2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 216B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES 216B.042 Licenses -- Authority to enter upon premises -- Authority for administrative regulations.
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216B.042 Licenses -- Authority to enter upon premises -- Authority for
administrative regulations.
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The cabinet shall:
(a) Establish by promulgation of administrative regulation under KRS
Chapter 13A reasonable application fees for licenses and promulgate
other administrative regulations necessary for the proper administration of
the licensure function;
(b) Issue, deny, revoke, modify, or suspend licenses or provisional licenses
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(c) Establish licensure standards and procedures to ensure safe, adequate,
and efficient abortion facilities, health facilities and health services. These
regulations, under KRS Chapter 13A, shall include, but need not be
limited to:
1.
Patient care standards and safety standards, minimum operating
standards, minimum standards for training, required licenses for
medical staff personnel, and minimum standards for maintaining
patient records;
2.
Licensure application and renewal procedures; and
3.
Classification of health facilities and health services according to
type, size, range of services, and level of care; and
(d) Compile in a single document, maintain, and make available to abortion
facilities and the public during regular business hours, all licensure
standards and procedures promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A related
to abortion facilities.
The cabinet may authorize its agents or representatives to enter upon the
premises of any health care facility for the purpose of inspection, and under the
conditions set forth in administrative regulations promulgated under KRS
Chapter 13A by the cabinet.
The cabinet may revoke licenses or certificates of need for specific health
facilities or health services or recommend the initiation of disciplinary
proceedings for health care providers on the basis of the knowing violation of
any provisions of this chapter.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 582, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 371, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 512, Part 7, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990
Ky. Acts ch. 499, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts
ch. 210, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 347,
sec. 7, effective July 15, 1982.
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