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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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