Mo. Rev. Stat. § 536.018: "Agency" and "state agency" not to include institutions of higher education if sufficient safeguards for contested cases provided by institutions.

The term "agency" and the term "state agency" as defined by section 536.010 shall not include an institution of higher education, supported in whole or in part from state funds, if such institution has established written procedures to assure that constitutionally required due process safeguards exist and apply to a proceeding that would otherwise constitute a "contested case" as defined in section 536.010.