Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 199
Rehabilitation Center--Head Injury--Tuberculosis Testing and Commitment
←199.170
Section 199.180.1
199.190→
August 28, 2015
Local health agency may institute proceedings for commitment--emergency temporary commitment permitted, when.
199.180. 1. A person found to have tuberculosis shall follow the
instructions of the local public health authority or the department, shall
obtain the required treatment, and shall minimize the risk of infecting
others with tuberculosis.
2. When a person with active tuberculosis, or a person who is a
potential transmitter, violates the rules, regulations, instructions, or
orders promulgated by the department of health and senior services or the
local public health authority, and is thereby conducting himself or herself
so as to expose other persons to danger of tuberculosis, after having been
directed by the local public health authority to comply with such rules,
regulations, instructions, or orders, the local public health authority may
institute proceedings by petition for DOT or commitment, returnable to the
circuit court of the county in which such person resides, or if the person
be a nonresident or has no fixed place of abode, then in the county in
which the person is found. Strictness of pleading shall not be required
and a general allegation that the public health requires DOT or commitment
of the person named therein shall be sufficient.
3. If the public health authority determines that a person with
active tuberculosis, or a person who is a potential transmitter, poses an
immediate threat by conducting himself or herself so as to expose other
persons to an immediate danger of tuberculosis, the public health authority
may file an ex parte petition for emergency temporary commitment pursuant
to subsection 5 of section 199.200.
(L. 1961 p. 518 § 2, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1739 merged with S.B. 742, A.L.
1999 H.B. 721 merged with S.B. 261, A.L. 2001 S.B. 266, A.L. 2013
S.B. 197)
2001
1999
2001
199.180. 1. A person found to have tuberculosis shall follow the
instructions of the local board, shall obtain the required treatment, and
shall minimize the risk of infecting others with tuberculosis.
2. When a person with active tuberculosis, or a person who is a potential
transmitter, violates the rules, regulations, instructions, or orders
promulgated by the department of health and senior services or the local
board, and is thereby conducting himself or herself so as to expose other
persons to danger of infection, after having been directed by the local board
to comply with such rules, regulations, instructions, or orders, the local
board may institute proceedings by petition for commitment, returnable to the
circuit court of the county in which such person resides, or if the person be
a nonresident or has no fixed place of abode, then in the county in which the
person is found. Strictness of pleading shall not be required and a general
allegation that the public health requires commitment of the person named
therein shall be sufficient.
3. If the board determines that a person with active tuberculosis, or a
person who is a potential transmitter, poses an immediate threat by
conducting himself or herself so as to expose other persons to an immediate
danger of infection, the board may file an ex parte petition for emergency
temporary commitment pursuant to subsection 5 of section 199.200.
1999
199.180. A person found to have tuberculosis shall follow the
instructions of the local board, shall obtain the required treatment, and
shall minimize the risk of infecting others with tuberculosis. When a
person with active tuberculosis, or a person who is a potential
transmitter, violates the rules, regulations, instructions, or orders
promulgated by the department of health or the local board, and is thereby
conducting himself or herself so as to expose other persons to danger of
infection, after having been directed by the local board to comply with
such rules, regulations, instructions, or orders, the local board may
institute proceedings by petition for commitment, returnable to the circuit
court of the county in which such person resides, or if the person be a
nonresident or has no fixed place of abode, then in the county in which the
person is found. Strictness of pleading shall not be required and a
general allegation that the public health requires commitment of the person
named therein shall be sufficient.
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