Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.735

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 192.735 - Definitions

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.

§ 192.735, RSMo

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