Title XXVI, Occupations and Professions

emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or paramedic -- Reciprocity of licensure and certification with another state -- Administrative regulations. (1) Any member of the United States military who is registered by the Nat…

(1) The board may, by administrative regulation, prescribe a reasonable schedule of fees and charges for: (a) Examination; (b) Issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of licenses; (c) Issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of certifications; (d) Inspections and reinspections; (e) Appl…

It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Claim to be a licensee or perform medical imaging or therapeutic procedures unless licensed under this chapter; (2) Manipulate equipment that produces ionizing radiation or administer radiopharmaceuticals unless licensed under this chap…

A paramedic licensed pursuant to this chapter and a first responder certified pursuant to this chapter shall have the privileges and immunities specified in KRS 411.148, subject to the provisions of that statute.

-- Withholding funds for emergency purposes -- Grants to fiscal courts -- Administrative regulations -- Emergency funding. (1) There shall be an emergency medical services grant program to provide funding to each county for the direct operation of emergency medical services, incl…

The board may deny, revoke, or suspend the license of an individual who: (1) Has engaged in conduct relating to his or her profession that is likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public, which shall include violation of KRS 304.39-215 and conduct that is subject to the penalti…

employers -- Utilization of first responders in medical care facilities. (1) A first responder may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation training course for …

control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in medical care facilities. (1) An emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department …

curriculum or administrative regulation -- Reasonable control by employer -- Construction. (1) An advanced emergency medical technician may, subject to the provisions of this section, perform: (a) Any procedure specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Departme…

action -- Appeal. (1) The board shall notify any licensee of alleged offenses. The notice shall include sufficient detail to reasonably apprise the person of the allegations, the nature of the offense charged, or both. (2) The board shall furnish the licensee with written notice …

Employment by hospitals -- Reasonable control by employers. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a paramedic may perform any procedure: (a) Specified in the most recent curriculum of the United States Department of Transportation training course for paramedics; and (b) …

scope of practice. (1) No certified emergency medical responder shall perform any act or procedure which exceeds the scope of practice of an emergency medical responder as specified in this chapter and in administrative regulations promulgated by the board. (2) No emergency medic…

(1) The board shall assess civil penalties authorized by KRS 311B.190 against an individual or licensee who performs diagnostic or therapeutic procedures without a valid license. (2) Prior to assessing civil penalties, the board shall confirm the violation of the requirements by …

for submission and review. (1) Each emergency medical services medical director for an ambulance service, or other emergency medical services provider, shall submit: (a) His or her protocols, including the pre-hospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment, and tran…

Any person who fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter, any administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter, or any valid order of the board shall be fined a reasonable amount as determined by the board through the promulgation of administrative regulations.…

care record report form -- Annual reports -- Confidentiality -- Report to medical facility, ambulance provider, and patient -- Records -- Disclosure and admissibility of data and records -- Cabinet access to data. (1) Each licensed ambulance provider, mobile integrated healthcare…

As used in KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959: (1) "Adult" means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) "Agent" means an individual: (a) Authorized to make health-care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or (b) Expressly author…

KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959 applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

Subject to KRS 311.1923, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in KRS 311.1917 by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is…

(1) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (a) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card; (b) By authorizing a statement through the motor vehicle registration pr…

(1) Subject to KRS 311.1923, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under KRS 311.1915 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (a) A record signed by: 1. The donor; 2. The other person; or 3. Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual …

(1) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (a) A record signed by: 1. The individual; or 2. Subject to subsection (2) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically un…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section and subject to subsection (6) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a don…

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section and unless barred by KRS 311.1921 or 311.1923, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who …

body or part. (1) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under KRS 311.1925 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a r…

(1) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (a) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education for the advancement …

(1) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (a) A law enforcement offic…

(1) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (2) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copyi…

(1) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Transportation Cabinet, the registry created under KRS 311.1947, and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geog…

Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.

consideration prohibited -- Penalty -- Exemption. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, a person shall not, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchase, sell, transfer, or offer to purchase, sell, or transfer a part for transplantation or therapy …

A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) nor more tha…

311.1959, anatomical gift laws of another state, or in good faith. (1) A person that acts in accordance with KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, crim…

Presumption of validity. (1) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (a) KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959; (b) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (c) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, ha…

Collaboration among agencies -- Strategies for operation. (1) Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall facilitate the establishment of a statewide electronic registry for organ and tissue donation for transplantation, therapy, …

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor; (b) "Declar…

Medical protocols. (1) Any emergency medical technician and any paramedic shall be authorized to administer epinephrine to any person whom the EMT or paramedic has been called to attend if the EMT or paramedic makes an assessment that the person is exhibiting symptoms consistent …

organizations. (1) A medical examiner, coroner, and organ and tissue procurement organizations shall cooperate with each other to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation and therapy. (2) If a medical examiner or coroner receives not…

jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner. (1) (a) If a medical examiner or coroner has knowledge that a decedent whose body is under his or her jurisdiction wishes to be an organ or tissue donor, or upon request of a procurement organization, a medical examiner or coroner …

Anatomical Gift Act, KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959. In applying and construing the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

and National Commerce Act. The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959, modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. secs. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede sec. 101(a) of that…

KRS 311.1911 to 311.1959 may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

as a coroner's case -- Conditions -- Who may remove. (1) In any case in which a patient is in need of a cornea or corneal tissue for a transplant, the coroner, medical examiner, or his appropriately qualified designee with training in ophthalmologic techniques may, upon the reque…

organ suitability or retrieval of organ. The family of any individual whose organ is donated for transplantation shall not be financially liable for any cost related to the evaluation of donor organ suitability and any cost of retrieval of the organ.

-- Considerations -- Cause of action -- Construction. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Disability" has the same meaning as in KRS 12.450; and (b) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in KRS 304.17A-005. (2) A health care provider in this state shall not discriminate ag…

Documentation -- Reports -- Failure to comply -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Death declaration" means the formal determination of death made by a hospital physician, in accordance with accepted medical standards and applicable state and federal l…