{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-192.2552","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.2552","heading":"License required — inapplicability, when.","body":"1. Beginning on August 28, 2025, it shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, or operate a prescribed pediatric extended care facility, or to advertise or hold himself or herself out as being able to perform any of the services of a prescribed pediatric extended care facility, without having in effect a written license granted by the department.\n2. Nothing in sections 192.2550 to 192.2560 shall be construed to apply to:\n(1) Any child care facility that provides care to eligible children with a caregiver staffing ratio of not fewer than one licensed nurse present for every one eligible child present, unless said facility voluntarily applies for licensure as a prescribed pediatric extended care facility;\n(2) Any hospital, sanitarium, or home that is conducted in good faith primarily to provide medical treatment or nursing or convalescent care for children; or\n(3) Any program licensed by the department of mental health under sections 630.705 to 630.760 that provides care, treatment, and habilitation exclusively to children who have a primary diagnosis of mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability, as those terms are defined in section 630.005.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 192 - Department of Health and Senior Services"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=192.2552","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"8fa1076df05fdc4abc2c1ae65ced6ef413b8e051c1233e9f6c3545c0d64158c6","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-192.2550","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-192.2554"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}