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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.201 (2026)

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  210.201.  Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Child", an individual who is under the age of seventeen;

  (2)  "Child care", care of a child away from his or her home for any part of the twenty-four-hour day for compensation or otherwise. Child care is a voluntary supplement to parental responsibility for the child's protection, development, and supervision;

  (3)  "Child-care facility" or "child care facility", a house or other place conducted or maintained by any person who advertises or holds himself or herself out as providing child care for any part of the twenty-four-hour day for compensation or otherwise if providing child care to more than:

  (a)  Six children; or

  (b)  Three children under two years of age;

  (4)  "Child care provider" or "provider", the person or persons licensed or required to be licensed under section 210.221 to establish, conduct, or maintain a child care facility;

  (5)  "Day camp", a program operated by a person or organization between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., when a local school system is not in session requiring actual pupil attendance, and with the primary function of providing a recreational program for children five years of age or older who are enrolled in kindergarten or any grade above kindergarten, but providing no child care for children under five years of age who are not yet enrolled in kindergarten in the same space or in the same outdoor play area simultaneously;

  (6)  "Montessori school", a child care program that is either accredited by, actively seeking accreditation by, or maintains an active school membership with the American Montessori Society, the Association Montessori Internationale, the International Montessori Counsel, or the Montessori Educational Programs International;

  (7)  "Neighborhood youth development program", as described in section 210.278;

  (8)  "Nursery school", a program operated by a person or an organization with the primary function of providing an educational program for preschool-age children for no more than four hours per day per child;

  (9)  "Person", any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, or an incorporated or unincorporated organization regardless of the name used;

  (10)  "Religious organization", a church, synagogue or mosque; an entity that has or would qualify for federal tax-exempt status as a nonprofit religious organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or an entity whose real estate on which the child-care facility is located is exempt from taxation because it is used for religious purposes;

  (11)  "School-age child", any child five years of age or older who is in kindergarten or above;

  (12)  "School system", a program established primarily for education and that meets the following criteria:

  (a)  Provides education in at least the first to the sixth grade; and

  (b)  Provides evidence that the school system's records will be accepted by a public or private school for the transfer of any student;

  (13)  "Summer camp", a program operated from May to September by a person or organization with the primary function of providing a summer recreational program for children five years of age or older and providing no child care for children under five years of age in the same space or in the same outdoor play area simultaneously.

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(RSMo 1949 §§ 210.200, 210.210, A.L. 1955 p. 685 § 210.200, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 241, A.L. 1993 H.B. 376, A.L. 2002 S.B. 923, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2019 H.B. 397, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1414, A.L. 2021 H.B. 432, A.L. 2022 S.B. 683, A.L. 2024 S.B. 1111)

Prior revision: 1929 § 14133

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1975–2017 · leading case: F.R. v. St. Charles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo. 2010).
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F.R. v. St. Charles Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 301 S.W.3d 56 (Mo. 2010). · cites it 6× “011, RSMo, or any private school giving instruction in a grade or grades not higher than the twelfth grade, or child-care facility as defined in section 210.201, RSMo, which is in existence at the time the individual begins to reside at the location.”
R.L. v. State of Missouri Dep't of Correcions, 245 S.W.3d 236 (Mo. 2008). · cites it 3× “011, RSMo, or any private school giving instruction in a grade or grades not higher than the twelfth grade, or a child-care facility as defined in section 210.201, RSMo, which is in existence at the time the individual begins to reside at the location.”
In re Graham Kersting v. Superintendent Ron Reploge, Missouri State High. Patrol, 492 S.W.3d 600 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “See §§ 210.201(1), 211.021.1(2), 219.011.1(3), 455.”
In the Interest of A.M.G. v. Missouri Div. of Fam. Servs., 660 S.W.2d 370 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “The latter “agency” is defined in § 210.201(3), RSMo 1978 (repealed), and § 210.”
Missouri Dep't of Health & Senior Servs. v. Dickson, 530 S.W.3d 516 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “On April 22, 2013, the Missouri Attorney General, on behalf of DHSS, filed a “Petition for Injunctive Relief’ seeking á preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Dickson from operating an unlicensed daycare until such time as Dickson substantially complied with sections…”
Missouri Div. of Fam. Servs. v. Patterson Schs., Inc., 772 S.W.2d 823 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 8× “, notified DFS that she no longer believed the Patterson facilities fit the definition of “day care home” or “nursery” contained in § 210.201, RSMo 1986. She advised DFS that she was voluntarily relinquishing the day care license for each facility because Patterson planned to…”
In re Schaeffer, 530 S.W.2d 231 (Mo. 1975). · cites it 2× “211, 2 by acting as a “child placing agency” (as defined in § 210.201(3)) and by holding himself out as such an agency without being licensed to so act.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.201(1): 1 case
In re Graham Kersting v. Superintendent Ron Reploge, Missouri State High. Patrol, 492 S.W.3d 600 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “See §§ 210.201(1), 211.021.1(2), 219.011.1(3), 455.”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.201(3): 2 cases
In the Interest of A.M.G. v. Missouri Div. of Fam. Servs., 660 S.W.2d 370 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983). “The latter “agency” is defined in § 210.201(3), RSMo 1978 (repealed), and § 210.”
In re Schaeffer, 530 S.W.2d 231 (Mo. 1975). “211, 2 by acting as a “child placing agency” (as defined in § 210.201(3)) and by holding himself out as such an agency without being licensed to so act.”
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