There shall be a Kentucky Board of Licensure for Long-term Care Administrators located within the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative and budgetary purposes. The board shall be composed of ten (10) members. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or his or her designee, shall be an ex officio member of the board. The other members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor. One (1) member shall be a practicing hospital administrator, to be appointed from a list of two (2) names submitted by the Kentucky Hospital Association. One (1) member shall be a practicing medical physician, to be appointed from a list of two (2) names submitted by the Kentucky State Medical Association. One (1) member shall be an educator in the field of allied health services. One (1) member shall be a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially interested in the practice or business regulated. One (1) member shall be a practicing long-term care administrator appointed from a list of two (2) names submitted by LeadingAge Kentucky. The other four (4) members shall be practicing long- term care administrators appointed from a list of two (2) names for each vacancy submitted by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities and duly licensed under this chapter. No person who has been disciplined in the previous five (5) years by the board, or by another state’s board of licensure governing the same profession, shall be appointed to the board.
Effective: July 12, 2012

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 216A.040

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 216A.010
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Long-term care administrator: means any individual responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of a licensed long-term care facility, or who in fact performs those functions, whether or not those functions are shared by one (1) or more other persons. See Kentucky Statutes 216A.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2012; and ch. 158, sec. 58, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 503, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 447, effective July 15, 1998.
— Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 206, sec. 2. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 83. — Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 4.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). This statute was amended by 2012
Ky. Acts chs. 129 and 158, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.