164.0401 Definitions for KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407.
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For the purposes of KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407:
(1)"Council" means the Council on Postsecondary Education;
(2)"Dedicated funds" means a gift, grant, or donation to the fund that is subject to
restrictions imposed by a private grantor under KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407;
(3)"Eligible healthcare credential" means:
(a)An alcohol and drug counselor license, clinical alcohol and drug counselor
license, clinical alcohol and drug counselor associate license, professional art
therapist license, professional art therapist associate license, or community
health worker certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 309;
(b)Any emergency medical services license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS
Chapter 311A;
(c)Any medical imaging, radiation, or other license issued pursuant to KRS
Chapter 311B;
(d)A dental hygienist or dental assistant license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter
313;
(e)Any nursing license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 314 or
registration as a state registered nursing aide with the Kentucky Board of
Nursing;
(f)A respiratory care practitioner certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter
314A;
(g)Any psychology license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319;
(h)Any occupational therapy license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319A;
(i)Any behavior analyst license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319C;
(j)Any physical therapy certificate or license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter
327;
(k)Any social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor
certificate or license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 335;
(l)A physician assistant license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 311; and
(m)A dietitian license or nutritionist certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter
310;
(4)"Grantor" means an individual or an entity that gifts, grants, or donates moneys to
the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund established in KRS 164.0402;
(5)"Healthcare partner" means a grantor to the Kentucky healthcare workforce
investment fund that is:
(a)A healthcare provider as defined in KRS 367.4081;
(b)A healthcare facility licensed by and operating in Kentucky;
(c)A qualified mental health professional as defined in KRS 202A.011; or
(d)Any healthcare or healthcare-related association, individual, or corporation
doing business in and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth;
(6)"Healthcare program" means an education or training program that is a specific
requirement to an eligible healthcare credential, including but not limited to a high
school healthcare vocational program;
(7)"Historically underserved county" means a county of the Commonwealth with
enhanced workforce demands, as demonstrated by:
(a)Objective healthcare workforce data that demonstrates needs and demands
upon its healthcare workforce that exceed the statewide average; and
(b)Final unemployment figures calculated by the Department of Workforce
Development demonstrating a countywide rate of unemployment that exceeds
the statewide unemployment rate of the Commonwealth:
1. In the most recent five
(5)consecutive calendar years; or
2. By two hundred percent (200%) in the most recent calendar year; and
(8)"Kentucky resident" is a Kentucky resident as defined by the council pursuant to
KRS 164.020(8).