Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 198.085. Categories of standards for each type of licensed facility

(1) Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result;

(2) Class II standards are standards which have a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety or welfare of any resident, but which do not create imminent danger;

(3) Class III standards are standards which have an indirect or a potential impact on the health, safety or welfare of any resident.