KRS 211.185: Definitions for KRS 211.185 to 211.187.

As used in KRS 211.185 to 211.187:

(1) "Agency" means a local health department established in any county in the

Commonwealth pursuant to KRS Chapter 212, including a health department in a

county containing a city of the first class, a health department in a county with a

consolidated local government, an urban -county health department, an independent

district health department, or a district health department;

(2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department for Pub lic Health

within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(4) "Core public health programs" means all foundational public health programs as

defined in this section and services that may include but are not limited to the

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

provided by the federal Food and Nutrition Service, the Health Access Nurturing

Development Services (HANDS) program established in KRS 211.690, and

substance use disorder harm reduction services;

(5) "Department" means the Department for Public Health within the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services;

(6) "Foundational public health programs" means those services required by the

Kentucky Revised Statutes, including but not limited to activities and service

programs that prevent and mitigate disease, protect people from injury, promote

healthy lifestyles across all environments, promote population health services,

enforce Kentucky administrative regulations, ensure emergency preparedness and

response, monitor a nd mitigate communicable disease, and provide the

administrative and organizational infrastructure to deliver services;

(7) "Foundational public health service provider" means an individual who is employed

by an agency that provides a foundational public health program service;

(8) "Harm reduction services" means a comprehensive set of public health strategies

intended to reduce the negative impact of substance use disorders;

(9) "Local public health priorities" means services not included in core public he alth

programs as defined in this section that are identified through a needs assessment as

priorities of an agency through a process established in administrative regulations;

and

(10) "Population health services" means the development and support of polic ies and

practices to address, change, and improve health outcomes through community

education and partnership development.