197.280 Definitions for section -- Restrictions on providing cosmetic service or
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elective procedure to inmates -- Exceptions.
(1)As used in this section:
(a)"Cosmetic service or elective procedure" means any procedure, treatment, or
surgery to enhance or alter the appearance of any area of the head, neck, and
body, including but not limited to:
1. Prescribing or administering cross-sex hormones in amounts greater
than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy person of
the same age and sex; and
2. Performing any gender reassignment surgery to alter or remove physical
or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for a person’s
sex in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical
characteristics that resemble a different sex;
(b)"Public funds" means any money, regardless of the original source of the
money, of:
1. The Commonwealth of Kentucky or any department, agency, or
instrumentality thereof;
2. Any county, city, local school district, or special district, or any
department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; and
3. Any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth or any
department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; and
(c)"Sex" means the biological indication of male and female as evidenced by sex
chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous
internal and external genitalia present at birth.
(2)Except as provided in subsection
(3)of this section, public funds shall not be
directly or indirectly used, granted, paid, or distributed for the purpose of providing
a cosmetic service or elective procedure to an inmate in a correctional facility.
(3)If a health care provider has initiated a course of treatment for an inmate that
includes the prescription or administration of any drug or medication for a cosmetic
service or elective procedure and the health care provider determines and
documents in the inmate’s medical record that immediately terminating use of the
drug or medication would cause physical harm to the inmate, the health care
provider may institute a period during which the inmate’s use of the drug or
hormone is systematically reduced and eliminated.