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216.875 Definitions for KRS 216.880 to 216.890.
As used in KRS 216.880 to 216.890 the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Prescribed pediatric extended care center" hereinafter referred to as a "PPEC
center," means any building or other place, whether operated for profit or not, which
undertakes through its ownership or management to provide, for a part of the day,
basic services to three (3) or more medically dependent or technologically
dependent children who are not related to the owner or operator by blood, marriage,
or adoption and who require such services;
(2) "Basic services" include, but are not limited to, development, implementation, and
monitoring of a comprehensive protocol of care, developed in conjunction with the
parent or guardian, which specifies the medical, nursing, psychosocial, and
developmental therapies required by the medically dependent or technologically
dependent child served as well as the caregiver training needs of the child's legal
guardian;
(3) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(4) "Owner or operator" means any individual who has general administrative charge of
a PPEC center;
(5) "Medical records" means medical records maintained in accordance with accepted
professional standards and practices as specified in the administrative regulations;
(6) "Medically dependent or technologically dependent child" means a child who
because of a medical condition requires continuous therapeutic interventions or
skilled-nursing supervision which must be prescribed by a licensed physician and
administered by, or under the direct supervision of, a licensed registered nurse; and
(7) "Supportive services or contracted services" include, but are not limited to, speech
therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, developmental, child
life, and psychological services.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 494, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 440, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts
ch. 325, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
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