Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 191.300. Definitions

(1)“Committee”, the Missouri genetic disease advisory committee;

(2)“Cystic fibrosis”, a serious lung problem of children; an inherited disorder which produces chronic involvement of the respiratory and digestive systems;

(3)“Department”, the department of health and senior services;

(4)“Director”, the director of the state department of health and senior services;

(5)“Genetic counseling”, the provision and interpretation of medical information based on expanding knowledge of human genetics;

(6)“Genetic disorders”, abnormalities of structure, function, or body metabolism which may be inherited or may result from damage to the fetus;

(7)“Genetic screening”, the search through testing for persons with genetic disorders;

(8)“Health care professional”, a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, or certified by the State of Missouri to perform specified health services;

(9)“Health care services”, services for the diagnosis, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease;

(10)“Hemophilia”, a bleeding tendency resulting from a genetically determined deficiency factor in the blood;

(11)“Outreach clinics”, medical clinics which provide genetic diagnosis and counseling at sites away from the tertiary genetic centers;

(12)“Program”, the genetic program authorized by the provisions of sections 191.300 to 191.331, 191.340, and 191.365 to 191.380;

(13)“Sickle cell anemia”, a blood disease characterized by the presence of crescent shaped or sickle shaped erythrocytes in peripheral blood, excessive hemolysis, and active hematopoiesis, resulting from a genetic defect;

(14)“Sickle cell trait”, the healthy state wherein one carries the gene for sickle cell and could possibly pass that gene to his offspring;

(15)“Tertiary genetic centers”, permanent genetic divisions that provide comprehensive diagnostic treatment and counseling services.