§ 192.735 — Definitions.

Missouri § 192.735

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
• Ch. 192: Department of Health and Senior Services

Text

As used in sections 192.735 to 192.745 , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Brain injury" or "traumatic brain injury" , a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature.  Such insult or damage may produce an altered state of consciousness and may result in a decrease of one or more of the following:  mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical functioning resulting in partial or total disability.  Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and congenital deficits are specifically excluded from this definition;

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

(3) "Spinal cord injury" , an injury that occurs as a result of trauma, which may involve spinal vertebral fracture, and where the injured person suffers two or more of the following effects either immediately or within forty-eight hours of injury:

(a)  Effects on the sensory system including numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in one or more extremities;

(b)  Effects on the motor system including weakness or paralysis in one or more extremities;

(c)  Effects on the visceral system including bowel or bladder dysfunction or hypotension.

Legislative History

(L. 1986 H.B. 1243 § 1, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)