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Chapter 216

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. ch. 216

Health Facilities And Services

Commonwealth of Kentucky

216.100Ordinance for bond issue.216.110Interest rate and term of bonds.216.120Negotiability of bonds -- Tax exemption -- Signatures -- How sold -- Not a city debt.216.130Use of proceeds of bonds.216.140Bondholders' lien -- Enforcement.216.150Receiver in case of default.216.160Sinking fund, operation and depreciation accounts to be provided -- Lease income.216.170Use of surplus in operating fund.216.180Use of depreciation account.216.190Refunding bonds.216.200Additional bonds for establishment of hospital.216.210Original issue may include bonds for additions and improvements.216.220Subsequent issue of bonds for additions and improvements.216.2920Definitions for KRS 216.2920 to 216.2929.216.2921Duties of cabinet -- Chief administrative officer -- Secretary or employee not subject to personal liability.216.2923Health data collection powers and duties -- Analysis of health-care and insurance experience -- Administrative regulations.216.2925Administrative regulations -- Reports, lists, forms, and formats required.216.2927Types of data not to be published, released, or subject to inspection -- Public-use data agreements and privacy rules -- Confidentiality of raw data -- Penalty for violation.216.2929Data on health-care services charges and quality and outcome measures to be publicly available on cabinet's website -- Reports required.216.2950Self-referral restrictions -- Offenses.216.2955Submission of current or prospective employee to the child abuse and neglect and adult abuse registries check by health facilities and Medicaid providers -- Administrative regulations.216.2970Auditory screening of infants at health facilities -- Forwarding of reports.216.2975Definitions for section -- Perinatal palliative care program or support services referrals -- Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain list of perinatal palliative care programs or service providers.216.2980Hospice, palliative care, and end-of-life services providers to have policies and procedures for deactivation or sequestration and disposal of controlled substances upon death of patient or discontinuance of prescription -- Notice -- Written agreement -- Witness statement.216.300Definitions for KRS 216.300 to 216.308.216.302Causing a suicide -- Assisting in a suicide.216.304Actions of licensed health care professional that are not violative of KRS 216.302.216.306Injunctive relief against person believed to be about to cause or assist in a suicide.216.308Revocation of license of health care professional assisting in a suicide.216.310Purpose of law.216.313Definitions for KRS 216.310 to 216.360.216.315Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as secretary of hospital districts.216.317Creation of hospital district -- Tax levy and collection.216.320Notification of secretary -- Effect of notification.216.323District board -- Membership -- Number, how determined -- Removal of members.216.325Terms of members -- Vacancies.216.327Qualifications of members.216.330Members to be reimbursed for expenses.216.333Board as corporate body -- Seal -- Officers -- Bond of treasurer.216.335Powers of board.216.336Fiscal court's determination on proposed tax rate levy by certain districts created with zero cents as initial tax rate levy -- Applicability of KRS 132.023 to tax rate changes.216.337Plans for hospital needs of district.216.340Treasurer of board, duties.216.343District records to be audited -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.216.345Fiscal year of district.216.347Annual report of board to secretary.216.350Administrator, functions.216.353Revenue bonds, district may issue.216.355District board may accept federal or state grants.216.357Dissolution of district, procedure.216.360Winding up of affairs on dissolution -- Disposition of funds.216.361Services and facilities that a hospital may offer in counties contiguous to its hospital district.216.378Definitions for KRS 216.378, 216.379, and 216.380.216.379Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program -- Development of rural health plan.216.380Critical access hospitals -- Designation by secretary -- Licensure -- Required and authorized services -- Staffing requirements -- Medicaid reimbursement.216.505Essential personal care visitors to health facility, health service, Medicaid waiver service, or psychiatric residential treatment facility -- Requirements -- Administrative regulations.216.510Definitions for KRS 216.515 to 216.530.216.515Rights of residents -- Duties of facilities -- Actions.216.520Supplementation of residents' rights.216.525Cabinet's duties.216.530Inspections of long-term care facilities to be unannounced -- Frequency -- Prohibition of prior notice of inspection.216.532Prohibition against long-term care facility's being operated by or employing a person on the nurse aide abuse registry.216.533Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities long-term care facilities -- Criminal background checks for applicants for employment -- Persons who may not be employed -- Effect of pardon or expunged record -- Exemption from KRS 216.789(1).216.535Definitions for KRS 216.537 to 216.590 -- Disclosure requirements.216.537Daily visiting hours required.216.540Persons allowed access to facility during visiting hours -- Rights and duties of visitors -- Denial of access by resident or administrator -- Unrestricted access by employee of cabinet.216.541Willful interference with representatives of Office of the Long-Term-Care Ombudsman prohibited -- Retaliation against complainant prohibited -- Penalty -- Liability insurance for representatives of the ombudsman program.216.543Posting requirements.216.545Statement of requirements to be posted and copy given to each resident.216.546Disclosure of information regarding sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities.216.547Public inspection of cabinet inspection reports, service descriptions, listings of rates and charges, and court orders on premises -- Duties of Inspector General -- Construction of section with respect to Kentucky Open Records Law.216.555Long-term care facility -- Citation by cabinet for violations of regulations, standards, and requirements -- Restriction on publication of results of survey, inspection, or investigation.216.557Classification of violations -- Exemption from state penalty if federal penalty assessed.216.560Penalties for failure to correct violations within time specified -- Exemption from state penalty if federal penalty assessed -- Reduction of penalty by amount used to correct deficiency -- Nursing incentive scholarship fund.216.563Administrative regulations on Type A and Type B violations.216.565Factors to be considered in determining amount of initial penalty.216.567Manner of appeal -- Decision of hearing officer to be final order of cabinet -- Judicial review.216.573Injunction to terminate operation of facility.216.575Discipline of cabinet employee for giving advance notice to facility of impending inspection or investigation.216.577Action of secretary against facility for failure to correct a Type A violation.216.590Definitions -- Training of surveyors and investigators -- Joint training with staff of long-term care facilities.216.593Applicability of KRS 12.028 and 194A.040(1).216.595Requirements for assisted living communities and long-term care facilities claiming to provide special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other brain disorders -- Waiver on building requirements to address specific needs.216.597Definitions -- Personal care homes and specialized personal care homes requirements -- Services provided -- Administrative regulations -- On-site visits.216.701Definitions for chapter.216.703Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish guidelines for developing workplace safety assessment -- Cabinet to audit health facilities for compliance -- Standards for compliance.216.705Health facilities to develop and execute workplace safety assessment -- Requirements.216.707Annual violence prevention training -- Guidelines -- Requirements -- Basic protective skills competency test for health care workers.216.709Reporting system for acts of workplace violence -- Recordkeeping -- Procedures to follow up with and support victims of workplace violence.216.710Definitions for KRS 216.710 to 216.714.216.712Certification of personal services agency required -- Criminal background check -- Administrative regulations -- Fees.216.713Minimum training requirements for direct-care staff serving individuals with Alzheimer's or other dementias -- Certificates of completion -- Penalties.216.714Fines for operating without required certification.216.716Kentucky personal services agency fund.216.718Definitions for KRS 216.718 to 216.728.216.720Registration of health care services agency required -- Application -- Administrative regulations -- Fees -- Administrative hearing.216.722Minimum requirements of health care services agency -- Penalties.216.724Restrictions on health care services agency -- Contracts.216.725KRS 216.718 to 216.728 not applicable to the placement of permanent direct care staff.216.726Complaint reporting system -- Cabinet investigation.216.728Reports -- Administrative regulations -- Disclosure requirements.216.765Medical examination required prior to admission to personal-care home or assisted living community -- Personal-care homes and assisted living communities prohibited from admitting minors.216.785Definitions for KRS 216.785 to 216.793.216.787Prohibition against employing certain felons at publicly funded agencies serving senior citizens -- Preemployment check with Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.216.789Prohibition against employing certain felons at long-term care facilities, health care services agencies providing staff to nursing facilities, or in assisted living communities -- Preemployment check with Justice and Public Safety Cabinet -- Temporary employment.216.793Notice on application form of criminal record check -- Form of request -- Fee.216.875Definitions for KRS 216.880 to 216.890.216.880Facilities to be licensed.216.885Requirement of licensing for PPEC center.216.890Administrative regulations.216.935Definitions for KRS 216.935 to 216.939.216.936Expansion of nurse aide abuse registry to include home health aides.216.937Management and employment prohibition for home health agency.216.9375Minimum training requirements for direct-care staff serving individuals with Alzheimer's or other dementias -- Certificates of completion -- Penalties.216.939Administrative regulations for abuse registry and hearing and appeal procedures.216.940Definitions for KRS 216.940 to 216.945.216.941License or certificate requirements for voluntary provision of health care -- Registration -- Availability of information -- Report.216.942Exemption from display of license or certification.216.943Legislative findings.216.945Short title for KRS 216.940 to 216.945.