{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-701.033","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.033","heading":"Department of health and senior services — powers and duties — rules, procedure.","body":"1. The department shall have the power and duty to:\n(1) Promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 701.025 to 701.059;\n(2) Cause investigations to be made when a violation of any provision of sections 701.025 to 701.059 or the on-site sewage disposal rules promulgated under sections 701.025 to 701.059 is reported to the department;\n(3) Enter at reasonable times and determining probable cause that a violation exists, upon private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the administration and enforcement of sections 701.025 to 701.059 and the on-site sewage disposal rules promulgated under sections 701.025 to 701.059;\n(4) Authorize the trial or experimental use of innovative systems for on-site sewage disposal, after consultation with the staff of the Missouri clean water commission, upon such conditions as the department may set;\n(5) Provide technical assistance and guidance to any other administrative authority in the state on the regulation and enforcement of standards for individual on-site sewage disposal systems, at the request of such other administrative authority, or when the department determines that such assistance or guidance is necessary to prevent a violation of sections 701.025 to 701.059.\n2. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 701.025 to 701.059 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.","path":["Title XLI - CODES AND STANDARDS","Chapter 701 - State Standards"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=701.033","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"c129d15b708c011684a9a363119f3f4dc3489081fc2770fa7714fd05ae6a861d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-701.031","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-701.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}