Effective - 28 Aug 1975
219.056. Health care standards to be established by department of health and senior services — educational standards to be established by department of elementary and secondary education. — 1. It shall be the duty of the department of health and senior services to set standards of health care in the facilities operated by the division, to inspect buildings from the standpoint of health, and to make periodic inspections and reports in writing to the director as to the conditions of health and sanitation in the facilities under the jurisdiction of the division. Any findings considered by the department of health and senior services to be detrimental to the health or welfare of a child committed to the division shall be immediately reported to the director and the director of the department of social services with the date by which such condition must be corrected or eliminated.
2. It shall be the duty of the department of elementary and secondary education to set standards of education and school attendance in the facilities of the division, make periodic inspections and prepare evaluations of curricula, and to have such authority over the educational programs as the department has in its administration of the public school system. Reports of all such inspections and evaluations shall be sent to the director, the director of the department and the advisory board.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 170 § 11)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions
Section 219.011 - Definitions.
Section 219.016 - Responsibilities of division of youth services — rules, procedure.
Section 219.031 - Director of division, how appointed, compensation and expenses.
Section 219.046 - Board — number, qualifications, terms, oaths, duties.
Section 219.051 - Right of petition — duty of director on receipt of petition.
Section 219.066 - Medical and dental treatment authorized, when.
Section 219.071 - Children to be segregated from criminals.
Section 219.076 - Children, how transported, transportation expenses, how paid.
Section 219.081 - Division may be relieved of custody, when, procedure.
Section 219.086 - Transfer of child to another state, when — expense of transfer, how paid.
Section 219.095 - DYS trust fund created, purpose — DYS child benefits fund created, use of moneys.