Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 192.735. Definitions

(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: