RELATES TO:

KRS 309.331, 309.339

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

KRS 309.331

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:

KRS 309.331 requires the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of KRS 309.325 to 309.339. This administrative regulation establishes the functions that a diabetes educator may perform.

1. Section 1. A person holding a license or a permit from the board may perform the following functions:

   1. (1) Provide education and support for people with diabetes, people at risk for diabetes, and caregivers of those with diabetes;
   2. (2) Communicate and coordinate with other health care professionals to provide education and support for people with diabetes, people at risk for diabetes, and caregivers of those with diabetes;
   3. (3) Provide diabetes self-management services, including activities that assist a person in implementing and sustaining the behaviors needed to manage diabetes on an ongoing basis;
   4. (4) Determine the persons to whom diabetes education and services will be provided, how those education and services may be best delivered, and what resources will assist those persons;

   5. (5) Develop a program for diabetes management, which may include:

      1. (a) Describing the diabetes treatment process and treatment options;
      2. (b) Incorporating nutritional management into lifestyle;
      3. (c) Incorporating physical activity into lifestyle;
      4. (d) Using medications safely and effectively;
      5. (e) Monitoring blood glucose and other parameters and interpreting and using the results for self-management and decision making;
      6. (f) Preventing, detecting, and treating acute and chronic complications of diabetes;
      7. (g) Developing personal strategies to address psychosocial issues and concerns; or
      8. (h) Developing personal strategies to promote health and behavior change;
   6. (6) Develop an individualized education and support plan focused on behavior change, which shall be documented in an education or health record;
   7. (7) Develop a personalized follow-up plan for ongoing self-management support, and communicate that follow-up plan to other health care providers as necessary;

   8. (8) Monitor if participants are achieving their personal diabetes self-management goals and other outcomes using the following appropriate frameworks and measurement techniques:

      1. (a) Physical activity;
      2. (b) Healthy eating;
      3. (c) Taking medication;
      4. (d) Monitoring blood glucose;
      5. (e) Diabetes self-care related problem solving;
      6. (f) Reducing risks of acute and chronic complications of diabetes;
      7. (g) Evaluation of the psychosocial aspects of living with diabetes; or
   9. (9) Evaluate the effectiveness of the education and services, and engage in a systematic review of process and outcome data.

History

(40 Ky.R. 194; 591; 791; eff. 11-1-2013; Crt eff. 10-27-2020.)