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KRS 216.701

Definitions for chapter

Known as the Kentucky Charitable Health Care Services Act

The act spans §§ 216–216 (237 sections).

Effective: June 29, 2023 History: Created 2023 Ky

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Health care worker" means any person, whether licensed or unlicensed, temporarily or permanently employed by, volunteering in, or under contract with a health facility, who has direct contact with a patient of the health facility for purposes of either medical care or emergency response situations potentially involving violence;

(2) "Health facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216B.015;

(3) "Workplace" means any property that is owned or leased by the health facility at which the official business of the health care worker is conducted;

(4) "Workplace safety" means the process of protecting health care workers' physical well-being from workplace violence; and (5) "Workplace violence" means any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the workplace.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.