Title XXVI, Occupations and Professions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Active patient" means a person who is or has been under a physical therapy plan of care unless care is transferred or terminated in writing; (2) "Board" means the Board of Physical Therapy established in KRS 327…

(1) A person shall not practice, work, or hold himself or herself out as being able to practice physical therapy or work as a physical therapist assistant unless the person: (a) 1. Meets the educational requirements of this chapter; 2. Is licensed in accordance with the provision…

Any physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, or employer of physical therapy practitioners having knowledge of facts by actual or direct knowledge shall report to the board a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who: (1) Has been convicted of any felony, or…

Personnel -- Immunity of members -- Professional liability insurance -- Per diems -- Hearing officers. (1) There is hereby established a Board of Physical Therapy which shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) One (1) board member …

(1) The board shall: (a) Administer and enforce this chapter and set and evaluate the qualifications of applicants for licensure and for provisional licenses; and (b) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to: 1. Effectively carry out and enforce…

Assessments to support functions -- Immunity of members -- Privileged information -- Annual report. (1) The board shall establish an impaired physical therapy practitioners committee to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical ther…

(1) Before the board may issue a license to a physical therapist applicant or a physical therapist assistant applicant, the applicant shall have successfully completed an accredited program in physical therapy approved by the board. No school shall be approved by the board unless…

persons trained in a foreign country. (1) The board shall issue a license to: (a) An individual who holds a valid license from another state, who meets requirements specified in KRS 327.050 and who has no imposed or pending disciplinary actions. (b) An individual who has been edu…

Notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, any physical therapist or physical therapist assistant holding a valid, unencumbered license or certificate to practice or work in another state may practice or work in the Commonwealth of Kentucky under a compact privilege…

(1) The board, after due notice and an opportunity for an administrative hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, may take one (1) or a combination of the following actions against any licensee, licensee of another member state as defined in KRS 327.300, or applicant…

(1) The board shall establish the amounts, limits, or ranges for any fines imposed under this chapter through the promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A and shall fine any person who: (a) Violates or aids in the violation of KRS 327.020, 327…

(1) The board may reinstate within three (3) years a license which has lapsed upon payment of the prescribed renewal fee and, in addition, the payment of a reinstatement fee to be promulgated by the board by administrative regulations. (2) The board may reinstate a license which …

(1) All fees and other moneys received by the board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the board. (2) (a) No part of this revolving fund shall revert to the general fund of this Commonwealth. (b) Notw…

This chapter may be cited as the "Physical Therapy Practice Act."

informed consent and maintain confidentiality -- Board to promulgate administrative regulations -- Definition of "telehealth". (1) A treating physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who provides or facilitates the use of telehealth shall ensure: (a) That the informed c…

PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of physical therapy occurs in the state where the patient…

licensure, certification, or temporary permit. The Board of Physical Therapy established in KRS 327.030 shall require a national and state criminal background investigation for every applicant seeking a license or provisional license issued by the board permitting the applicant t…

(1) Each violation of KRS 327.020 shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or both, for the first offe…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Detection of deception examiner," referred to in this chapter as "examiner," means any person, other than a trainee, who uses any device or instrument to test or question individuals for the purpose of detecting…

As used in KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090: (1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Private Investigators; (2) "Company" means a firm, association, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, institution, or similar enterprise; (3) "Investigating…

background check. No person or company shall hold himself or herself out to the public as a private investigator or use any terms, titles, or abbreviations that express, infer, or imply that the person is licensed as a private investigator unless the person at the time holds a li…

Appointment -- Vacancies -- Reimbursement -- Meetings -- Removal of members -- Liability insurance. (1) The Kentucky Board of Licensure for Private Investigators is hereby created. (2) The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor. (a) One (1) member shal…

Every examiner shall use an instrument which records permanently and simultaneously the subject's cardiovascular and respiratory patterns as minimum standards, but such an instrument may record additional physiological changes pertinent to the detection of deception. The patterns…

(1) The board shall administer and enforce the provisions of KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 and shall evaluate the qualifications of applicants for licensure and issue licenses. (2) The board shall: (a) Implement the provisions of KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 through the promulgation of ad…

Application -- Fingerprint data -- Qualifications -- Investigations -- Internship -- Examination -- Administrative regulations to ensure adequate standards. (1) No person shall administer a detection of deception examination, as set forth in KRS 329.010, or any imitation thereof,…

(1) All fees and other moneys received by the board pursuant to the provisions of KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the board. (2) No part of this revolving fund shall revert to the general fund of t…

(1) An application for a private investigator license shall be filed with the board on the prescribed form. (a) The application shall include the following information regarding the applicant: 1. Full name and address; 2. Date and place of birth; 3. Social Security number; 4. All…

(1) Each examiner's license shall be issued for the term of one (1) calendar year or for such part thereof as remains at the time of the issuance thereof. Each examiner's license shall be renewed during the month of December of each year, and each examiner's license not so renewe…

identification card -- Individual license. (1) Upon receipt of a license application, accompanied by a nonrefundable, nonproratable fee of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than four hundred dollars ($400), as established by the board by promulgation of admini…

An applicant who is an examiner, licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, may be issued a license without examination by the cabinet, in its discretion, upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50), and the production of satisfactory proof: (1) …

Revocation -- Evidence of continuing education -- Inactive status. (1) A license or renewal issued under KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 shall be valid for two (2) years from the date of issuance. No later than May 1 in the license renewal year, the board shall send a renewal applicatio…

(1) A license or duplicate license must be prominently displayed at each place of business of every examiner or trainee. The fee for a duplicate license is five dollars ($5). Each license shall be signed by the secretary and shall be issued under the seal of the cabinet. (2) Noti…

(1) If the ownership of an investigating company changes, the new owner, if not already a licensee, shall not operate that company more than thirty (30) days after the date of the ownership change unless, within the thirty (30) day period, the new owner submits an application for…

No licensee shall: (1) Use a badge for identification or make any statement which would reasonably cause another person to believe that the licensee functions as a sworn peace officer or other official of the state, any of its political subdivisions, or an agency of the federal g…

(1) The board may investigate allegations of licensee wrongdoing upon complaint or upon its own volition. The board shall promulgate administrative regulations regarding the receiving and investigating of complaints. (2) If the board's investigation reveals evidence supporting th…

Each nonresident applicant for a trainee's license or examiner's license or a renewal license shall file an irrevocable consent that actions against the applicant may be filed in any appropriate court of any county of this Commonwealth in which the plaintiff resides or in which s…

voluntary compliance -- Appeal. (1) The board may refuse to issue a license, or suspend, revoke, impose probationary conditions, impose an administrative fine, issue a written reprimand, or any combination thereof regarding any licensee upon proof that the licensee or applicant h…

The cabinet may deny, suspend or revoke any license on any one or more of the following grounds: (1) Material misstatement in the application for a license or in the application for a renewal license. (2) Willful disregard or violation of this chapter or of any regulation or rule…

The provisions of KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 do not apply to: (1) An officer or employee of the United States, this state, another state, or any political subdivision thereof, performing his or her official duties within the course and scope of his or her employment; (2) A public a…

(1) A licensee shall notify the board in writing within thirty (30) days of: (a) Any material change in the information previously furnished or required to be furnished to the board; (b) Any occurrence that could reasonably be expected to affect the licensee's right to a license …

Any person violating KRS 329A.015 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for a second or subsequent offense.

Exception. Any unlawful act or violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, upon the part of any examiner or trainee shall not be cause for revocation of the license of any other examiner for whom the offending examiner may have been employed, unless it shall appear to the…

The General Assembly intends, by the provisions of this chapter, to occupy the entire field of regulation and licensing of private investigators. No cities, counties, urban-county governments, charter counties, consolidated local governments, or other political subdivisions of th…

KRS 329A.010 to 329A.090 may be cited as the Kentucky Private Investigators Licensing Act.

The cabinet shall publish, at least annually, a list of the names and addresses of all examiners and trainees and of all persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked within that one (1) year, together with such other information relative to the enforcement of the provisi…

arson investigations. (1) Any private investigator who conducts fire or arson investigations in the state of Kentucky shall be: (a) Licensed in accordance with KRS 329A.025; and (b) Certified by the National Association of Fire Investigators or the International Association of Ar…