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341.067 Hospitals and institutions of higher education.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Hospital" means an institution which has been licensed, certified, or approved by
the secretary for health and family services as a hospital;
(2) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution which:
(a) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation
from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate;
(b) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond
high school;
(c) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher
degree, or provides a program which is acceptable for full credit toward such a
degree, a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or a program of
training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation; and
(d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution;
(3) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, all recognized
colleges and universities in this state are institutions of higher education for
purposes of this chapter; and
(4) (a) "Educational institution," including an institution of higher education as
defined in subsection (2) of this section, means:
1.
A school in which participants, trainees, or students are offered an
organized course of study or training designed to transfer to them
knowledge, skills, information, doctrines, attitudes or abilities from, by,
or under the guidance of an instructor or teacher;
2.
It is approved, licensed, or issued a permit to operate as a school by the
State Department of Education or other government agency that is
authorized within the state to approve, license, or issue a permit for the
operation of a school; and
3.
The courses of study or training which it offers may be academic,
technical, trade, or preparation for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation.
(b) In any particular case, the question of whether or not an institution is an
educational institution within the meaning of the criteria described above will
depend on what that particular institution actually does.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 610, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 564, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 389, sec. 7, effective July 1, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI,
sec. 107(1). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 4.
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