2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 216B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES .300 Definitions for KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 and KRS 216B.990(5).
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216B.300 Definitions for KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 and KRS 216B.990(5).
As used in KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 and KRS 216B.990(5), unless the context
requires otherwise:
(1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or its designee.
"Designee" means any agency established under KRS Chapter 211 or KRS
147A.050 whose duties related to this chapter shall be set forth in administrative
regulation;
(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(3) "Boarder" means a person who does not require supervision or assistance related to
medication, activities of daily living, or a supervised plan of care; and
(4) "Boarding home" means any home, facility, institution, lodging, or other
establishment, however named, which accommodates three (3) or more adults not
related by blood or marriage to the owner, operator, or manager, and which offers or
holds itself out to offer room and board on a twenty-four (24) hour basis for hire or
compensation. It shall not include any facility which is otherwise licensed and
regulated by the cabinet or any hotel as defined in KRS 219.011(3).
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 33, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 507, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 451, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 439, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1990.
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