Title XVIII, Public Health

To preserve vital records, the cabinet may prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports of the vital statistics program. The reproductions, when certified by the state registrar, shall be accepted in the same manner as the origi…

(1) To protect the integrity of vital records, to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper administration of the system of vital statistics, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in vital records o…

(1) The state registrar shall upon receipt of an application issue a certified copy of a vital record in the registrar's custody or a part thereof to any applicant. Each copy issued shall show the date of registration and copies issued from records marked "delayed" or "amended" s…

- Exemptions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the cabinet shall prescribe by regulation a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5), to be paid for certified copies of certificates or records, or for a search of the files or records when no copy is made, or fo…

(1) Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal data concerning each person admitted or confined to the institution. This record shall include the information required for certificates of birth and death and the reports of fetal death and induced term…

Any person having knowledge of the facts necessary to complete a vital record shall furnish the information that person possesses regarding any birth, death, fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, or dissolution of marriage or annulment upon request of the cabin…

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all certificates of birth, death, marriage, divorce, stillbirth, and abortion previously received by the Vital Statistics Branch and in the custody of the state registrar or any health department.

during autopsy, conditions. (1) In order to obtain information which may be useful to research organizations studying the causes and incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome, a program is hereby established in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The purpose of this p…

KRS 213.011 to 213.161 may be cited as the Vital Statistics Act.

comply -- Administrative regulations. (1) Each prescription dispensed by a pharmacy for RU-486, cytotec, pitocin, mifeprex, misoprostol, or any other drug or combination of drugs for which the primary indication is the induction of abortion as defined in KRS 213.011 shall be repo…

Confidentiality of identity -- Communication of reporting requirements. (1) The cabinet shall create and distribute the report forms required in KRS 213.101, 213.172, 311.732, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.774, 311.7741, and 311.783 within sixty (60) days after April 14, 2022. (2) The …

(1) The cabinet shall publish printed material and maintain on its Web site the following statement: "Information on the potential ability of qualified medical professionals to reverse the effects of an abortion obtained through the use of abortion-inducing drugs as defined in KR…

(1) In the event that a homicide has been committed and the person charged with the homicide refuses to permit the burial of the body of the deceased person who was the victim of his or her alleged homicide, any member of the family of the deceased, either by consanguinity or aff…

(1) Any person who shall cremate or cause to be cremated or transport or cause to be transported for the purpose of cremation, the body of any person whose death occurs in the Commonwealth, without first obtaining from the coroner of the county in which death occurred, authorizat…

Every physician and advanced practice registered nurse shall report all diseases designated by administrative regulation of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as reportable which are under his or her special treatment to the local board of health of his or her county, and…

Any health care provider that administers or supervises an immunization authorized under this chapter or otherwise required by the Department for Public Health shall report information about the immunization upon request by, or as required by, the department. The department shall…

administration of diabetes medications if the caregiver is appropriately trained and has the written authorization of the individual's health care practitioner. (1) The caregiver of an individual who has diabetes may administer or assist with the self-administration of the medica…

prevent spread of disease -- Requirements for administrative regulations. (1) When the Cabinet for Health and Family Services determines that an infectious or contagious disease will invade this state, it shall take necessary action and promulgate administrative regulations under…

As used in KRS 158.035, 214.010, 214.020, and 214.032 to 214.036 the term "child" means a person under eighteen (18) years of age.

tuberculosis -- Requirement for reception and retention of current immunization certificate by schools and child-care facilities. Except as otherwise provided in KRS 214.036: (1) All parents, guardians, and other persons having care, custody, or control of any child shall have th…

(1) Nothing contained in KRS 158.035, 214.010, 214.020, 214.032 to 214.036, and 214.990 shall be construed to require: (a) The testing for tuberculosis or the immunization of any child at a time when, in the written opinion of his or her attending health care provider, such testi…

Screening for critical congenital heart disease -- Information provided to parent or guardian -- Application for federal grants -- Short title. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall operate a newborn screening program for heritable and congenital disorders that inc…

Substance abuse tests of pregnant women and newborn infants -- Use of tests -- Report if infant is affected by substance abuse withdrawal symptoms -- Tests for presence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. (1) Every physician and every other person legally permitted to engage in atten…

Every physician or other person who takes or causes to be taken from a woman in pregnancy, or suspected pregnancy, a blood specimen for serological tests for syphilis, shall identify the specimen as being from a pregnant woman submitting it for tests. The laboratory shall report …

-- Confidentiality -- Funding. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may conduct periodic anonymous surveys to determine the prevalence within the Commonwealth of drug and alcohol use during pregnancy. These periodic surveys may include, but are not limited to, toxicolog…

procedures -- Disclosures of test results -- Voluntary testing programs in each county. (1) The General Assembly finds that the use of tests designed to reveal a condition indicative of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can be a valuable tool in protecting the public h…

minor -- Provision of outpatient mental health counseling -- Effective consent. (1) Any physician, upon consultation by a minor as a patient, with the consent of such minor may make a diagnostic examination for venereal disease, pregnancy, or substance use disorder and may advise…

program. (1) The Department for Public Health shall develop a statewide education, awareness, and information program on hepatitis C. The hepatitis C education, awareness, and information program may be incorporated into other existing health education programs. The Department fo…

As used in KRS 214.290 to 214.310, "mattress" means any mattress, mattress pad or cushion, stuffed or filled with cotton, wool, hair, upholstered spring, or other soft material, to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping or reclining purposes.

No person shall employ or use, in the making, remaking or renovating of any mattress, any material that has been used in or has formed a part of any mattress used in or about any public or private hospital, or any institution for the treatment of persons suffering from disease, o…

(1) There shall be securely sewed upon the outside of each mattress manufactured, or offered for sale, a muslin, paper or linen label or tag, upon which shall be legibly written or printed a description of the material used as the filling of the mattress. (2) If all the material …

(1) Any police officer or member of any municipal board of health, or other city official, who has reason to believe that the provisions of KRS 214.280 to 214.300 have been or are being violated, shall give notice to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) Any individual …

Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Committee -- Duties of the cabinet -- Provider reporting requirements -- Data collection -- Reports. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Advisory committee" means the Kentucky Parkinson's Disease Research Registry Advisory Com…

KRS 214.410, 214.420 and 214.990(6) may be cited as the "Kentucky Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Confidentiality Act of 1986."

(1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and (2) "Sexually transmitted disease" means syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, genital herpes, nongonococcal urethritis, mucopurulent cervicitis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), human im…

(1) The General Assembly hereby declares that confidentiality is essential for the proper administration and operation of sexually transmitted disease control activities in this state and that the principle of confidentiality must remain inviolate. (2) All information, records, a…

(1) For the purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Dispense" means to deliver a drug or device to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary …

As used in KRS 214.452 to 214.466, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Blood" means any blood, blood product, blood component, or blood derivative including plasma. (2) "Blood establishment" means a place of business under one (1) management at one (1) general physical lo…

Donor conditions -- Forms -- Sign posting. The following policies shall apply to blood establishments and to donors of blood: (1) All blood establishments within the Commonwealth shall be licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration and remain in compliance with all…

(1) No person shall donate blood if the person is at high risk for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or has tested confirmatory positive for the human immunodeficiency virus or any other known causative agent of a blood-bo…

The following policies shall apply to autologous and directed blood donations: (1) Any otherwise qualified donor who wishes to direct a donation of blood to that person or to another particular individual may do so. The surcharge for any autologous or directed donation of blood s…

(1) Each unit of blood collected by a blood establishment for transfusion shall be affixed with the United States Food and Drug Administration required label which includes a donor identification number through which the following information can be obtained: (a) Date the blood w…

(1) (a) Untested blood may be transfused only in an emergency situation in which the attending physician determines a patient is in imminent danger of death or serious physical injury and no tested and labeled blood as set forth under KRS 214.458 is readily available to alleviate…

No health facility or physician or health care provider transfusing untested blood into a patient during an emergency situation if the blood is required to save the life of the patient shall be liable in civil damages or criminally, provided the provisions of KRS 214.464 are met.

seventeen or older -- Criteria for donation by person sixteen years of age. (1) Any person seventeen (17) years of age or older may donate blood in a voluntary blood program, which is not operated for profit, without consent of the person's parent or legally authorized representa…

Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program. (1) As used in KRS 214.540 to 214.544: (a) "Department" means the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and (b) "Program" means the Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program. (2) The Colon Ca…

-- Income-based fee schedule -- Funding -- Affordability -- Data collection -- Administrative regulations. (1) The program shall provide colon cancer screening for uninsured and underinsured individuals who are eligible based upon the current American Cancer Society Colorectal Ca…

(1) (a) There is hereby created a restricted fund to be known as the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Program fund. (b) The fund shall be administered by the Finance and Administration Cabinet. (c) The fund shall include moneys: 1. Appropriated by the General Assemb…

Membership -- Duties -- Annual report -- Colon cancer screening, education, and outreach programs. (1) A Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention Advisory Committee shall be established. The advisory committee shall include: (a) One (1) member of the House of Representatives who sha…

As used in KRS 214.552 to 214.556: (1) "Department" means the Department for Public Health of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) "Fund" means the breast cancer screening fund. (3) "Screening" means the conduct of screening mammography for the purpose of ascertaining …