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309.325 Definitions for KRS 309.325 to 309.339.
As used in KRS 309.325 to 309.339, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators;
(2) "Diabetes education" means a comprehensive collaborative process through
which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed
to modify behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related
conditions;
(3) "Licensed diabetes educator" means a health care professional who has met
the requirements of KRS 309.335, 309.337, and 309.339 and who focuses on
training or educating people with or at risk for diabetes and related conditions
to change their behavior to achieve better clinical outcomes and improved
health status. The nondiabetes educator health professional and the
nonhealth-care professional who provide or support health care services to
individuals with diabetes as defined by the American Association of Diabetes
Educators, Competencies for Diabetes Educators, shall work under the
direction of a qualified diabetes care provider;
(4) "Practice of diabetes education" means assessing and developing a plan of
care for a person with or at risk of diabetes, identifying self-management goals
for the person, providing self-management training according to the plan,
evaluating the individual's outcome and recording a complete record of the
individual's experience and follow-ups;
(5) "Apprentice diabetes educator" means a person who holds a permit issued by
the board to practice diabetes education who meets the requirements of KRS
309.334 and the corresponding administrative regulations promulgated by the
board; and
(6) "Master licensed diabetes educator" means a licensed diabetes educator who
has successfully completed the credentialing program of the American
Association of Diabetes Educators or the National Certification Board for
Diabetes Educators as a certified diabetes educator or a board-certified
advanced diabetes manager.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created 2011
Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011.
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