Title XVIII, Public Health

There is hereby established within the department a breast cancer screening fund. Any funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the purpose of the Breast Cancer Screening Program and any gifts or federal grants shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a trus…

(1) There is established within the department a Breast Cancer Screening Program for the purposes of: (a) Reducing morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in women through early detection and treatment; and (b) Making breast cancer screening services of high quality and reason…

-- Notice to patient for whom mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue -- Expiration date of notice requirement. (1) Physicians are encouraged to recommend digital mammography including breast tomosynthesis when writing orders for mammograms. The term "breast tomosynthesis" mea…

(1) There is hereby established within the Kentucky cancer program the Kentucky Cancer Registry and the cancer patient data management system for the purpose of providing accurate and up-to-date information about cancer in Kentucky and facilitating the evaluation and improvement …

214.560 to 214.564. (1) As used in KRS 214.560 to 214.564: (a) "Department" means the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and (b) "Program" means the Lung Cancer Screening Program. (2) The Lung Cancer Screening Program is hereby established…

(1) (a) There is hereby created a restricted fund to be known as the Kentucky Lung Cancer Screening 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 Assembly for the purpo…

(1) A Lung Cancer Screening Advisory Committee is hereby established. The advisory committee shall include: (a) One (1) member of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House; (b) One (1) member of the Senate who sha…

As used in KRS 214.565 to 214.571: (1) "Department" means the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Health care provider" means a licensed provider who has the care of pregnant women within his or her professional scope of practice; and …

(1) The department shall make available to the public on its website educational resources regarding the incidence of congenital cytomegalovirus, including information about: (a) The transmission of congenital cytomegalovirus before and during pregnancy; (b) Birth defects caused …

Every infant in this state who is given an auditory screening test described in KRS 216.2970, and fails the initial two (2) screenings or has other risk factors associated with congenital cytomegalovirus, shall be tested for congenital cytomegalovirus not later than twenty-one (2…

The department may promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement KRS 214.565 to 214.571.

The General Assembly finds that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, otherwise known as AIDS, constitutes a serious and unique danger to the public health and welfare. The General Assembly finds that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is transmitted by sexual activity, by intraven…

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a program to educate the public about the threat of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (2) The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education Program shall: (a) Be designed to reach all segments of the Commonwealth's p…

all aspects of HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Publication of current informational resources to inform and update all health care professionals. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall approve appropriate educational courses on the transmission, contro…

associations, to develop instructional material on HIV -- Comprehensive information to be presented to any person receiving treatment. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop instructional material on the human immunodeficiency virus, including information re…

HIV infection -- Physician's responsibility -- Confidentiality of results -- Exceptions -- Disclosure -- Network of voluntary HIV testing programs. (1) The General Assembly finds that the use of tests designed to reveal a condition indicative of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…

Nothing in KRS 214.181, 214.625, or 214.995 shall be construed to prohibit a person from obtaining or performing upon himself or herself a self-test designed to detect human immunodeficiency virus infection.

(1) If the defendant is able to pay, he shall pay all fees and costs associated with this action. (2) If the defendant is found by the court to be indigent, all fees and costs shall be waived and defendant shall be represented by an attorney from, or under contract to the Departm…

The cabinet, on an annual basis, shall estimate the potential impact of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection on total state spending for health.

Functions. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may create, to the extent permitted by available staffing and funding, an HIV and AIDS Planning and Advisory Council to consist of no more than thirty (30) members, for the purpose of advising the cabinet on the formulatio…

requirements -- Reporting system surveillance, assessment, and restrictions. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a system for reporting, by the use of the person's name, of all persons who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infecti…

exposed to HIV -- HIV and AIDS pharmacological services. (1) The cabinet shall: (a) Conduct a review of any guidelines for HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) care coordination to ensure: 1. Consistency; 2. Comprehensive in service; and 3. That access to health care …

The cabinet may make available information about grant opportunities to nonprofit clinics in the Commonwealth that are established to provide treatment in a multidisciplinary team approach for patients with HIV and AIDS.

(1) Every head of a family who willfully fails or refuses and every physician who fails or refuses to comply with KRS 214.010 shall be guilty of a violation for each day he neglects or refuses to report. Repeated failure to report is sufficient cause for the revocation of a physi…

whom test is performed -- Exceptions. (1) A person who discloses, intentionally in violation of KRS 214.181(5)(d) or 214.625(5)(c), the identity of a person upon whom has been conducted a test to detect human immunodeficiency virus infection shall be guilty of a Class A misdemean…

As used in KRS 215.520, 215.531, 215.540, 215.550, 215.560, 215.570, and 215.590: (1) "Active tuberculosis" means tuberculosis disease as demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or radiographic evidence, and includes the condition of persons with the disease who have not complet…

The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall discharge all duties relating to all matters of tuberculosis control, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The facilitation of appropriate clinical services for either recalcitrant or drug resistant pe…

tuberculosis. Every physician shall order drug susceptibility tests on initial isolates from all patients with active tuberculosis to confirm the anticipated effectiveness of chemotherapy. If the patient continues to produce culture positive results following three (3) months of …

KRS 215.540 to 215.580 may be referred to as the "Kentucky Recalcitrant Tuberculosis Patient Control Law." The General Assembly hereby recognizes and declares that persons with active tuberculosis have a legal duty and responsibility to the public to take reasonable precautions t…

(1) A person diagnosed with active tuberculosis which can be communicated from person to person shall have a legal responsibility to take reasonable precautions to prevent the transmission of the infection to others. (2) No person diagnosed as having active tuberculosis for which…

(1) Whenever a person has reasonable cause to suspect that an individual with active tuberculosis has knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of KRS 215.520 to 215.600, the person may file an affidavit with the local health department serving the jurisdiction where the ind…

(1) If the court, subsequent to an order of the court as described in KRS 215.560(2), finds a person in violation of that order, the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (2) of this section. If, however, a course…

The city, county, and Commonwealth's attorneys and the Attorney General, within their respective jurisdictions, shall represent the local health department in the enforcement of the provisions of KRS 215.520 to 215.600. However, a local health department may employ an attorney to…

susceptibility tests on tubercle bacilli. (1) A health service or health facility required to be licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 216B or KRS Chapter 333, a health provider required to be licensed pursuant to KRS Chapters 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, or 320, or any other person who h…

KRS 215.520 to 215.600 may be cited as the "State Tuberculosis Control Act of 1996."

The General Assembly finds that the licensure of health facilities and health services is a means to insure that the citizens of this Commonwealth will have safe, adequate, and efficient medical care; that the proliferation of unnecessary health-care facilities, health services, …

As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Long-term Care Administrators established in KRS 216A.040; (2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (3) "Long-term care administrator" means any individual responsible for planni…

Except as otherwise provided, for purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Abortion facility" means any place in which an abortion is performed; (2) "Administrative regulation" means a regulation adopted and promulgated pursuant to the procedures in K…

medicine or osteopathy. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no health facility licensed in the Commonwealth shall discriminate with respect to employment, staff, privileges, or the provision of professional services against a physician licensed to practice medicine on the…

This chapter may be cited as the "Kentucky Long-term Care Administrators Licensure Act of 2012."

Requirements for issuance of certificate of need. (1) The provisions of this chapter that relate to the issuance of a certificate of need shall not apply to abortion facilities as defined in KRS 216B.015; any hospital which does not charge its patients for hospital services and d…

(1) No licensed long-term care facility shall operate except under the supervision of a long-term care administrator, unless approved by the board through administrative regulation, and no person shall be a long-term care administrator unless he or she is the holder of a long-ter…

(1) The cabinet shall hire any administrative staff required by the cabinet to carry out its duties and functions under the provisions of this chapter. (2) The secretary shall keep a full and true record of all the proceedings of the cabinet, of all books and papers ordered filed…

Membership. There shall be a Kentucky Board of Licensure for Long-term Care Administrators located within the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative and budgetary purposes. The board shall be composed of ten (10) members. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family S…

(1) The cabinet shall have four (4) separate and distinct functions in administering this chapter: (a) To approve or deny certificates of need in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except as to those applications which have been granted nonsubstantive review status b…

as medical director for an ambulance service. (1) The State Board of Medical Licensure shall have sole jurisdiction regarding any complaint relating to the medical supervision of an ambulance service or ambulance service personnel against a physician performing in the role of med…

with an ambulance service. (1) The State Board of Nursing shall have sole jurisdiction regarding any complaint relating to the practice of a registered nurse practicing under the nurse's nursing license in the prehospital setting for an ambulance service providing basic or advanc…

administrative regulations. (1) The cabinet shall: (a) Establish by promulgation of administrative regulation under KRS Chapter 13A reasonable application fees for licenses and promulgate other administrative regulations necessary for the proper administration of the licensure fu…

stroke centers. (1) Except as otherwise provided, for purposes of this section: (a) "Acute care hospital" means a licensed facility providing inpatient and outpatient medical or surgical services to an individual that seeks care and treatment, regardless of the individual's abili…

regulations. (1) The cabinet shall, no later than September 1, 1998, and subject to the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A, promulgate administrative regulations providing licensure standards and procedures for abortion facilities. The cabinet shall begin enforcing the administrative …