KRS 164.0401: Definitions for KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407.

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 therap ist 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 pur suant 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;

(m) A dietitian license or nutritionist certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chap ter

310; and

(n) A speech -language pathology or audiology license issued pursuant to KRS

Chapter 334A;

(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 tra ining 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).