Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.200 (2026)

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198.200. District created, how — territory included — name — nursing home defined. — 1. A nursing home district may be created, incorporated and managed as provided in sections 198.200 to 198.350 and may exercise the powers herein granted or necessarily implied. A nursing home district may include municipalities or territory not in municipalities or both or territory in one or more counties; except, that the provisions of sections 198.200 to 198.350 are not effective in counties having a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants. The territory contained within the corporate limits of an existing nursing home district shall not be incorporated in another nursing home district.

2. When a nursing home district is organized it shall be a body corporate and political subdivision of the state and shall be known as "______ Nursing Home District", and in that name may sue and be sued, levy and collect taxes within the limitations of sections 198.200 to 198.350 and the constitution and issue bonds as herein provided.

3. For the purposes of sections 198.200 to 198.360, "nursing home" shall mean a residential care facility, an assisted living facility, an intermediate care facility, or a skilled nursing facility as defined in section 198.006.

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(L. 1963 p. 368 § 2, A.L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al., A.L. 1984 S.B. 451)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2006 · leading case: Bachtel v. Miller Cnty. Nursing Home Dist., 110 S.W.3d 799 (Mo. 2003).

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Bachtel v. Miller Cnty. Nursing Home Dist., 110 S.W.3d 799 (Mo. 2003). · cites it 20× “The District is a political subdivision of the state existing and operating pursuant to sections 198.200 to 198.360, RSMo 2000. Bachtel began working as an at-will employee for the District in February 1995.”

Rush v. Senior Citizens Nursing Home Dist., 212 S.W.3d 155 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). “sections 198.200 et seq. It is undisputed that the District is such a nursing home district.”

Opponents to the Petition for Formation of the Cmty. Care Nursing Home Dist. v. for Formation of Cmty. Care Nursing Home Dist., 564 S.W.2d 552 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). “A petition for the formation of a nursing home district was brought in the County Court of Cooper County under the provisions of §§ 198.200 to 198.350, RSMo 1969. In accordance with the procedures of statute, the court conducted a hearing after notice and determined the petition…”

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