{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216.313","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216.313","heading":"Definitions for KRS 216.310 to 216.360.","body":"As used in KRS 216.310 to 216.360:\n(1) \"Hospital\" means a place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of\nfacilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care, for more than twenty -four (24) hours,\nof two (2) or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury,\ndeformity, or a place including nursing and convalescent homes and all institutions\nfor the care of the sick, devoted primarily to providing, for more than twenty -four\n(24) hours, obstetrical or other medical or nursing care for two (2) or more\nnonrelated individuals;\n(2) \"District\" means hospital district;\n(3) \"Board\" means the governing body of a hospital district;\n(4) \"Secretary\" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or his\ndesignee; and\n(5) \"Medical service area\" means the geog raphic territory from which patients come or\nare expected to come to existing or proposed health facilities as defined by the\nCabinet for Health and Family Services.","path":["KRS Chapter 216"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=9009","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:20Z","sha256":"bb2ee2d468790ab6a88fef8d8c559ddefec1e4f3f097edb3a5c5a8e70ddbfcfb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216.310","next":"us-ky/krs-216.315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}