304.17-312 Definitions.
As used in KRS 304.17-313, 304.18-037, 304.32-280, and 304.38-210:
(1) "Home health agency" means a public agency or private organization, or a
subdivision of such an agency or organization which is licensed as a home health
agency by the Kentucky Health Facilities and Health Services Certificate of Need
and Licensure Board and is certified to participate as a home health agency under
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
(2) "Home health care" means the care and treatment provided by a home health agency
which is prescribed and supervised by a physician. The care and treatment shall
include but not be limited to one (1) or more of the following:
(a) Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing services provided by an advanced
practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse;
(b) Physical, respiratory, occupational, or speech therapy;
(c) Home health aide services;
(d) Medical appliances and equipment, drugs and medication, and laboratory
services, to the extent that such items and services would have been covered
under the policy if the covered person had been in a hospital.
(3) "Home health aide services" means those services provided by a home health aide
and supervised by a registered nurse which are directed towards the personal care of
the patient. Such services shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Helping the patient with bath, care of mouth, skin, and hair;
(b) Helping the patient to the bathroom or in using a bedpan;
(c) Helping the patient in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation;
(d) Helping the patient with prescribed exercises which the patient and home
health aide have been taught by appropriate professional personnel;
(e) Assisting with medication ordinarily self-administered that has been
specifically ordered by a physician;
(f) Performing incidental household services as are essential to the patient's
health care at home provided that such services would have been performed if
the patient was in a hospital or skilled nursing facility; and
(g) Reporting to the professional nurse supervisor changes in the patient's
condition or family situation.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 45, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 521, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 61, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1981.
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