192.2220.  Exceptions to licensure requirements for adult day care centers. — 1.  The provisions of sections 192.2200 to 192.2260 shall not apply to the following:

  (1)  Any adult day care program operated by a person in which care is offered for no more than two hours per day;

  (2)  Any adult day care program maintained or operated by the federal government except where care is provided through a management contract;

  (3)  Any person who cares solely for persons related to the provider or who has been designated as guardian of that person;

  (4)  Any adult day care program which cares for no more than four persons unrelated to the provider;

  (5)  Any adult day care program licensed by the department of mental health under chapter 630 which provides care, treatment and habilitation exclusively to adults who have a primary diagnosis of mental disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disability as defined;

  (6)  Any adult day care program administered or maintained by a religious not-for-profit organization serving a social or religious function if the adult day care program does not hold itself out as providing the prescription or usage of physical or medical therapeutic activities or as providing or administering medicines or drugs.

  2.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person listed in subsection 1 of this section from applying for a license or receiving a license if the adult day care program owned or operated by such person conforms to the provisions of sections 192.2200 to 192.2260 and all applicable rules promulgated pursuant thereto.