216.940 Definitions for KRS 216.940 to 216.945.
As used in KRS 216.940 to 216.945:
(1) "Charitable health care provider" means any person, agency, clinic, or facility
licensed or certified by the Commonwealth or under a comparable provision of law
of another state, territory, district, or possession of the United States, engaged in the
rendering of medical care or dentistry without compensation or charge, and without
expectation of compensation or charge, to the individual, without payment or
reimbursement by any governmental agency or insurer. "Charitable health care
provider" means those persons, agencies, clinics, or facilities providing primary
medical care and performing no invasive or surgical procedures, and those persons,
agencies, clinics, or facilities providing services within the dentist's scope of
practice under KRS Chapter 313.
(2) "Regularly practice" means to practice for more than sixty (60) days within any
ninety (90) day period.
(3) "Sponsoring organization" means any organization, with an established relationship
with a practicing entity, that organizes or arranges for the voluntary provision of
health care services in the state.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 505, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
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