Staff Contact: Sarah Willson or Jane Drummond
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a statewide order related to COVID-19 testing. The order “authorizes any health care provider or other trained personnel authorized by their licensure, scope of practice, and the rules and requirements of a health care facility or medically supervised COVID-19 collection site to collect, submit for laboratory analysis, evaluate results in the case of rapid antigen tests, specimens to be tested using a SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test for any individual.” The order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until June 30, 2022, unless rescinded earlier.