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216.920 Kentucky Board of Family Health Care Providers.
There is hereby created the Kentucky Board of Family Health Care Providers.
(1) The board shall be composed of one (1) representative from each of the
following organizations: the Kentucky Medical Association, the Kentucky
Nursing Association, a physician from the Kentucky Public Health Association,
the Kentucky Dental Association, the Kentucky Hospital Association, the
Kentucky Primary Care Association, the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure,
the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, the Kentucky
Academy of Family Practitioners, a physician from either family practice or
community medicine representing each of the colleges of medicine in the
Commonwealth, and a consumer.
(2) The board shall:
(a) Certify new midlevel health-care practitioners, recertify midlevel
health-care practitioners annually, and revoke certification as necessary;
(b) Develop and administer qualifying examinations for midlevel health-care
practitioners to test knowledge of the most frequently occurring protocols;
(c) Identify continuing education requirements for midlevel health-care
practitioners and qualify the continuing education courses provided to
them;
(d) Approve or prescribe the treatment protocols utilized by each network;
(e) Approve the quality assurance programs of each network;
(f) Approve the drug formulary used by each network; and
(g) Issue administrative regulations necessary to implement this section and
KRS 216.925.
(3) The board shall meet at least quarterly. The Cabinet for Health and Family
Services shall provide necessary staff assistance to the board and shall
reimburse board members at the rate of reimbursement for the advisory
councils and committees.
(4) Applicants for certification and recertification shall pay a fee of fifty dollars
($50). These fees shall be placed in a trust and agency fund and shall be used
to cover the cost of board operations and the administration of examinations.
(5) Upon appeal of a board decision, an administrative hearing shall be conducted
in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 499, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 446, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 119, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1990 Ky.
Acts ch. 482, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990.
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