Title XIII, Education

outstanding debt on enrollment -- Debt collection reporting. (1) Kentucky State University shall not admit a new applicant for undergraduate admission unless the applicant: (a) 1. Attained a cumulative unweighted high school grade point average of no less than two point five (2.5…

Revenue -- Income tax refund intercept. (1) Kentucky State University shall: (a) Diligently attempt to collect debts and refer all debts in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) that have been due and owing for more than ninety (90) days to the Department of Revenue for collect…

(1) As used in KRS 164.810 to 164.870, the following terms shall have, unless the context shall otherwise indicate, the following meanings: (a) "University of Louisville" means the university which is situated in a city of the first class, and which has heretofore constituted a m…

(1) The University of Louisville shall provide: (a) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, associate and baccalaureate degree programs of instruction; (b) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, master's-degree programs, specialist degrees above…

Grounds for removal and replacement of all board members. (1) The government of the University of Louisville is vested in a board of trustees appointed for a term set by law pursuant to Section 23 of the Constitution of Kentucky. The board shall consist of ten (10) members appoin…

(1) The board of trustees of the University of Louisville shall constitute a body corporate, with the usual corporate powers, and shall possess all the authorities, immunities, rights, privileges, and franchises usually attaching to the governing bodies of Kentucky public higher …

(1) The governing body of a city of the first class wherein there is situated a state educational institution affording instruction and conferring degrees above the high school grade may make an annual appropriation from the general funds of the city, or from funds derived from o…

Consistent with subsection (1) of KRS 67.080, the fiscal court of a county containing a city of the first class wherein there is situated a state educational institution affording instruction and conferring degrees above the high school grade, may appropriate county funds for the…

The board of trustees of the University of Louisville may issue revenue bonds of the university for the erection of buildings and appurtenances to be used in connection with the university for educational purposes, and otherwise as provided in KRS 162.340 to 162.380, and subject …

Proceedings taken by the University of Louisville, through action of its board of trustees, in qualifying to receive the benefits of its status as a state institution, as provided in subsection (3) of KRS 164.810 shall vest in the Commonwealth for the use and benefit of the Unive…

It is the purpose of KRS 164.891 to 164.895 to promote the health and general welfare of the people of the Commonwealth by authorizing the University of Louisville to establish from its own funds other than general tax revenues a basic coverage compensation fund to assure that he…

(1) "Basic coverage compensation fund" means the fund which may be established by the University of Louisville for the purpose of paying claims or judgments for personal injury or death to patients resulting from any tort or breach of duty based on health care services rendered o…

settlements -- Disbursement of funds -- Annual contributions -- Investigation and certification of claims. (1) The board of trustees of the university may, at its election, establish a basic coverage compensation fund for the benefit and protection from liability of itself and it…

Any fund created hereunder may be terminated upon written application made to the secretary by the university and a finding by the secretary that other satisfactory and adequate arrangements have been made by the university to assure that both existing and future health care malp…

The creation of a basic coverage compensation fund pursuant to KRS 164.890 to 164.895 and the compliance with all other provisions of KRS 164.890 to 164.895 shall qualify the university as a self-insurer under the terms of KRS 304.40-330(4).

The board of trustees of the University of Louisville is hereby authorized to take all action that may be necessary to avail itself of the benefits of KRS 164.890 to 164.895.

state financial assistance. Each and every medical school established and assisted financially by the State of Kentucky shall include in the curriculum a department of general practice of medicine under the direction and supervision of a qualified general practitioner. The minimu…

practice. The Colleges of Medicine at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville shall submit to the Council on Postsecondary Education a joint plan which defines an optional course of medical education for family practice and general practice physicians in a per…

As used in KRS 164.927 to 164.933, unless the context otherwise requires, "primary care" means the practice of medicine as provided by professionals in family/general practice, general pediatrics, general internal medicine, emergency medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, a…

The University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, and their affiliated programs are hereby authorized to increase the number of residency positions for medical school graduates in primary care disciplines from the fiscal 1976 level by a total of seventy-six (76) additi…

-- Policies and procedures for determination of allocation. (1) All new residency positions shall be sponsored by the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville. The residency positions created by KRS 164.927 shall be served in sites approved by the appropriate specia…

Graduates of Kentucky medical schools and residents of Kentucky who are graduates of other medical schools in the United States shall be given preference over graduates of foreign medical schools when selecting individuals for residency positions established under KRS 164.925 to …

The Council on Postsecondary Education shall coordinate the activities of the participating institutions, as described in KRS 164.925 to 164.931, to insure a comprehensive program for training individuals for the delivery of primary care in the Commonwealth.

areas. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Physician" means a medical doctor practicing full-time family medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, general pediatrics, or general internal medicine; and (b) "Underserved geographic area" means a county in which the ratio between ph…

fund. (1) The General Assembly hereby establishes the statewide Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program designed to be in alignment with the federally funded state loan repayment program authorized under KRS 211.165 in providing student loan repayment for eligible healthcare worker…

(1) The University of Kentucky shall maintain a Center of Excellence in Rural Health. (2) The mission of the Center of Excellence in Rural Health shall be the improvement of the health of all rural Kentuckians and the improvement of rural health care systems through education, re…

The University of Louisville shall develop a rural health education program which shall: (1) Coordinate clinical rotations for health science students; (2) Maintain rural health science libraries; (3) Expand a family practice residency program at a regional medical center with de…

It is the purpose of KRS 164.939 to 164.944 to promote the health and general welfare of the people of the Commonwealth by authorizing the University of Kentucky to establish from its own funds other than general tax revenues a basic coverage compensation fund to assure itself th…

(1) "Basic coverage compensation fund" means the fund which may be established by the University of Kentucky for the purpose of paying claims or judgments for personal injury or death to patients resulting from any tort or breach of duty based on health care services rendered or …

claims -- Contributions to funds. (1) The board of trustees of the university may, at its election, establish a basic coverage compensation fund for the benefit and protection from liability of itself and its agents. Promptly after the board of trustees of said university has ele…

The basic coverage compensation fund created hereunder may be terminated upon written application made to the secretary by the university and a finding by the secretary that other satisfactory and adequate arrangements have been made by the university to assure that both existing…

The board of trustees of the University of Kentucky is hereby authorized to take all action that may be necessary to avail itself of the benefits of KRS 164.939 to 164.944.

As used in KRS 164.945 to 164.947, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (a) "College" means any educational facility or institution maintained or conducted by any person, association, partnership, corporation, or trust and operating as an institute, junior college, college,…

It is the purpose of KRS 164.945 to 164.947 to promote and to enhance the opportunity for higher education in Kentucky by giving recognition and approval to bona fide colleges and universities as a protection to such bona fide institutions and as a protection to the citizens of t…

(1) The Council on Postsecondary Education by regulation shall adopt standards and procedures for the licensing of colleges to ensure that the programs of preparation are comparable to the generally accepted standards of collegiate instruction with respect to faculty, curriculum,…

As used in KRS 164.9481, 164.9483, and 164.9485, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Campus" has the same meaning as in 20 U.S.C. sec. 1092(f)(6)(A)(ii) as amended; (2) "Campus security authority" means campus police, security officers, and any official at a postsecondary…

to campus community on crimes and threats to safety or security of students and employees. (1) Crime log: (a) Each postsecondary education institution shall make, keep, and maintain a daily log, written in a form approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education that can be easi…

authorities to report fire or threat of fire to fire marshal. (1) Under the provisions of KRS Chapter 227, the state fire marshal shall have jurisdiction over all property in the state including property of public postsecondary education institutions and property of any private c…

concerning campus safety and security. Effective September 1, 2000, and each year thereafter, each postsecondary education institution shall submit to the Council on Postsecondary Education a statement of current policies concerning campus safety and security including, but not l…

Limitation of liability -- Reporting formats. (1) In complying with the statistical and reporting requirements mandated in KRS 164.948 to 164.9489 and KRS 164.993, an institution shall make a reasonable, good-faith effort to obtain statistics and crime reports from outside agenci…

KRS 164.948 to 164.9489 and KRS 164.993 may be cited as the Michael Minger Life Safety Act.

Civil fines collected by the state fire marshal pursuant to KRS 164.993 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to a trust and agency fund known as the "Michael Minger/Priddy fire prevention fund." The funds shall be used by the fire marshal to educate students and per…

nonexistence of automatic fire suppression system in on-campus housing facility -- Exemption. (1) Any public or private institution of postsecondary education which operates or acts as agent for an on-campus housing facility within the Commonwealth shall disclose to any potential…

off-campus alternative -- Notification to safety and emergency personnel. (1) A postsecondary education institution as defined in KRS 164.948 shall provide priority for first-floor housing to any student who informs the institution of a disability, or a sensory, cognitive, or neu…

The governing board of each public institution of postsecondary education is authorized to establish a police department and appoint police officers and other employees for the university, college, or other institution of public postsecondary education for which it is responsible…

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Police officer" has the same meaning as "police officer" in KRS 15.420, as "police officer" in KRS 164.950 to 164.980, and as "officer" in KRS 16.010; and (b) "Postsecondary institution" means any public institution of postsecondary education aut…

(1) Police officers so appointed shall be peace officers and conservators of the peace. They shall have general police powers including the power to arrest, without process, all persons who within their view commit any crime or misdemeanor. They shall possess all of the common la…

All persons appointed as police officers pursuant to KRS 164.950 to 164.980 shall, at the time of their employment: (1) Comply with the requirements of KRS 61.300; and (2) Possess whatever other requirements as may be set by the governing board of the institution of public postse…

compensation. The governing board of each institution of public postsecondary education may provide for the appointment or promotion to the ranks and grades and positions of the department such officers and civilians as are considered by the board to be necessary for the efficien…

(1) Vehicles used for emergency purposes by the police department of a public institution of postsecondary education shall be considered as emergency vehicles and shall be equipped with blue lights and sirens and shall be operated in conformance with the requirements of KRS Chapt…