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KRS Chapter 216B00


  • .010   Legislative findings and purposes.

  • .015   Definitions for chapter.

  • .017   Health facility not to discriminate against physician on basis of degree in medicine or osteopathy.

  • .020   Certificate of need -- Exemptions -- Requirements for issuance of certificate of need.

  • .021   Authorization for two 120-bed nursing homes in western and eastern Kentucky.

  • .025   Commission of Health Economics Control in Kentucky.

  • .030   Principal office of commission.

  • .035   Administrative staff assistance -- Records -- Oaths.

  • .040   Functions of cabinet in administering chapter -- Regulatory authority.

  • .0415   Jurisdiction of State Board of Medical Licensure over physician's acting as medical director for an ambulance service.

  • .0417   Jurisdiction of State Board of Nursing over registered nurse practicing with an ambulance service.

  • .042   Licenses -- Authority to enter upon premises -- Authority for administrative regulations.

  • .0422   Hospital's outpatient health facility -- Licensure and certificate-of-need requirements.

  • .0431   Licensing and procedures for abortion facilities -- Administrative regulations.

  • .0435   Requirement of written agreements between abortion facility and acute-care hospital and ambulance service.

  • .0441   Cabinet to license and regulate adult day care health programs.

  • .0443   Administrative regulations on adult day health care.

  • .0445   Outpatient health facility operated by hospital -- Licensure -- Certificate of need.

  • .045   Actions of cabinet to be in writing and of record.

  • .050   Enforcement powers of cabinet.

  • .055   Notice of decisions and orders of cabinet.

  • .060  Repealed, 1982.

  • .061   Actions requiring certificates of need -- Prohibitions against dividing projects to evade expenditure minimums and against ex parte contacts.

  • .0615   Prohibition against transferring a certificate of need -- Penalty.

  • .062   Timetable for submission of application for certificate of need to be established by administrative regulation -- Review procedure.

  • .065   Notification of intent to acquire facility or equipment -- Conditions requiring a certificate of need for acquisition.

  • .066   Cabinet to be notified prior to acquiring certain major medical equipment, a health service is offered, or a capital expenditure is made or obligated -- Certificate of need may be required.

  • .070  Repealed, 1990.

  • .071   Long-term care facilities for patients with Alzheimer's disease exempt from certificate of need.

  • .072   Training for staff of long-term care facilities treating persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.

  • .075   Administrative regulations governing application and review procedures to be promulgated.

  • .080  Repealed, 1982.

  • .085   Hearing procedures -- Notification of cabinet's decisions -- Appeals.

  • .086   Revocation of certificate of need -- Hearings -- Prohibition against ex parte contacts.

  • .090   Reconsideration of cabinet's decisions.

  • .095   Nonsubstantive review of application.

  • .100  Repealed, 1982.

  • .105   License procedure -- Hearings -- Decisions of cabinet to be in writing and of record.

  • .107   Repealed, 1996

  • .110  Repealed, 1982.

  • .115   Appeal to Franklin Circuit Court.

  • .120   Judicial appeals -- Bonds -- Costs.

  • .125   Civil action for judicial enforcement of chapter.

  • .130   Expenditure minimums or limits to be adjusted annually.

  • .131   Use of moneys.

  • .135   Creation of Task Force on Health Care Cost and Quality.

  • .140   Licensed hospitals to provide services for child sexual abuse victims.

  • .145   Repealed, 1996.

  • .150   Badge or insignia for hospital employees.

  • .155   Development of quality assurance standards for health care facilities.

  • .160   Requirement for a care delivery model based on patient needs for licensed health care facilities and services.

  • .165   Duty to report quality of care and safety problems -- Investigation and report -- Prohibition against retaliation.

  • .170   Identification requirement for persons dealing with patients.

  • .175   Services by a physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner for patient admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospital -- Transferability of history and physical examination to another licensed level of care within same hospital -- Administrative regulations.

  • .176   School-based health care programs provided by not-for-profit primary care centers.

  • .177   Moratorium -- Establishment of additional satellite school-based health care programs.

  • .180   Certificate of need not required for respite-service beds in intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.

  • .182   Conversion of licensed nursing home beds to licensed intermediate care facility beds between July 1, 2004, and September 1, 2005.

  • .185   Accreditation as evidence of compliance with licensing requirements -- Exemption from inspection -- Fees -- Submission of building plans -- Standards for licensure.

  • .190   Newborn infant -- Treatment when identity of parents is unknown -- Immunity from liability -- Anonymity of person leaving infant -- Emergency custody order -- Materials for health and medical information.

  • .195   Residential hospice facilities -- Automated pharmacy system.

  • Itemized Statement of Charges

  • .250   Health facility to furnish itemized statement of charges on request of paying patient.

  • Boarding Homes

  • .300   Definitions for KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 and KRS 216B.990(7).

  • .303   Rights of residents of boarding homes.

  • .305   Registration of boarding home -- Standards for operation -- Unannounced inspection -- Denial of registration -- Access by cabinet employees and agents -- No preemption of local authority for stricter requirements.

  • .306   Procedures, remedies, and penalties for operation of boarding home without registration.

  • .310   Listing of boarding homes to be maintained.

  • .315   Student housing not included in KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320.

  • .320   KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 not applicable to boarding home regulated by federal government.

  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities

  • .330   Administrative regulations.

  • .332   Requirements for certificate of compliance -- Assessment of residents in nursing home beds -- Limitations upon admission to nursing home beds -- Move-out notice and alternative living arrangements.

  • .335   Limitation upon establishment of nursing home beds.

  • .339   Monitoring of establishment of nursing home beds -- Collection of data -- Secretary's report to General Assembly.

  • Emergency Care

  • .400   Emergency care -- Examination services for victims of sexual offenses -- Examination expenses paid by Crime Victims' Compensation Board.

  • .410   Repealed, 2002.

  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities

  • .450   Definitions for KRS 216B.450 and 216B.455.

  • .455   Certificate-of-need requirement for psychiatric residential treatment facilities -- Licensure -- Certification -- Restriction on location -- Restriction on number of beds -- Services for specialized populations.

  • .459   Medicaid reimbursement.

  • Penalties

  • .990   Penalties.

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