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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1595
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MCCREERY .
4300S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 192.300, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to county
health ordinances, with existing penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 192.300, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 192.300, 2
to read as follows:3
192.300. 1. The county commissions and the county 1
health center boards of the several counties may make and 2
promulgate orders, ordinances, rules or regulations, 3
respectively as will tend to enhance the public health and 4
prevent the entrance of infectious, contagious, communicable 5
or dangerous diseases into such county, but any orders, 6
ordinances, rules or regulations shall not[: 7
(1)] be in conflict with any rules or regulations 8
authorized and made by the department of health and senior 9
services in accordance with this chapter or by the 10
department of social services under chapter 198[; or 11
(2) Impose standards or requirements on an 12
agricultural operation and its appurtenances, as such term 13
is defined in section 537.295, that are inconsistent with, 14
in addition to, different from, or more stringent than any 15
provision of this chapter or chapters 260, 640, 643, and 16
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644, or any rule or regulation promulgated under such 17
chapters]. 18
2. The county commissions and the county health center 19
boards of the several counties may establish reasonable fees 20
to pay for any costs incurred in carrying out such orders, 21
ordinances, rules or regulations, however, the establishment 22
of such fees shall not deny personal health services to 23
those individuals who are unable to pay such fees or impede 24
the prevention or control of communicable disease. Fees 25
generated shall be deposited in the county treasury. All 26
fees generated under the provisions of this section shall be 27
used to support the public health activities for which they 28
were generated. 29
3. After the promulgation and adoption of such orders, 30
ordinances, rules or regulations by such county commission 31
or county health board, such commission or county health 32
board shall make and enter an order or record declaring such 33
orders, ordinances, rules or regulations to be printed and 34
available for distribution to the public in the office of 35
the county clerk, and shall require a copy of such order to 36
be published in some newspaper in the county in three 37
successive weeks, not later than thirty days after the entry 38
of such order, ordinance, rule or regulation. 39
4. Any person, firm, corporation or association which 40
violates any of the orders or ordinances adopted, 41
promulgated and published by such county commission is 42
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be prosecuted, tried and 43
fined as otherwise provided by law. The county commission 44
or county health board of any such county has full power and 45
authority to initiate the prosecution of any action under 46
this section. 47
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5. Any orders, ordinances, rules, or regulations made 48
and promulgated under the authority in this section shall 49
comply with the provisions of section 67.265. 50
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