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Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:025 - Kentucky electronic death registration system

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 213.076
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213 authorizes
				the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to regulate the registration of
				deaths in Kentucky. Pursuant to KRS 213.076(1), effective January 1, 2015, all
				certificates of death shall be filed with the cabinet using the Kentucky
				Electronic Death Registration System. KRS 213.021 requires the cabinet to
				promulgate administrative regulations to implement KRS Chapter 213. This
				administrative regulation establishes a uniform procedure for the filing of all
				certificates of death through the Kentucky Electronic Death Registration
				System.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Funeral director" is defined by KRS 316.010(8).
(2) "Kentucky
			 Electronic Death Registration System" or "KY-EDRS" means the system established
			 by the state registrar for accepting certificates of death through electronic
			 means.
(3) "Medical certifier"
			 means an individual authorized under KRS 213.076(5) to certify the cause of
			 death.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:040 - Verification of birth and death facts

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 213
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213 relating
				to Vital Statistics authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to regulate the
				registration of births and deaths in Kentucky. This administrative regulation
				authorizes the verification of certain items or facts appearing on birth and
				death certificates without charge where certified copies are not
				required.
Section 1. Verification of
			 Certain Facts Appearing on Birth and Death Certificates. The Director of Vital
			 Statistics of the Cabinet for Human Resources may issue a card or statement
			 verifying certain items or facts appearing on birth and death certificates to
			 governmental agencies without charge where certified copies are not
			 required.
Section 2. Local
			 registrars of vital statistics may issue verifications of births without charge
			 where certified copies are not required.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 194.050,
				  211.090
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:050 - Fees for searches, certified copies of certificates and records

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 213.141
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 213.141 directs the
				Cabinet for Health Services to prescribe fees, by administrative regulation for
				searches or for copies of the record of a birth, death, marriage or
				divorce.
Section 1. Fees for Searches
			 and for Certified Copies of Certificates and Records. The following fees shall
			 be charged for searches for and copies of records registered with the State
			 Registrar of Vital Statistics, Cabinet for Health Services:
RECORD
RECORD SEARCH AND CERTIFIED COPY
RECORD SEARCH AND NO COPY
Death
$6
$6
Marriage
$6
$6
Divorce
$6
$6
Birth
$10
$10
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 213.141, 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 549, part
				  I.A.41 (fee authority)
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:070 - Certificate of birth amended

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 213
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213 relating
				to Vital Statistics authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to regulate the
				registration of births in Kentucky. The purpose of this administrative
				regulation is to provide for uniform procedures for changing birth certificates
				of children born to mothers who are not married where a paternity affidavit is
				executed or where paternity is established by law or when a request is received
				to amend or correct an item on the birth certificate and who may apply for the
				change or amendment.
Section 1.
			 Paternity Affidavits. Paternity affidavits executed in accordance with KRS 213.046, 213.049, 213.071 or 213.121 may be on one (1) of the following forms:
(1) If no father is designated on the birth
			 certificate, the form VS-8 shall be used to declare paternity at any time after
			 the birth certificate has been registered and filed.
(2) If the mother is unmarried at the time of
			 the birth, the form VS-8B shall be completed at the request of both natural
			 parents at the time of birth. This form shall accompany the birth certificate
			 at the time of registration and filing.
(3) If the mother is married the form VS-8C
			 shall be used to delete a legally named father from the birth certificate and
			 affirm and acknowledge the natural father.
(4) Paternity forms VS-8, "Declaration of
			 Paternity" (2/91); VS-8B, "Paternity Affidavit" (7/92); and VS-8C, "Three
			 (3)-way Paternity Affidavit" (7/90); are incorporated by reference and may be
			 viewed or obtained at the Office of Vital Statistics, 275 E. Main Street,
			 Frankfort, KY 40621, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:080 - Delayed registration of deaths

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 213
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213 relating
				to Vital Statistics authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to register a
				delayed certificate of death. The purpose of this administrative regulation is
				to provide a uniform procedure for registering deaths which were not reported
				at the time of death in accordance with KRS 213.091.
Section 1. Delayed Registration of Deaths.
			 The registration of a death after the time prescribed by KRS 213.091 shall be
			 registered on the standard certificate of death form in the manner prescribed
			 below:
(1) If the attending physician or
			 coroner at the time of death and the attending funeral director or person who
			 acted as such are available to complete the certificate of death, it shall be
			 completed, filed with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and shall be
			 accompanied by one (1) item of documentary evidence as specified in subsection
			 (3) of this section.
(2) In the
			 absence of the attending physician or coroner and the funeral director or
			 person who acted as such, the certificate may be filed by the next of kin of
			 the deceased and shall be accompanied by:
(a)
			 An affidavit of the person filing the certificate swearing to the accuracy of
			 the information on the certificate; and
(b) Two (2) documents which identify the
			 deceased and the date and place of death.
(3) In all cases, the State Registrar of
			 Vital Statistics may require additional documentary evidence to prove the facts
			 of death such as the obituary from a newspaper, records from a funeral home
			 showing services rendered decedent, or a medical record.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:090 - Burial and disinterment of dead bodies

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 213
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213, relating
				to vital statistics, authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to regulate the
				disposal, and disinterment of dead bodies. The purpose of this administrative
				regulation is to establish uniform requirements for the interment, disinterment
				and reburial of dead bodies in Kentucky.
Section
			 1. Interment.
(1) Where the
			 disposition of the body is by burial and the outer container for the body is
			 made of concrete, metal, fiber glass, or other impervious material and it is
			 hermetically sealed, all parts of such container shall be buried to a depth of
			 at least two (2) feet below the level of the natural surface of the ground. All
			 other burials shall be at least three (3) feet below the level of the natural
			 surface of the ground measured from all parts of the outer container.
(2) Where impenetrable rock is encountered
			 the local health department may, upon proper application, grant a variance to
			 the depth of burial requirements of this administrative regulation.
(3) The depth of burial requirements of this
			 administrative regulation do not apply where interment is in a
			 mausoleum.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:100 - Cadavers

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 213
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213, relating
				to Vital Statistics, authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to regulate the
				transportation, disposal and interment of dead bodies and the use of dead
				bodies or parts thereof for educational and scientific purposes. The purpose of
				this administrative regulation is to regulate, except as otherwise provided by
				law, the transportation, use, disposal and interment of dead bodies brought
				into this state from another state for educational or scientific
				purposes.
Section 1. Approval Required
			 for Importation of Dead Body Into State for Educational or Scientific Purposes;
			 Exceptions.
(1) Except as otherwise authorized
			 by subsection (6) of this section, no person shall transport into this state, a
			 dead body or part thereof, for educational or scientific purposes without first
			 obtaining the prior approval of the Cabinet for Human Resources.
(2) An applicant desiring to transport a dead
			 body or part thereof into this state for educational or scientific purposes
			 shall file a notarized application with the cabinet setting forth the proposed
			 use, need, qualifications of personnel and adequacy of equipment and
			 facilities.
(3) Upon receipt of the
			 notarized application the cabinet shall cause an investigation to be made to
			 determine the proposed use, need, qualifications of personnel and the adequacy
			 of equipment and facilities.
(4)
			 The Secretary for Human Resources shall, on the basis of his investigation,
			 either grant or deny the application. In the event the application is approved,
			 the secretary shall in accordance with KRS 311.310 require the applicant to
			 post a bond in the sum of $1,000 conditioned upon compliance with the terms of
			 this administrative regulation and the lawful use and disposition of any dead
			 bodies or parts thereof that may be received by the applicant.
(5) After the use of the dead bodies or parts
			 thereof has been completed as approved by the cabinet, such bodies or parts
			 thereof shall be disposed of as set forth in the approved application, or as
			 otherwise authorized by law. A special transit permit shall be obtained for the
			 transportation of such dead bodies or parts thereof from the Cabinet for Human
			 Resources.
(6) This administrative
			 regulation shall not restrict the importation and use of dead bodies for
			 educational or scientific purposes by any state publicly funded, accredited
			 medical school located in Kentucky, nor the importation and use of any dead
			 body or part thereof, the donation of which was made pursuant to the Kentucky
			 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, KRS 311.165 to 311.247, or as may be otherwise
			 authorized by law.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:120 - Abortion reporting

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 213.101, 213.106, 213.172, 311.595, 311.720,
				311.774, 311.781, 311.782, 311.783
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 194A.050(1) requires
				the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to protect, develop, and maintain the
				health, personal dignity, integrity, and sufficiency of Kentucky citizens and
				to operate programs and fulfill the responsibilities vested in the cabinet. KRS 213.101(1) requires each abortion that occurs in the commonwealth to be
				reported to the Office of Vital Statistics. KRS 213.101(10) requires the Office
				of Vital Statistics to promulgate administrative regulations to assist in
				compliance with that statute. KRS 213.172(1) requires that each prescription
				dispensed for which the primary indication is the induction of abortion be
				reported to the Vital Statistics Branch within three (3) days after the end of
				the month in which the prescription was dispensed. This administrative
				regulation establishes the reporting criteria for abortions.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Abortion" is defined by KRS 311.720(1).
(2) "Probable
			 post-fertilization age" is defined by KRS 311.781(6).
(3) "Reasonable medical judgment" is defined
			 by KRS 311.781(7).
(4) "Serious
			 risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function"
			 is defined by KRS 311.781(8).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:130 - Certificate of abortion

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 213.011, 213.096
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 194A.050(1) requires
				the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet. KRS 213.096(4) requires a person in
				charge of an institution or that person's designated representative to complete
				a certificate of an abortion if requested by the patient. This administrative
				regulation establishes the process for requesting a certificate of an abortion
				and incorporates by reference the certificate worksheet form.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Abortion" is defined by KRS 213.011(1).
(2) "Fetal death" is
			 defined by KRS 213.011(4).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 901 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Vital Statistics › Section 901 KAR 5:140 - Permit to transport fetal remains

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 213.098, 213.991, 311.732
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 194A.050(1) requires
				the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet. KRS 213.098(3) requires the cabinet to
				design the form to document the age of the parent or parents of the fetal
				remains, the status of the fetal remains resulting from an abortion for the
				purpose of cremation that meet the requirements for a birth-death, provisional
				death, or death certificate for transport or cremation, the designation of how
				the fetal remains shall be disposed and who shall be responsible for final
				disposition, any additional information required by the cabinet, and to
				incorporate the form in an administrative regulation. This administrative
				regulation establishes the process to request a permit to transport fetal
				remains and incorporates by reference the permit request form.
Section 1. Definition.
(1) "Fetal remains" is defined by KRS 213.098(1).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 1 - Administration › Section 902 KAR 1:400 - Administrative hearings

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 211.180, 211.190, 211.210,
				211.357, 211.360, 211.760, 211.844, 211.870, 211.925, 211.964, 212.170,
				212.210, 212.230, 212.620, 212.627, 216.920, 217.075, 217.126, 217.809,
				217.950, 217C.040, 217C.050, 219.031, 219.370, 223.070, 7 C.F.R. 246
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Executive Order 96-862,
				effective July 2, 1996, reorganizes the Cabinet for Human Resources and places
				the Department for Public Health with the Cabinet for Health Services. KRS
				Chapter 13B establishes a uniform procedure to be followed by administrative
				agencies in conducting agency hearings. The function of this administrative
				regulation is to establish, consistent with the requirements of KRS Chapter
				13B, the procedures to be followed by the Department for Public Health in
				hearing appeals of actions taken under the public health laws of the
				Commonwealth.
Section 1. Scheduling the
			 Conference.
(1) The Department for Public
			 Health shall provide the opportunity for a conference to any regulated entity
			 aggrieved by any action of the Department for Public Health by issuing a notice
			 of proposed action by letter or by use of Form DFS-214.
(2) The notice of action by the department
			 shall contain:
(a) A description of the
			 proposed action or action taken;
(b) The reasons for the action;
(c) The statutory or regulatory authority by
			 which action is taken; and
(d) An
			 explanation of the right to a conference if requested within ten (10) days of
			 the date of mailing by letter or by use of Form DFS-212.
(e) Notice of conference time, date and place
			 shall be made by letter to the requester's last known address or by use of Form
			 DFS-213.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:030 - Inspections and control procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180,
				214.010,
				214.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				211.180 mandates the Cabinet for Human
				Resources to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention and
				control of communicable diseases. This administrative regulation insures
				delineation of authority and responsibility for proper investigation and
				control of communicable diseases throughout the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Community Control Procedures.
(1) Inspections. Authorized local health
			 department or Cabinet for Human Resources personnel shall inspect any premises
			 that they have reasonable grounds to believe are in a condition conducive to
			 the spread of any communicable disease.
(2) Control procedures. Local health
			 departments or the Cabinet for Human Resources shall:
(a) Make or cause to be made such
			 investigations as may be necessary for the purpose of securing data regarding
			 clinical diagnosis, reservoir, and time, place and source of infection and
			 contacts.
(b) Establish and
			 maintain quarantine, isolation or other measures as required by law or by
			 administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Human Resources relating to
			 communicable disease control.
(c)
			 Provide, or cause to be provided, for the instruction of persons affected and
			 their attendants in the proper methods of such concurrent and terminal
			 disinfection as may be required by the Cabinet for Human Resources or local
			 board of health having jurisdiction.
(d) Afford all contacts of persons suffering
			 from those diseases for which there is a reliable and approved means of
			 immunization the opportunity to be immunized.
(e) Make inquiry or investigation to see that
			 control measures are being properly observed during the period of
			 communicability.
(f) Introduce such
			 other measures, not inconsistent with law or the administrative regulations of
			 the Cabinet for Human Resources and the local board of health having
			 jurisdiction, as are necessary because of widespread infection or threatened
			 epidemic.
(3) Uncertain
			 diagnosis. Whenever a case of unrecognized illness shall be reported to, or
			 otherwise brought to the attention of the local health department or Cabinet
			 for Human Resources which upon investigation presents symptoms of a
			 communicable disease but in which sufficient time has not elapsed to render a
			 positive diagnosis, the local health department or the Cabinet for Human
			 Resources may establish the control measures applicable in actual cases of the
			 suspected communicable disease, until such time as a positive diagnosis can be
			 established. If the disease proves to be noncommunicable the temporary control
			 measures shall be terminated at once.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:040 - Surveillance and screening of carriers and selected groups

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180,
				214.010,
				214.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				211.180 mandates the Cabinet for Human
				Resources to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention and
				control of communicable diseases. This administrative regulation insures that
				selected individuals and groups who serve as potential sources of certain
				communicable diseases are under proper medical surveillance in order to prevent
				outbreaks of such diseases among their contacts.
Section 1. Carriers. Any person who is a
			 carrier of the infectious agents of cholera, amoebic dysentery, bacillary
			 dysentery, diphtheria, typhoid, paratyphoid fever shall be subject to
			 supervision of the local health department or Cabinet for Human Resources, as
			 provided by
			 902 KAR
			 2:050. Every physician and local health department
			 shall report such carriers immediately to the Cabinet for Human
			 Resources.
Section 2. Selected
			 Groups. The Cabinet for Human Resources or individual local health departments
			 may require periodic medical examinations for selected occupational groups
			 including barbers, beauticians, school teachers and employees, and others who
			 come into intimate contact with the public and potentially serve as sources of
			 infection.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
				  KRS 195.040,
				  211.090
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:050 - Control procedures; applications

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180,
				214.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				211.180 mandates the Cabinet for Human
				Resources to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention and
				control of communicable diseases. This regulation insures the application of
				control procedures necessary to prevent transmission of communicable diseases
				after the sources of infection are identified.
Section 1. Property. Whenever any private or
			 public property has been implicated as a possible reservoir or possible source
			 of infection of any communicable disease, the local health department or the
			 Cabinet for Human Resources shall take such measures as are necessary to secure
			 adequate cleaning, disinfection, or other control procedures necessary to
			 insure cessation of transmission.
Section
			 2. Persons. Whenever any person has been implicated as a possible
			 reservoir or possible source of infection of any communicable disease, the
			 local health department or the Cabinet for Human Resources shall employ such
			 measures as are necessary to secure adequate isolation, restriction of
			 employment or other control procedures that may be necessary to insure
			 cessation of transmission of infection.
Section
			 3. Corpses. Whenever any corpse has been implicated as a possible
			 reservoir or possible source of infection of any communicable disease, the
			 local health department or the Cabinet for Human Resources shall take such
			 measures as are necessary to insure cessation of transmission of
			 infection.
Section 4. Animals.
			 Whenever any wild or domestic animal or animal population has been implicated
			 as a possible reservoir or possible source of infection of any disease which is
			 communicable to humans, the local health department or the Cabinet for Human
			 Resources shall take such measures as are necessary to insure cessation of
			 transmission of infection.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
				  KRS 195.040,
				  211.090
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:055 - Immunization data reporting and exchange

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				158.035,
				158.037,
				211.090(3),
				45
				C.F.R. 164.512(b)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				211.180 requires the Cabinet for Health and
				Family Services to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention
				and control of communicable diseases.
				KRS
				214.034 requires public or private primary or
				secondary schools, day-care centers, certified family child-care homes, or any
				other licensed facility which cares for children to maintain a current
				immunization certificate on file for each child in attendance, unless exempted
				by
				KRS
				214.036. This administrative regulation
				establishes requirements for reporting immunization results in schools by the
				public health immunization reporting entity and permits recording and exchange
				of immunization data.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Public health immunization
			 reporting entity" means a:
(a) Health care
			 provider;
(b) Health
			 insurer;
(c) Public or private
			 kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school;
(d) Childcare facility;
(e) Preschool;
(f) Public or private postsecondary
			 educational institution; or
(g)
			 State or local health department.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:070 - Rabies control

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				258.005,
				258.015,
				258.035,
				258.043,
				258.085,
				258.990(1),
				(2)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations
				necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the responsibilities vested in
				the cabinet.
				KRS
				258.075 authorizes the secretary to
				administer the provisions of
				KRS
				258.005 to
				258.087
				through the local health departments and to promulgate administrative
				regulations necessary to effectuate a statewide rabies control program.
				KRS
				258.015 requires the cabinet to approve a
				vaccination certificate form.
				KRS
				258.043 authorizes a local health department
				to sponsor a mass rabies immunization clinic and to establish a reasonable fee
				to be charged to the owner of each dog, cat, or ferret vaccinated to help
				defray the cost of the clinic. This administrative regulation establishes
				uniform procedures for the diagnosis, prevention, and control of rabies, and
				for operating a mass rabies clinic.
Section
			 1. Brands and Types of Approved Vaccine. All brands and types of
			 antirabies vaccine approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and
			 administered in accordance with the manufacturers' instructions shall be
			 approved vaccines for the purpose of this administrative regulation.
Section 2. Vaccination Schedule. The
			 vaccination schedule for all dogs, cats, and ferrets shall be as established in
			 this section.
(1)
(a) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of
			 this subsection, all dogs, cats, and ferrets shall be vaccinated against rabies
			 by a veterinarian holding a valid Kentucky license.
(b) An individual permitted under Section 7
			 of this administrative regulation may vaccinate a dog owned by that
			 individual.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:080 - Sexually transmitted diseases

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180,
				214.010,
				214.160,
				214.170,
				214.185,
				214.420,
				42 U.S.C.
				263a
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				211.180 requires the Cabinet for Health and
				Family Services to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention
				and control of communicable diseases and to adopt regulations specifying the
				information required in and a minimum time period for reporting a sexually
				transmitted disease. This administrative regulation establishes uniform
				procedures for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of sexually
				transmitted diseases (STD).
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Certified or Accredited
			 laboratory" means a laboratory that has been:
(a) Issued a laboratory license from the
			 state of Kentucky; or
(b) Evaluated
			 and certified or accredited by one (1) of the following regulatory agencies:
1. The Joint Commission;
2. The College of American Pathologists
			 (CAP);
3. The Centers for Medicare
			 and Medicaid Services (CMS); or
4.
			 The Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA).
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:090 - Tuberculosis detection, prevention, and control

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180(1)(a), (c),
				214.034(2),
				215.520(1),
				(2), (4), (5), (8), (9),
				215.560
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				215.520 authorizes the Cabinet for Health
				Services to discharge all duties relating to all matters of tuberculosis
				control, including:
(1) clinical
			 services for either recalcitrant or drug resistant persons with active
			 tuberculosis;
(2) the facilitation
			 of tuberculosis programs in cooperation with the Department of
			 Education;
(3) the appraisal and
			 provision of services for persons with tuberculosis; and
(4) provision of direct assistance to local
			 health departments, and other organizations to assist them in education,
			 prevention, and treatment programs of tuberculosis control.
			 KRS
			 215.520(2) requires the
			 Cabinet for Health Services to promulgate administrative regulations to
			 implement statutes governing tuberculosis.
			 KRS
			 211.180(1)(a) requires the
			 Cabinet for Health Services to implement a statewide program for the detection,
			 prevention, and control of communicable diseases.
			 KRS
			 214.034(2) permits a local
			 health department, with the approval of the Department of Public Health, to
			 require tuberculosis testing of a first-time enrollee in a public or private
			 school within the jurisdiction of the local health department.
This administrative regulation establishes:
(1) requirements, forms, and procedures for
			 the testing of school children for tuberculosis by a local health department;
			 and
(2) testing and treatment of
			 persons diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Active
			 tuberculosis" is defined by
			 KRS
			 215.511(1).
(2) "Child" means an individual under
			 eighteen (18) years of age.
(3)
			 "Exception patient" means an individual with tuberculosis who has been
			 identified by a local health department with jurisdiction as an individual in
			 exceptional or infrequent circumstances.
(4) "Exceptional or infrequent circumstances"
			 means:
(a) Short-term hospitalization is
			 required for:
1. Invasive diagnostic
			 procedures;
2. Respiratory
			 isolation;
3. Management of
			 drug-resistant disease; or
4. Other
			 circumstances that a cabinet physician has determined require hospitalization
			 to detect, prevent, or control tuberculosis; or
(b) Pursuant to
			 KRS
			 215.560, security measures are
			 required.
(5) "First-time
			 enrollee" means a child who:
(a) Has never
			 attended school in Kentucky; and
(b) Is entering private of public school,
			 entry level through 12th grade, for the first time.
(6) "Isolates" is defined by
			 KRS
			 215.511(2).
(7) "Tuberculin skin test" means the
			 intradermal injection of five (5) tuberculin units of Purified Protein
			 Derivative (PPD) by the Mantoux technique.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:140 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test counseling

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.180
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: HB 425, enacted during the
				1990 Regular General Assembly, requires that each person providing post-test
				counseling to persons with positive HIV test results receives specialized
				training. This administrative regulation is promulgated to comply with HB
				425.
Section 1. Before functioning as a
			 counselor in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing site
			 under the auspices of the Cabinet for Human Resources, a person shall have
			 completed a training course approved by the Sexually Transmitted Disease
			 Section, Department for Health Services, which includes, but is not limited to,
			 the following:
(1) Medical overview of HIV
			 infection and disease;
(2)
			 Explanation of types of HIV tests and their interpretation;
(3) Review of risk factors for HIV infection
			 and how to prevent infection;
(4)
			 Instruction in counseling approach to a person seeking and/or needing HIV
			 testing;
(5) Instruction and roll
			 play in informing a person of a positive HIV test;
(6) Recognition of need for social services
			 and/or mental health referral, and instruction on how to make these
			 referrals;
(7) Instruction
			 regarding medical care referrals for a person with HIV, including tuberculosis
			 skin testing;
(8) Instruction
			 regarding partner notification services for persons with HIV; and
(9) Training emphasizing the need to assure a
			 complete, coordinated array of care for a person with HIV, and emphasizing the
			 need to view HIV as a chronic disease rather than a rapidly fatal
			 condition.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:030 - Newborn screening program

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				194A.050,
				211.090,
				211.180(1),
				214.155
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				214.155 requires the Cabinet for Health and
				Family Services to operate a newborn screening program for inborn errors of
				metabolism and other inherited and congenital disorders and conditions, and to
				establish a schedule of fees to cover the actual costs to the cabinet for the
				program. This administrative regulation requires that infants be tested for
				inborn errors of metabolism and other inherited and congenital disorders and
				conditions as specified in
				KRS
				214.155, and establishes the schedule of fees
				to cover actual costs of the newborn screening program. The selection of
				screened conditions is based upon the recommended uniform screening panel as
				authored by the American College of Medical Genetics and commissioned by the
				Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and
				Human Services.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Blood spot testing" means
			 laboratory testing that is performed on newborn infants to detect a wide
			 variety of inherited and congenital disorders and conditions by using a
			 laboratory-authorized filter paper specimen card.
(2) "Critical congenital heart disease" or
			 "CCHD" means an abnormality in the structure or function of the heart that
			 exists at birth and places an infant at significant risk of disability or death
			 if not diagnosed and treated soon after birth.
(3) "Diagnostic echocardiogram" means a test
			 that uses ultrasound to provide an image of the heart that is performed by a
			 technician trained to perform pediatric echocardiograms.
(4) "Laboratory" means the Division of
			 Laboratory Services within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,
			 Department for Public Health.
(5)
			 "Pediatric cardiologist" means a pediatrician that is board-certified to
			 provide pediatric cardiology care.
(6) "Program" means the Newborn Screening
			 Program for inherited and congenital disorders and conditions operated by the
			 Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health.
(7) "Pulse oximetry testing" means a
			 noninvasive test that estimates the percentage of hemoglobin in blood that is
			 saturated with oxygen.
(8)
			 "Submitter" means a hospital, primary care provider, health department,
			 birthing center, laboratory, or midwife submitting an infant's blood specimen
			 for the purpose of newborn screening.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:035 - Cost reimbursement for specialized food products

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				205.560(1)(c),
				213.141(2),
				304.17A-258,
				7
				C.F.R. 246.2,
				246.10
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet.
				KRS
				205.560(1)(c) requires the
				cabinet to cover the cost of products for the treatment of inborn errors of
				metabolism or genetic, gastrointestinal, and food allergic conditions,
				consisting of therapeutic food, formulas, supplements, amino acid-based
				elemental formula, or low-protein modified food products that are medically
				necessary and administered under the direction of a physician. This
				administrative regulation establishes the application and cost reimbursement
				procedures for specialized food products.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Amino
			 acid-based elemental formula" is defined by
			 KRS
			 304.17A-258(1)(c).
(2) "Low-protein modified food" is defined by
			 KRS
			 304.17A-258(1)(b).
(3) "Patient" means a person with one (1) or
			 more of the metabolic conditions listed in
			 KRS
			 205.560(1)(c).
(4) "Program" means the Kentucky Metabolic
			 Foods and Formulas program operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family
			 Services, Department for Public Health.
(5) "Specialized food product" means a
			 therapeutic food or formula, supplement, amino acid-based elemental formula, or
			 low-protein modified food product, which is medically indicated for therapeutic
			 treatment.
(6) "Uninsured patient"
			 means a patient who does not meet the criteria to receive Medicaid, K-CHIP,
			 Medicare, or WIC benefits, or whose private insurance coverage is exhausted or
			 denied.
(7) "Vendor" means an
			 individual or entity authorized to fill a prescription for specialized food
			 product for an uninsured patient.
(8) "WIC" is defined by
			 7
			 C.F.R. 246.2.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:110 - Abortion information

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				194A.030,
				211.090,
				211.180,
				311.720,
				311.725
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050 requires the cabinet to adopt
				administrative regulations necessary to protect and maintain the health,
				welfare, and personal dignity of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
				KRS
				311.725 requires the secretary of the cabinet
				to publish printed materials to inform the pregnant woman who is seeking an
				abortion the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the
				embryo or fetus at appropriate gestational increments, the public and private
				agencies and services to assist her through pregnancy, childbirth, and while
				the child is a dependent, the support obligations of the father of the child
				who is born alive, and the potential ability to reverse the effects of
				prescription drugs intended to induce abortion. This administrative regulation
				establishes the requirements for obtaining that information and incorporates by
				reference the publications required by
				KRS
				311.725(2).
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Cabinet" is defined by KAR
			 311.720(3).
(2) "Department" means
			 Department for Public Health.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:120 - Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				13B.080-13B.160,
				211.180,
				211.689
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet.
				KRS
				211.690 authorizes the Cabinet for Health and
				Family Services to implement a voluntary statewide home visitation program for
				the purpose of providing assistance to at-risk parents during the prenatal
				period until the child's third birthday. This administrative regulation
				establishes the eligibility criteria, services, provider qualifications, and
				hearing rights for participants of the Health Access Nurturing Development
				Services (HANDS) Program.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Department" means the
			 Department for Public Health or its designated representative.
(2) "Family support worker" means an employee
			 or subcontractor of the local implementing agency who visits participants and
			 performs services.
(3) "Local
			 implementing agency" means a local health department or a contracted agency
			 that agrees to participate as a HANDS provider and employ or contract with
			 staff that meet the qualifications specified in Section 3 of this
			 administrative regulation.
(4)
			 "Participant" means the parent and child enrolled in the HANDS program and
			 receiving HANDS services.
(5)
			 "Tele-service" means a home visitation service provided through video
			 communication with the HANDS provider, parent, and child present in real
			 time.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:130 - Healthy Start in Childcare Program

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 199.892-199.896
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				199.8945 authorizes the Cabinet for Health
				Services to implement a Healthy Start in Childcare Program for the purpose of
				improving the quality of care specific to health, safety and nutrition of
				children in childcare. This administrative regulation establishes the services
				provided by the Healthy Start in Childcare Program and the requirements for
				organizations and individuals that provide these services.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Childcare health consultant" means a
			 person who has successfully completed a training program approved by the
			 department based on the National Training Institute for Childcare Health
			 Consultants and who is minimally qualified as:
(a) An individual having a bachelor of arts
			 or bachelor of science degree from an accredited college or
			 university;
(b) A registered nurse;
			 or
(c) A public health
			 administrator/director.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 4 - Maternal and Child Health › Section 902 KAR 4:150 - Enhanced HANDS services in response to declared national or state public health emergency

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS 13B.080 -
				13B.160, 200.700, 211.090, 211.180, 211.689
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet.
				KRS
				211.690 authorizes the Cabinet for Health and
				Family Services to implement a voluntary statewide home visitation program for
				the purpose of providing assistance to at-risk parents. This administrative
				regulation establishes the provisions for providing home visitation through
				tele-service delivery methods if a national or state public health emergency
				has been declared.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Declared national or state
			 public health emergency" means a formal declaration by the President of the
			 United States or the Governor of Kentucky of an extraordinary event that is
			 determined to constitute a public health risk through the spread of
			 disease.
(2) "Tele-service" means a
			 home visitation service provided through telephone or video communication with
			 the HANDS provider, parent, and child present in real time.