{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-164.0401","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 164.0401","heading":"Definitions for KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407.","body":"For the purposes of KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407:\n(1) \"Council\" means the Council on Postsecondary Education;\n(2) \"Dedicated funds\" means a gift, grant, or donation to the fund that is subject to\nrestrictions imposed by a private grantor under KRS 164.0401 to 164.0407;\n(3) \"Eligible healthcare credential\" means:\n(a) An alcohol and drug counselor license, clinical alcohol and drug counselor\nlicense, clinical alcohol and drug counselor associate license, professional art\ntherapist license, professional art therap ist associate license, or community\nhealth worker certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 309;\n(b) Any emergency medical services license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS\nChapter 311A;\n(c) Any medical imaging, radiation, or other license issued pur suant to KRS\nChapter 311B;\n(d) A dental hygienist or dental assistant license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter\n313;\n(e) Any nursing license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 314 or\nregistration as a state registered nursing aide with the Kentucky  Board of\nNursing;\n(f) A respiratory care practitioner certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter\n314A;\n(g) Any psychology license or certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319;\n(h) Any occupational therapy license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319A;\n(i) Any behavior analyst license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 319C;\n(j) Any physical therapy certificate or license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter\n327;\n(k) Any social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor\ncertificate or license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 335;\n(l) A physician assistant license issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 311;\n(m) A dietitian license or nutritionist certificate issued pursuant to KRS Chap ter\n310; and\n(n) A speech -language pathology or audiology license issued pursuant to KRS\nChapter 334A;\n(4) \"Grantor\" means an individual or an entity that gifts, grants, or donates moneys to\nthe Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund established in KRS 164.0402;\n(5) \"Healthcare partner\" means a grantor to the Kentucky healthcare workforce\ninvestment fund that is:\n(a) A healthcare provider as defined in KRS 367.4081;\n(b) A healthcare facility licensed by and operating in Kentucky;\n(c) A qualified mental health professional as defined in KRS 202A.011; or\n(d) Any healthcare or healthcare -related association, individual, or corporation\ndoing business in and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth;\n(6) \"Healthcare program\" means an education or tra ining program that is a specific\nrequirement to an eligible healthcare credential, including but not limited to a high\nschool healthcare vocational program;\n(7) \"Historically underserved county\" means a county of the Commonwealth with\nenhanced workforce demands, as demonstrated by:\n(a) Objective healthcare workforce data that demonstrates needs and demands\nupon its healthcare workforce that exceed the statewide average; and\n(b) Final unemployment figures calculated by the Department of Workforce\nDevelopment demonstrating a countywide rate of unemployment that exceeds\nthe statewide unemployment rate of the Commonwealth:\n1. In the most recent five (5) consecutive calendar years; or\n2. By two hundred percent (200%) in the most recent calendar year; and\n(8) \"Kentucky resident\" is a Kentucky resident as defined by the council pursuant to\nKRS 164.020(8).","path":["KRS Chapter 164"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57267","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:14Z","sha256":"098be607c9df73947423b176d77ae8a79dabbc660d96142b686a64ebc9e435f5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-164.040","next":"us-ky/krs-164.0402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}