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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.085 (2026)

Categories of standards for each type of licensed facility

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  198.085.  Categories of standards for each type of licensed facility. — In establishing standards for each type of facility, the department shall classify the standards into three categories for each type of licensed facility as follows:

  (1)  Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result;

  (2)  Class II standards are standards which have a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety or welfare of any resident, but which do not create imminent danger;

  (3)  Class III standards are standards which have an indirect or a potential impact on the health, safety or welfare of any resident.

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(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al. § 28, A.L. 1984 S.B. 451, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1987–2014 · leading case: State, Dep't of Soc. Servs., Div. of Aging v. Carroll Care Centers, Inc., 11 S.W.3d 844 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000).
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State, Dep't of Soc. Servs., Div. of Aging v. Carroll Care Centers, Inc., 11 S.W.3d 844 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 10× “Section 198.085 sets out three levels of standards which nursing homes must meet: (1) Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or…”
Villines v. Div. of Aging & Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., 722 S.W.2d 939 (Mo. 1987). · cites it 8× “-085; or failed or refused to comply with class III standards as established by the department pursuant to section 198.085, where the aggregate effect of such non-compliances presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial…”
Whispering Oaks RCF Mgmt. Co. Inc. v. Missouri Dep't of Health & Senior Servs., 444 S.W.3d 492 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “§ 198.085. “Upon receipt of an application for a license to operate a facility, the [DHSS] shall review the application, investigate the applicant .”
State v. Peoples, 962 S.W.2d 921 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). “§ 198.085(1). . The State does assert that Herman’s death certificate, which listed as the cause of death cardiac arrest due to "vag[a]l stimulation, as a consequence of vomiting,” provides the needed evidence.”
Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., Div. of Aging v. Leland Health Care, LLC, 103 S.W.3d 273 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “any facility which is cited with a violation of a class I standard pursuant to subsection 1 of section 198.085, when such violation results in serious physical injury or abuse of a sexual nature pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 198.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.085(1): 2 cases
Villines v. Div. of Aging & Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., 722 S.W.2d 939 (Mo. 1987). “-085; or failed or refused to comply with class III standards as established by the department pursuant to section 198.085, where the aggregate effect of such non-compliances presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial…”
State v. Peoples, 962 S.W.2d 921 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). “§ 198.085(1). . The State does assert that Herman’s death certificate, which listed as the cause of death cardiac arrest due to "vag[a]l stimulation, as a consequence of vomiting,” provides the needed evidence.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.085(2): 1 case
Villines v. Div. of Aging & Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., 722 S.W.2d 939 (Mo. 1987). “-085; or failed or refused to comply with class III standards as established by the department pursuant to section 198.085, where the aggregate effect of such non-compliances presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial…”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.085(3): 1 case
Villines v. Div. of Aging & Missouri Dep't of Soc. Servs., 722 S.W.2d 939 (Mo. 1987). “-085; or failed or refused to comply with class III standards as established by the department pursuant to section 198.085, where the aggregate effect of such non-compliances presents either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial…”
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