This section defines terms used in sections 191.2600 to 191.2630, including alternative therapies, commission, facility, fund, health care practitioner, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician, posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and veteran.
191.2605. Definitions. — As used in sections 191.2600 to 191.2630, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Alternative therapies", any therapies for a condition that are not considered the standard or conventional therapies for that condition including, but not limited to, hyperbaric oxygen therapy; (2) "Commission", the Missouri veterans commission; (3) "Facility", a public or private health clinic, outpatient health clinic, community health center, or hospital to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy under sections 191.2600 to 191.2630; (4) "Fund", the veterans traumatic brain injury treatment and recovery fund established in section 191.2615; (5) "Health care practitioner", a person who is licensed to provide medical or other health care in this state and who has prescriptive authority including, but not limited to, a physician; (6) "Hyperbaric oxygen therapy" or "therapy", treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury that is based on a valid prescription from a health care practitioner and that is delivered through: (a) A hyperbaric chamber approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; or (b) A hyperbaric oxygen device that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; (7) "Physician", a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under chapter 334; (8) "Posttraumatic stress disorder", a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event, such as by either experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, including, but not limited to, military sexual trauma, or as a secondary sequela to body trauma; (9) "Traumatic brain injury", an acquired injury to the brain. The term traumatic brain injury does not include brain dysfunction caused by a congenital or degenerative disorder or birth trauma; (10) "Veteran", any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency. (L. 2025 H.B. 262)