Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIII. Corporations, Associations and Partnerships § 354.652. Designation as essential community provider, procedure, qualifications

(1) Apply to the director of the department;

(2) Document to the department that at least forty percent of the physician's practice is comprised of:

(3) Serve a medically underserved area or a health professional shortage area;

(4) Serve a medically underserved population;

(5) Spend at least twenty hours per week at a principal site;

(6) Be available to a medically underserved population on evenings and weekends at a principal site;

(7) Hold hospital staff privileges with a participating network hospital of the health care insurer;

(8) Not be a direct employee of a health care insurer, a for-profit or a not-for-profit hospital or health services corporation; and

(9) Meet the following quality standards in accordance with guidelines established by the National Committee for Quality Assurance: