214.620 Planning for implementation of professional education requirement -- Information and education requirements for certain groups. - Kentucky Statutes

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214.620 Planning for implementation of professional education requirement -- Information and education requirements for certain groups. (1) The boards of the professions in KRS Chapter 311A and KRS 311.450, 311.571, 311.601, 312.085, 312.175, 313.030, 313.035, 313.040, 313.045, 314.041, 314.042,
314.051, 314.073, 315.050, 315.065, 320.250, 320.280, 327.050, 333.100, 333.190,
335.080, 335.090, 335.100, and 335.150, and the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services shall begin planning for the implementation of those sections listed above
which require, as a part of initial licensure or certification, applicants for certain
specified professions to complete an educational course on the transmission,
control, treatment, and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome. The planning shall include collecting information
from the facilities and programs which educate and train the licensed professionals
affected by the licensure requirements of those sections listed above and shall also
include developing administrative regulations for the implementation of the
licensure requirements. (2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop, if requested by a licensing board or certifying entity, instructional material on the human
immunodeficiency virus, including information related to methods of transmission,
education, and infection control. The materials developed under this section shall be
provided to persons licensed under KRS Chapters 317 and 317A. Costs of
production and distribution of the instructional materials shall be wholly assumed
from the fees assessed by the licensing boards which regulate the professionals who
are provided with educational materials under this section. To expeditiously and
economically develop, produce, and distribute the instructional material required
under this section, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall consult with the
professional associations of professions to determine whether suitable instructional
materials already exist that may be lawfully reproduced or reprinted. (3) The Cabinet for Human Resources shall require that, by July 1, 1992, all employees of health facilities defined in KRS 216B.015 shall have completed an educational
course on the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with an
emphasis on appropriate behavior and attitude change except for those employees
who shall have completed such a course as required for their professional licensure
or upon evidence that the employee received such a course from another health
facility where the employee was previously employed. (4) Information on the human immunodeficiency virus infection shall be presented to any person who receives treatment at any hospital, however named, skilled-nursing
facilities, primary-care centers, rural health clinics, outpatient clinics, ambulatory-
care facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, and emergency-care centers licensed
pursuant to KRS Chapter 216B. The information shall include but not be limited to
methods of transmission and prevention and appropriate behavior and attitude
change. (5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the licensing board or certifying entity of any profession required to complete the course described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall have the discretion to develop and approve
its own instructional course to be required for the profession under the jurisdiction
of the respective licensing board or certifying entity. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 20, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 466, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts
ch. 211, sec. 49, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 3,
effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 413, effective July
15, 1998. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 30, effective July 13, 1990. Legislative Research Commission Note (2/22/94). To facilitate use, the listing of statutes in subsection (1) of this statute has been rearranged in numerical order. A
duplicated reference to KRS 327.050 has been eliminated.