2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 214 - DISEASES 214.610 Educational course to be completed by health-care workers and social workers -- Approval by licensing board or certifying entity -- Publication of courses.
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214.610 Educational course to be completed by health-care workers and
social workers -- Approval by licensing board or certifying entity -Publication of courses.
(1)
(2)
(a)
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the licensing board or
certifying entity, subject to the board's or entity's discretion, shall approve
appropriate educational courses on the transmission, control, treatment,
and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome, that may address appropriate behavior and
attitude change, to be completed as specified in the respective chapters
by each person licensed or certified under KRS Chapters 311, 311A, 312,
313, 314, 315, 320, 327, 333, and 335. Each licensing board or certifying
entity shall have the authority to determine whether it shall approve
courses or use courses approved by the cabinet. Completion of the
courses shall be required at the time of initial licensure or certification in
the Commonwealth, as required under KRS 214.615 and 214.620, and
shall not be required under this section or any other section more
frequently than one (1) time every ten (10) years thereafter, unless the
licensing board or certifying entity specifically requires more frequent
completion under administrative regulations promulgated in accordance
with KRS Chapter 13A.
(b) The Department for Public Health shall publish on its Web site the current
informational resources for the development of the educational courses or
programs. To the extent possible, the educational courses or programs
under this subsection shall:
1.
Include changes in Kentucky law affecting HIV testing and reporting;
confidentiality and privacy of HIV-related data, information, and
reports; and advances in treatment protocols, intervention protocols,
coordination of services, and other information deemed important by
the Department for Public Health and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC);
2.
Inform all professions involved with or affected by the birthing
process about the importance of HIV testing of pregnant women and
the probability of preventing perinatal transmission of HIV with
appropriate treatment; and
3.
Update all health care professionals identified under paragraph (a)
of this subsection requesting information about the potential
involvement of their occupation in the treatment or prevention of
blood-borne pathogens with the latest CDC guidelines on
occupational exposure to HIV and other blood-borne pathogens.
Each licensee or certificate holder shall submit confirmation on a form provided
by the cabinet of having completed the course by July 1, 1991, except persons
licensed under KRS Chapters 314 and 327 for whom the completion date shall
be July 1, 1992.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 465, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 47, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
2001 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 343, sec. 26, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426,
sec. 412, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 3, effective July
13, 1990.
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