2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - CHAPTER 216 HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES

• .010   Repealed, 1978.
• .020   Repealed, 1978.
• .030   Repealed, 1978.
• .040   Repealed, 1978.
• .050   Repealed, 1978.
• .060   Repealed, 1978.
• .070   Repealed, 1978.
• .080   Repealed, 1980.
• .090   Repealed, 1980.
• .100   Ordinance for bond issue.
• .110   Interest rate and term of bonds.
• .120   Negotiability of bonds -- Tax exemption -- Signatures -- How sold -- Not a city debt.
• .130   Use of proceeds of bonds.
• .140   Bondholders' lien -- Enforcement.
• .150   Receiver in case of default.
• .160   Sinking fund, operation and depreciation accounts to be provided -- Lease income.
• .170   Use of surplus in operating fund.
• .180   Use of depreciation account.
• .190   Refunding bonds.
• .200   Additional bonds for establishment of hospital.
• .210   Original issue may include bonds for additions and improvements.
• .220   Subsequent issue of bonds for additions and improvements.
• .230   Repealed, 1980.
• .240   Repealed, 1980.
• .250   Repealed, 1980.
• .260   Repealed, 1980.

Kentucky e-health Network

• .261   Kentucky Health Care Infrastructure Authority -- Responsibilities -- Funding -- Annual report.
• .263   Definitions.
• .265   Kentucky e-Health Network Board -- Membership -- Terms -- Employees -- Immunity from liability -- Reimbursement of expenses -- Meetings -- Committees or subcommittees -- Reorganization.
• .267   Duties and responsibilities of Kentucky e-Health Network Board -- Permitted functions of the board -- Elements of fully implemented Kentucky e-Health Network.
• .269   Ke-HN fund.
• .270   Repealed, 1994.
• .273   Repealed, 1994.
• .275   Repealed, 1994.
• .277   Repealed, 1994.
• .280   Repealed, 1994.
• .283   Repealed, 1994.
• .285   Repealed, 1994.
• .287  Repealed, 1994.

Kentucky Health Policy Board

• .2901   Repealed, 1996.
• .2903   Repealed, 1996.
• .2905   Repealed, 1996.
• .2907   Repealed, 1996.

Health Data Collection

• .2920   Definitions for KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929.
• .2921   Duties of cabinet -- Chief administrative officer -- Secretary or employee not subject to personal liability.
• .2923   Health data collection powers and duties -- Transmitting information on insurance experience.
• .2925   Administrative regulations -- Reports, lists, and forms required.
• .2927   Types of data not to be published, released, or subject to inspection -- Confidentiality of raw data -- Penalty for violation.
• .2929   Reports required by board.

Fee Disclosure for Providers

• .2940   Repealed, 1996.
• .2941   Repealed, 1996.
• .2943   Repealed, 1996.
• .2945   Repealed, 1996.
• .2947   Repealed, 1996.
• .2949   Repealed, 1996.

Miscellaneous Health Care Provisions

• .2950   Self-referral restrictions -- Offenses.
• .2960   Pilot projects for twenty-four hour health coverage -- Authority for administrative regulations.
• .2970   Auditory screening of infants at hospitals and birthing centers -- Forwarding of reports.

Suicide Assistance

• .300   Definitions for KRS 216.300 to 216.308.
• .302   Causing a suicide -- Assisting in a suicide.
• .304   Actions of licensed health care professional that are not violative of KRS 216.302.
• .306   Injunctive relief against person believed to be about to cause or assist in a suicide.
• .308   Revocation of license of health care professional assisting in a suicide.

Hospital Districts

• .310   Purpose of law.
• .313   Definitions for KRS 216.310 to 216.360.
• .315   Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as secretary of hospital districts.
• .317   Creation of hospital district -- Tax levy and collection.
• .318  Repealed, 1984.
• .319  Repealed, 1984.
• .320   Notification of secretary -- Effect of notification.
• .323   District board -- Membership -- Number, how determined -- Removal of members.
• .325   Terms of members -- Vacancies.
• .327   Qualifications of members.
• .330   Members to be reimbursed for expenses.
• .333   Board as corporate body -- Seal -- Officers -- Bond of treasurer.
• .335   Powers of board.
• .336   Fiscal court's determination on proposed tax rate levy by certain districts created with zero cents as initial tax rate levy -- Applicability of KRS 132.023 to tax rate changes.
• .337   Plans for hospital needs of district.
• .340   Treasurer of board, duties.
• .343   District records to be audited.
• .345   Fiscal year of district.
• .347   Annual report of board to secretary.
• .350   Administrator, functions.
• .353   Revenue bonds, district may issue.
• .355   District board may accept federal or state grants.
• .357   Dissolution of district, procedure.
• .360   Winding up of affairs on dissolution -- Disposition of funds.
• .361   Services and facilities that a hospital may offer in counties contiguous to its hospital district.
• .370   Definition of "physician extender."
• .375   Long-range strategic plan requirement -- Technical assistance -- Office of Rural Health.
• .378   Definitions for KRS 216.378, 216.379, and 216.380.
• .379   Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program -- Development of rural health plan.
• .380   Critical access hospitals -- Designation by secretary -- Licensure -- Required and authorized services -- Staffing requirements -- Medicaid reimbursement.
• .400   Repealed, 1972.
• .405  Repealed, 1980.
• .406  Repealed, 1980.
• .410   Repealed, 1972.
• .415  Repealed, 1980.
• .420   Repealed, 1972.
• .425   Repealed, 1980.
• .430   Repealed, 1972.
• .435  Repealed, 1980.
• .440   Repealed, 1972.
• .445  Repealed, 1980.
• .450   Repealed, 1972.
• .453  Renumbered as KRS 216B.400, effective 1980.
• .455  Repealed, 1980.
• .460   Repealed, 1972.
• .465  Repealed, 1980.
• .470   Repealed, 1972.
• .475  Repealed, 1980.
• .480   Repealed, 1972.
• .485  Repealed, 1980.
• .490   Repealed, 1972.
• .500   Repealed, 1972.

Long-Term Care Facilities

• .510   Definitions for KRS 216.515 to 216.530.
• .515   Rights of residents -- Duties of facilities -- Actions.
• .520   Supplementation of residents' rights.
• .525   Cabinet's duties.
• .530   Inspections of long-term care facilities to be unannounced -- Frequency -- Prohibition of prior notice of inspection.
• .532   Prohibition against long-term care facility's being operated by or employing a person on the nurse aide abuse registry.
• .533   Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services long-term care facilities -- Criminal background checks for applicants for employment -- Persons who may not be employed -- Effect of pardon or expunged record -- Exemption from KRS 216.789(1).
• .535   Definitions for KRS 216.537 to 216.590 -- Disclosure requirements.
• .537   Daily visiting hours required.
• .540   Persons allowed access to facility during visiting hours -- Rights and duties of visitors -- Denial of access by resident or administrator -- Unrestricted access by employee of cabinet.
• .541   Willful interference with representatives of Office of the Long-Term-Care Ombudsman prohibited -- Retaliation against complainant prohibited -- Penalty -- Liability insurance for representatives of the ombudsman program.
• .543   Posting requirements.
• .545   Statement of requirements to be posted and copy given to each resident.
• .546   Disclosure of information regarding sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities.
• .547   Public inspection of cabinet inspection reports, service descriptions, listings of rates and charges, and court orders on premises -- Duties of Inspector General -- Construction of section with respect to Kentucky Open Records Law.
• .550   Repealed, 1998
• .553   Repealed, 1998.
• .555   Citation by cabinet for violations of regulations, standards, and requirements.
• .557   Classification of violations -- Exemption from state penalty if federal penalty assessed.
• .560   Penalties for failure to correct violations within time specified -- Exemption from state penalty if federal penalty assessed -- Reduction of penalty by amount used to correct deficiency.
• .563   Publication of proposed regulations.
• .565   Factors to be considered in determining amount of initial penalty.
• .567   Manner of appeal -- Decision of hearing officer to be final order of cabinet -- Judicial review.
• .570   Repealed, 1996.
• .573   Injunction to terminate operation of facility.
• .575   Discipline of cabinet employee for giving advance notice to facility of impending inspection or investigation.
• .577   Action of secretary against facility for failure to correct a violation.
• .580   Long-Term Care Coordinating Council established.
• .583   Long-Term Care Coordinating Council -- Membership of council.
• .585   Officer and meetings of council.
• .587   Duties of council.
• .590   Training of surveyors and investigators.
• .593   Applicability of KRS 12.028 and 194A.040(1).
• .595   Requirements for assisted-living communities and long-term care facilities claiming to provide special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
• .610   Repealed, 1972.
• .620   Repealed, 1972.
• .630   Repealed, 1972.
• .640   Repealed, 1972.
• .650   Repealed, 1972.
• .660   Repealed, 1972.
• .670   Repealed, 1972.
• .680   Repealed, 1972.
• .690   Repealed, 1972.
• .700   Repealed, 1972.

Housing for Elderly

• .750   Definitions for KRS 216.750 to 216.780.
• .760   Functions of cabinet.
• .770   Nursing home and personal care home loan fund.
• .780   Regulations.

Services to Senior Citizens

• .785   Definitions for KRS 216.785 to 216.793.
• .787   Prohibition against employing certain felons at publicly funded agencies serving senior citizens -- Preemployment check with Justice Cabinet.
• .789   Prohibition against employing certain felons at long-term care facilities, in nursing pools providing staff to nursing facilities or in assisted-living communities -- Preemployment check with Justice Cabinet -- Temporary employment.
• .793   Notice on application form of criminal record check -- Form of request -- Fee.

Health and Geriatric Authority Projects, Bonds

• .800   Definitions for KRS 216.800 to 216.853.
• .803   Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority.
• .805   Powers of authority.
• .807   Agreements by authority for financing of projects.
• .810   Leases by authority, contents.
• .813   Revenue bonds -- Issuance by authority -- Sale -- Use of proceeds -- Temporary bonds.
• .815   Bonds not debt of Commonwealth.
• .817   Bonds may be secured by trust indenture.
• .820   Enforcement of rights under bonds.
• .823   Bonds as legal investments.
• .825   Revenue refunding bonds, issuance.
• .827   Proceeds of bonds are trust funds.
• .830   Property, income and bonds exempt from taxation.
• .833   Acquisition of property by purchase or eminent domain -- Title -- Possession, how obtained.
• .835   Lessee to maintain project.
• .837   Political subdivisions may lease or convey to authority without formality.
• .840   Conveyance of project to lessee, when authorized.
• .843   Compensation for damage to private property.
• .845   Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority revenue bond guarantee fund -- How made up -- Use of -- Payments on default.
• .847   Annual report of authority.
• .850   Officers or agents of authority not to have conflicting interest -- Penalty.
• .853   Applicability of other laws.
• .860   Definitions for KRS 216.865.
• .865   Licensing required -- Administrative regulations.
• .875   Definitions for KRS 216.880 to 216.890.
• .880   Facilities to be licensed.
• .885   Requirement of licensing for PPEC center.
• .890   Administrative regulations.
• .900   Definitions for KRS 216.900 to 216.930.
• .905   Network license required.
• .910   Powers and duties of network.
• .915   Administrative regulations.
• .920   Kentucky Board of Family Health Care Providers.
• .925   Midlevel health care practitioner.
• .930   Linkage agreements.

KRS 216.935 to 216.939 Home Health Care

• .935   Definitions for KRS 216.935 to 216.939.
• .936   Expansion of nurse aid abuse registry to include home health aides.
• .937   Management and employment prohibition for home health agency.
• .939   Administrative regulations for abuse registry and hearing and appeal procedures.

Charitable Health Care Services

• .940   Definitions for KRS 216.940 to 216.945.
• .941   License or certificate requirements for voluntary provision of health care -- Registration -- Availability of information -- Report.
• .942   Exemption from display of license or certification.
• .943   Legislative findings.
• .945   Short title for KRS 216.940 to 216.945.
• .990   Renumbered as KRS 216B.990(3).