As used in KRS § 164.945 to KRS § 164.947, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) (a) “College” means any educational facility or institution maintained or conducted by any person, association, partnership, corporation, or trust and operating as an institute, junior college, college, university, or entity of whatever kind which awards a degree, diploma, or other statement of recognition purporting to indicate a level of collegiate attainment beyond secondary school graduation. This definition includes private colleges located in Kentucky, private colleges located outside of Kentucky but which operate in Kentucky, and public colleges located outside of Kentucky but which operate in Kentucky.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 164.945

  • Institution: means a university, college, community college, health technology center, vocational-technical school, technical institute, technical college, technology center, or the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
  • Public: means operated with state support. See Kentucky Statutes 164.001
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

(b) The term “college” does not include state-supported colleges and universities authorized by KRS § 164.100, 164.290, 164.580, and 164.810, nor does it include colleges licensed or approved for establishment and operation under the statutory authority given to the Kentucky Board of Barbering under KRS
317.430, the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology under KRS § 317A.030, the Kentucky Commission on Proprietary Education under KRS § 165A.340, or the State Board of Nursing under KRS § 314.121.
(2) “Degree” means any academic or honorary title of designation, mark, appellation, series of letters, numbers or words, such as, but not limited to, associate, bachelors, masters, doctorate, or fellow, which signifies, purports, or is generally taken to signify satisfactory completion of the requirements of an academic, educational, or professional program of study beyond the secondary school level.
(3) “Diploma” means a certificate, transcript, report, document, or title of designation, mark, appellation, series of letters, numbers, or words which signifies, purports, or is generally taken to signify attendance, progress, or achievement in an academic program.
Effective: March 30, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 30, effective March 30, 2018. — Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 22, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended 1992
Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 519, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 1.