360.015.  Definitions. — As used in sections 360.010 to 360.140, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Authority", the health and educational facilities authority of the state of Missouri created by sections 360.010 to 360.140;

  (2)  "Costs", as applied to health or educational facilities financed in whole or in part pursuant to the provisions of sections 360.010 to 360.140 includes the sum total of all reasonable or necessary expenses incidental to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement, and extension of the facilities, including without limitation the expense of studies and surveys; land title and mortgage guaranty policies; architectural and engineering services; legal, organizational, marketing, or other special services; financing, acquiring, demolishing existing structures, constructing, equipping, and developing the sites of new and rehabilitated buildings; rehabilitating, reconstructing, repairing, or remodeling existing buildings; provisions for working capital; reserves for principal and interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, replacements, renovations, and improvements; and all other necessary and incidental expenses including interest during construction on bonds issued to finance the facilities and for a period subsequent to the estimated date of completion of the facilities;

  (3)  "Educational facilities", a structure or building, whether such structure or building is located within the state of Missouri or outside the state of Missouri, suitable for use as a dormitory or other housing, including housing for staff members, dining hall, student union, administration building, academic building, library, laboratory, place in which to conduct research, classroom, place for athletic activities, place in which to provide health care, place in which to house maintenance equipment and supplies, storage place, and place in which to locate utilities, as well as other structures or appurtenances related thereto required or useful for the instruction of students in the conducting of research at, or the operation of an educational institution, as defined in sections 360.010 to 360.140, including parking lots, garages, and other buildings or structures essential or convenient for the orderly conduct of such an institution and also including all necessary, useful or related furnishings, equipment, machinery, and appurtenances necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular service or structure in the manner for which its use is intended, including, without limitation, the acquisition, preparation and development of all lands necessary or convenient as a site or sites for any of the foregoing, but shall not include such items as books, fuel, supplies, or other items which customarily are deemed to constitute a current operating expense, and shall not include any property used or to be used for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for religious worship or any property used or to be used primarily in connection with any part of a program of a school or department of divinity of any religious denomination;

  (4)  "Educational institution", any public or private association, corporation, institution, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or other entity, or any public association, corporation or institution which is, or is owned and operated by, a political subdivision of the state of Missouri, not operated for private or corporate profit, or any public association, corporation or institution which is, or is owned and operated by or on behalf of, a political subdivision of the state of Missouri, authorized by law to provide or operate educational facilities and to provide a program of education in the state of Missouri; and any of the foregoing described entities which are authorized by law to provide or operate educational facilities, and to provide a program of education outside the state of Missouri if such entity, or an affiliate of such entity, also operates an educational facility within the state of Missouri or maintains a regional or national headquarters within the state of Missouri, and any state educational institution as defined in subdivision (5) of section 176.010, and "participating educational institution", any such educational institution which, pursuant to the provisions of sections 360.010 to 360.140, undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of educational facilities or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of outstanding obligations, of a mortgage, or of advances or loans as provided in and permitted by sections 360.010 to 360.140 with respect to an educational facility;

  (5)  "Health facilities", a structure or building, whether such structure or building is located within the state of Missouri or outside the state of Missouri, suitable for use as a hospital, clinic, nursing home, home for the aged or infirm, congregate, life, senior, extended care or elderly housing or care facility, or other health care facility, laboratory, pharmacy, laundry, residence facility or housing for nurses, doctors, interns, staff members, employees, students at such health facilities or their immediate families, and for physically or mentally handicapped persons, place for administrative offices, place in which to conduct research, place in which to house maintenance equipment and supplies, storage place, place in which to locate utilities, auditorium, dining hall, place for food service and preparation, place in which to house fire-fighting equipment, place in which to provide mental and physical health care and dental care, nursing, technical or paraprofessional school, medical or dental teaching school, and place in which to house offices; parking lots, garages, and buildings or structures in which to house supporting services; or any other structure or facilities required or useful for the operation of a health institution; mental, emotional or physical rehabilitation facility; alcohol, drug or substance abuse diagnosis, counseling, treatment or rehabilitation facility; child care or child welfare facility; and all necessary, useful, and related furnishings, equipment, machinery, and appurtenances, or other assets, tangible or intangible, including but not limited to assets related to health delivery systems or networks which are necessary or useful in the development, establishment or operation of a participating health institution; including without limitation the acquisition, preparation, and development of all lands necessary or convenient as a site or sites for any of the foregoing, but shall not include any property used or to be used for sectarian instruction or study or as a place for religious worship or any property used or to be used primarily in connection with any part of a program of a school or department of divinity of any religious denomination;

  (6)  "Health institution", any of the following entities authorized by law to provide or operate health facilities in the state of Missouri, or outside the state of Missouri if such entity or an affiliate of such entity also operates a health facility within the state of Missouri or maintains a regional or national headquarters within the state of Missouri:

  (a)  Any public or private association, corporation, institution, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or other entity, not operated for private or corporate profit authorized by law to provide or operate health facilities;

  (b)  Any network or organization of health care providers, however organized; any integrated health care delivery system; any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement between or among health care providers; any health care purchasing alliance; any health insurers and third-party administrators which are participants in a system, network, joint venture, or partnership that provides health services; any organization which, as its primary purpose, provides supporting services to one or more health institutions; and any foundation which supports a health institution or promotes and encourages health policy or medical research and public health; and

  (c)  Any of the entities listed in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision whether operated for profit or not operated for private or corporate profit;

  (7)  "Missouri college savings bonds", bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to sections 360.010 to 360.140 and designated as such;

  (8)  "Participating health institution", any health institution which, pursuant to the provisions of sections 360.010 to 360.140, undertakes the financing and construction or acquisition of health facilities or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of outstanding obligations, of a mortgage, or of advances or loans as provided in and permitted by sections 360.010 to 360.140 with respect to a health institution;

  (9)  "Revenues", with respect to health or educational facilities, the rents, fees, charges, and other income derived from the operation of the facilities.