209.550 Definitions for KRS 209.550 to 209.554.

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As used in KRS 209.550 to 209.554, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department;

(2)"Department" means the Department for Public Health;

(3)"Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's health care provider

that indicates the date and place the individual received the influenza vaccine or the

pneumococcal vaccine;

(4)"Employee" means an individual who is employed, directly or by contract, with

another entity, on a part-time or full-time basis;

(5)"Medically contraindicated" describes a situation in which the influenza or

pneumococcal vaccine should not be administered to an individual because of a

condition that the individual has that will be detrimental to the individual's health if

the individual receives the vaccine; and

(6)"Long-term care facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216.510, except that for

purposes of KRS 209.550 to 209.554, "long-term care facility" does not include

family-care homes or personal-care homes.