209.550 Definitions for KRS 209.550 to 209.554. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 209.550 Definitions for KRS 209.550 to 209.554. As used in KRS 209.550 to 209.554, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department;
(2) "Department" means the Department for Public Health;
(3) "Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's health care provider that indicates the date and place the individual received the influenza vaccine or the
pneumococcal vaccine; (4) "Employee" means an individual who is employed, directly or by contract, with another entity, on a part-time or full-time basis; (5) "Medically contraindicated" describes a situation in which the influenza or pneumococcal vaccine should not be administered to an individual because of a
condition that the individual has that will be detrimental to the individual's health if
the individual receives the vaccine; and (6) "Long-term care facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216.510, except that for purposes of KRS 209.550 to 209.554, "long-term care facility" does not include
family-care homes or personal-care homes. Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.