KRS 309.325: Definitions for KRS 309.325 to 309.339.

As used in KRS 309.325 to 309.339, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators;

(2) "Diabetes education" means a comprehensive collaborative process through which

people with or at risk for dia betes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify

behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions;

(3) "Licensed diabetes educator" means a health care professional who has met the

requirements of KRS 309.335, 309.337, and 3 09.339 and who focuses on training

or educating people with or at risk for diabetes and related conditions to change

their behavior to achieve better clinical outcomes and improved health status. The

nondiabetes educator health professional and the nonheal th-care professional who

provide or support health care services to individuals with diabetes as defined by the

American Association of Diabetes Educators, Competencies for Diabetes

Educators, shall work under the direction of a qualified diabetes care provider;

(4) "Practice of diabetes education" means assessing and developing a plan of care for a

person with or at risk of diabetes, identifying self -management goals for the person,

providing self -management training according to the plan, evaluating the

individual's outcome and recording a complete record of the individual's experience

and follow-ups;

(5) "Apprentice diabetes educator" means a person who holds a permit issued by the

board to practice diabetes education who meets the requirements of KRS 309 .334

and the corresponding administrative regulations promulgated by the board; and

(6) "Master licensed diabetes educator" means a licensed diabetes educator who has

successfully completed the credentialing program of the American Association of

Diabetes Educators or the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators as a

certified diabetes educator or a board-certified advanced diabetes manager.