(1) The cabinet shall require and shall ensure that all brokers shall permit a person to request and receive human service transportation with less than the time notice established by administrative regulation for scheduling transportation services if the person’s physician submits verification to the broker that the person needs to be seen by the physician or another physician to whom the person is being referred for medical treatment. A broker who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be subject to his or her contract being revoked by the cabinet.
(2) The physician verification required under subsection (1) of this section may be transmitted in any of the following methods:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 281.876

  • Broker: means a person selected by the cabinet through a request for proposal process to coordinate human service transportation delivery within a specific delivery area. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Cabinet: means the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Permit: means a temporary permit of compliance issued under this chapter for a specified period not to exceed ten (10) days, and for a specific vehicle, to any motor carrier, including one who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth, who operates a motor vehicle and is not entitled to an exemption from the payment of fees imposed under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Subcontractor: means a person who has signed a contract with a broker to provide human service transportation delivery within a specific delivery area and who meets human service transportation delivery requirements, including proper operating authority. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(a) Oral verification over the telephone;
(b) Written verification transmitted electronically by computer or by facsimile; or
(c) Written verification delivered by the person directly to the broker or subcontractor.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 8, effective July 14, 2000.