KRS 211.470: Definitions for KRS 211.470 to 211.478.

As used in KRS 211.470 to 211.478:

(1) "Board" means the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board created pursuant to

KRS 211.472;

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

(3) "Traumatic brain injury" means a partial or total disabili ty caused by injury to the

central nervous system from physical trauma, damage to the central nervous system

from anoxia, hypoxic episodes, allergic conditions, toxic substances, or other acute

medical clinical incidents resulting in impaired cognitive abi lities or impaired

physical functioning. "Traumatic brain injury" does not include:

(a) Strokes that can be treated in nursing facilities providing routine rehabilitation

services;

(b) Spinal cord injuries for which there are no known or obvious injuries t o the

intracranial central nervous system;

(c) Progressive dementias and other mentally impairing conditions;

(d) Depression and psychiatric disorders in which there is no known or obvious

central nervous system damage;

(e) An intellectual disability and b irth defect related disorders of long standing

nature; or

(f) Neurological degenerative, metabolic, and other medical conditions of a

chronic, degenerative nature; and

(4) "Trust fund" means the traumatic brain injury trust fund created pursuant to KRS

211.476.