208.865. Definitions.

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208.865. Definitions. — Definitions .

As used in sections 208.850 to 208.871 :

(1)"Consumer" means a person receiving personal care assistance services from a personal care attendant as defined in subdivision

(4)of this section;

(2)"Council" means the Missouri quality home care council;

(3)"Department" means the Missouri department of health and senior services;

(4)"Personal care attendant" means a person, other than a consumer's spouse, providing consumer-directed personal care assistance services as defined in subdivisions

(2)and

(5)of section 208.900 under sections 208.900 to 208.927 , similar consumer-directed personal care assistance services under section 208.930 , and similar consumer-directed personal care assistance services through a program operated pursuant to a waiver obtained under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act or similar consumer-directed services under the successor to any of said programs;

(5)"Vendor" is defined in subdivision

(10)of section 208.900 and in subsection 2 of section 208.862 .

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(L. 2008 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, § 6, November 4, 2008)

Revisor's Note: References to statute or section numbers have been changed in accordance with section 3.060.