164.891 Definitions for KRS 164.890 to 164.895. - Kentucky Statutes

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164.891 Definitions for KRS 164.890 to 164.895. (1) "Basic coverage compensation fund" means the fund which may be established by the University of Louisville for the purpose of paying claims or judgments for
personal injury or death to patients resulting from any tort or breach of duty based
on health care services rendered or which should have been rendered by the
university or its agents. This fund shall also include all contributions, annual
contributions made to the fund by the university together with such income as may
be received from time to time from the investment of the funds in said fund by the
secretary. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
(3) "Agents" means members of the board of trustees of the university, the board of directors of its hospital, its faculty, hospital staff nurses, nurses aides, volunteer
workers, employees and students, including residents and interns, and all other
persons involved in furnishing health care within the scope of their duties or courses
of study in connection with the University of Louisville. Employed physicians and
dentists are agents of the university and within the scope of their duties when
rendering professional services in emergencies and other special circumstances so
long as such services do not constitute private practice outside the university
hospital upon patients not involved in teaching or research and for which the
physician or dentist derives income. (4) "University" means the University of Louisville.
(5) "Excess coverage fund" means the funds that may be made available through appropriations made by the General Assembly to pay judgments hereunder upon
exhaustion of the basic coverage compensation fund. Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 2.