Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 192.2552. License required--inapplicability, when

(1) Any child care facility that provides care to eligible children with a caregiver staffing ratio of not fewer than one licensed nurse present for every one eligible child present, unless said facility voluntarily applies for licensure as a prescribed pediatric extended care facility;

(2) Any hospital, sanitarium, or home that is conducted in good faith primarily to provide medical treatment or nursing or convalescent care for children; or

(3) Any program licensed by the department of mental health under sections 630.705 to 630.760 that provides care, treatment, and habilitation exclusively to children who have a primary diagnosis of mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability, as those terms are defined in section 630.005.