— Religious curriculum, program, or ministry — content not to be regulated by..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1280— Facility compliance list to be maintained, contents
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1283— Failure to complete a background check, penalty
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1286— Rulemaking authority
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1360— Minors receiving child care, confidentiality of certain information, exceptions
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1500— Suspected victims of sex trafficking, law enforcement duties — division..
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.1505— Statewide council on sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of children..