KRS 39A.356: Operation of emergency system for advanced registration of volunteer

health practitioners -- Relationship between Cabinet for Health and Family

Services and other organizations -- Funding.

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall operate t he emergency system for

advanced registration of volunteer health practitioners. The system shall:

(a) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before

or during an emergency;

(b) Include information about the licensure and good standing of health

practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons; and

(c) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a

health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services are

provided under KRS 39A.350 to 39A.366.

(2) The following organizations may maintain a list consisting of trained and equipped

emergency response, public health, and medical personnel:

(a) Local units formed under Section 300hh of Title 42 of the United States Code;

(b) Disaster relief organizations;

(c) Licensing boards;

(d) National or regional associations of licensing boards of health practitioners;

(e) Health facilities that provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health -

care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or

(f) Governmental entities.

(3) The organizations listed in subsection (2) of this section shall develop a

collaborative relationship with the cabinet for the purposes of KRS 39A.350 to

39A.366 and for the purposes of being reco gnized by the cabinet as a voluntary

response resource.

(4) The cabinet may receive state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and any

other public or private funds to establish or maintain the registration system

established in subsection (1) of this section.

(5) While an emergency declaration is in effect, representatives of the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health

practitioners utilized in this state are registered with the registration sys tem that

complies with subsection (1) of this section. Confirmation is limited to obtaining

identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system

indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.

(6) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (2) of this

section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system

located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health

practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.