Effective 28 Aug 2019
191.603. Definitions. — As used in sections 191.600 to 191.615, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Areas of defined need", areas designated by the department pursuant to section 191.605, when services of a physician, including a psychiatrist, chiropractor, or dentist are needed to improve the patient-health professional ratio in the area, to contribute health care professional services to an area of economic impact, or to contribute health care professional services to an area suffering from the effects of a natural disaster;
(2) "Chiropractor", a person licensed and registered pursuant to chapter 331;
(3) "Department", the department of health and senior services;
(4) "General dentist", dentists licensed and registered pursuant to chapter 332 engaged in general dentistry and who are providing such services to the general population;
(5) "Primary care physician", physicians licensed and registered pursuant to chapter 334 engaged in general or family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics or obstetrics and gynecology as their primary specialties, and who are providing such primary care services to the general population;
(6) "Psychiatrist", the same meaning as in section 632.005.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1380 § 2, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567 merged with S.B. 393, A.L. 2019 S.B. 514)
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