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KRS Chapter 216.00

  • .010   Repealed, 1978.

  • .020   Repealed, 1978.

  • .030   Repealed, 1978.

  • .040   Repealed, 1978.

  • .050   Repealed, 1978.

  • .060   Repealed, 1978.

  • .070   Repealed, 1978.

  • .080   Repealed, 1980.

  • .090   Repealed, 1980.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  • .230   Repealed, 1980.

  • .240   Repealed, 1980.

  • .250   Repealed, 1980.

  • .260   Repealed, 1980.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  • .270   Repealed, 1994.

  • .273   Repealed, 1994.

  • .275   Repealed, 1994.

  • .277   Repealed, 1994.

  • .280   Repealed, 1994.

  • .283   Repealed, 1994.

  • .285   Repealed, 1994.

  • .287  Repealed, 1994.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  • .2901   Repealed, 1996.

  • .2903   Repealed, 1996.

  • .2905   Repealed, 1996.

  • .2907   Repealed, 1996.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 -- Cabinet advisory committee.  

  • .2925   Administrative regulations -- Reports, lists, forms, and formats required.

  • .2927   Types of data not to be published, released, or subject to inspection -- Public-use data agreements and privacy rules -- Confidentiality of raw data -- Penalty for violation.

  • .2929   Data on health-care services charges and quality and outcome measures to be publicly available on cabinet's web site -- 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 Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities 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 other brain disorders -- Waiver on building requirements to address specific needs.  

  • .600   Pilot project to provide preventive oral care services to nursing home residents.  

  • .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.

    • Personal Services Agencies

  • .710   Definitions for KRS 216.710 to 216.714.

  • .712   Certification of personal services agency required -- Criminal background check -- Administrative regulations -- Fees.

  • .714   Fines for operating without required certification.

  • .716   Kentucky personal services agency fund.

    • Housing for Elderly

  • .750   Definitions for KRS 216.750 to 216.780.

  • .760   Functions of cabinet.

  • .765   Medical examination required prior to admission to personal-care home -- Personal-care homes prohibited from admitting minors.  

  • .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 and Public Safety 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 and Public Safety 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

  • .935   Definitions for KRS 216.935 to 216.939.

  • .936   Expansion of nurse aide 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).

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