CHAPTER 216B. LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES  


010. Legislative findings and purposes.
015. Definitions for chapter.
017. Health facility not to discriminate against physician on basis of degree in medicine or osteopathy.
020. Certificate of need -- Exemptions -- Requirements for issuance of certificate of need.
021. Authorization for two 120-bed nursing homes in western and eastern Kentucky.
025. Commission of Health Economics Control in Kentucky.
030. Principal office of commission.
035. Administrative staff assistance -- Records -- Oaths.
040. Functions of cabinet in administering chapter -- Regulatory authority.
0415. Jurisdiction of State Board of Medical Licensure over physician's acting as medical director for an ambulance service.
0417. Jurisdiction of State Board of Nursing over registered nurse practicing with an ambulance service.
042. Licenses -- Authority to enter upon premises -- Authority for administrative regulations.
0422. Hospital's outpatient health facility -- Licensure and certificate-of-need requirements.
0425. Primary stroke center designation for acute care hospitals.
0431. Licensing and procedures for abortion facilities -- Administrative regulations.
0435. Requirement of written agreements between abortion facility and acute-care hospital and ambulance service.
0441. Cabinet to license and regulate adult day care health programs.
0443. Administrative regulations on adult day health care.
0445. Outpatient health facility operated by hospital -- Licensure -- Certificate of need.
045. Actions of cabinet to be in writing and of record.
050. Enforcement powers of cabinet.
055. Notice of decisions and orders of cabinet.
060. Repealed, 1982. [Repealed]
061. Actions requiring certificates of need -- Prohibitions against dividing projects to evade expenditure minimums and against ex parte contacts -- Ambulatory surgical centers.
0615. Prohibition against transferring a certificate of need -- Penalty.
062. Timetable for submission of application for certificate of need to be established by administrative regulation -- Review procedure.
065. Notification of intent to acquire facility or equipment -- Conditions requiring a certificate of need for acquisition.
066. Cabinet to be notified prior to acquiring certain major medical equipment, a health service is offered, or a capital expenditure is made or obligated -- Certificate of need may be required.
070. Repealed, 1990. [Repealed]
071. Long-term care facilities for patients with Alzheimer's disease exempt from certificate of need.
072. Training for staff of long-term care facilities treating persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
075. Administrative regulations governing application and review procedures to be promulgated.
080. Repealed, 1982. [Repealed]
085. Hearing procedures -- Notification of cabinet's decisions -- Appeals.
086. Revocation of certificate of need -- Hearings -- Prohibition against ex parte contacts.
090. Reconsideration of cabinet's decisions.
095. Nonsubstantive review of application.
100. Repealed, 1982. [Repealed]
105. License procedure -- Hearings -- Decisions of cabinet to be in writing and of record.
107. Repealed, 1996 [Repealed]
110. Repealed, 1982. [Repealed]
115. Appeal to Franklin Circuit Court.
120. Judicial appeals -- Bonds -- Costs.
125. Civil action for judicial enforcement of chapter.
130. Expenditure minimums or limits to be adjusted annually.
131. Use of moneys.
135. Creation of Task Force on Health Care Cost and Quality.
140. Licensed hospitals to provide services for child sexual abuse victims.
145. Repealed, 1996. [Repealed]
150. Badge or insignia for hospital employees.
155. Development of quality assurance standards for health care facilities.
160. Requirement for a care delivery model based on patient needs for licensed health care facilities and services.
165. Duty to report quality of care and safety problems -- Investigation and report -- Prohibition against retaliation.
170. Identification requirement for persons dealing with patients.
175. Services by a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse for patient admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospital -- Transferability of history and physical examination to another licensed level of care within same hospital -- Administrative regulations.
176. School-based health care programs provided by not-for-profit primary care centers.
177. Moratorium -- Establishment of additional satellite school-based health care programs.
180. Certificate of need not required for respite-service beds in intermediate-care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability.
182. Conversion of licensed nursing home beds to licensed intermediate care facility beds between July 1, 2004, and September 1, 2005.
185. Accreditation as evidence of compliance with licensing requirements -- Exemption from inspection -- Fees -- Submission of building plans -- Standards for licensure.
190. Newborn infant -- Treatment when identity of parents is unknown -- Immunity from liability -- Anonymity of person leaving infant -- Emergency custody order -- Materials for health and medical information.
195. Residential hospice facilities -- Automated pharmacy system.
Itemized Statement of Charges
250. Health facility to furnish itemized statement of charges on request of paying patient.
Boarding Homes
300. Definitions for KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 and KRS 216B.990(5).
303. Rights of residents of boarding homes.
305. Registration of boarding home -- Standards for operation -- Unannounced inspection -- Denial of registration -- Access by cabinet employees and agents -- No preemption of local authority for stricter requirements.
306. Procedures, remedies, and penalties for operation of boarding home without registration.
310. Listing of boarding homes to be maintained.
315. Student housing not included in KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320.
320. KRS 216B.300 to 216B.320 not applicable to boarding home regulated by federal government.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
330. Administrative regulations.
332. Requirements for certificate of compliance -- Assessment of residents in nursing home beds -- Limitations upon admission to nursing home beds -- Move-out notice and alternative living arrangements -- Certificate of need not required to provide home health services to on-campus residents.
335. Repealed, 2012. [Repealed]
339. Monitoring of establishment of nursing home beds -- Collection of data -- Secretary's report to General Assembly.
Emergency Care
400. Emergency care -- Examination services for victims of sexual offenses -- Examination expenses paid by Crime Victims' Compensation Board -- Reporting to law enforcement -- Examination samples as evidence.
405. Course on recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma to be given by urgent treatment facility and urgent care facility.
410. Repealed, 2002. [Repealed]
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
450. Definitions for KRS 216B.450, 216B.455, and 261B.457.
455. Certificate-of-need requirement for Level I psychiatric residential treatment facilities -- Licensure -- Certification -- Restriction on location -- Restriction on number of beds -- Care and services for persons discharged from Level I and Level II facilities.
457. Certificate-of-need requirement for Level II psychiatric residential treatment facilities -- Beds and locations permitted -- Contents of certificate application -- Criteria -- Staffing requirements -- Criminal records check -- Treatment plan -- Duties of Level II facility -- Administrative regulations -- Annual report.
459. Medicaid reimbursement.
Penalties
990. Penalties.