{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216.597","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216.597","heading":"Definitions -- Personal care homes and specialized personal care homes","body":"requirements -- Services provided -- Administrative regulations -- On-site\nvisits.\n(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Cabinet\" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;\n(b) \"Personal care home\" or \"PCH\" means an establishment located in a\npermanent building that does not comply with the physical plant requirements\nof KRS 194A.703, has resident beds, and provides:\n1. Supervision of residents;\n2. Basic health and health-related services;\n3. Personal care services;\n4. Residential care services; and\n5. Social and recreational activities; and\n(c) \"Specialized personal care home\" or \"SPCH\" means a personal care home\nthat:\n1. Participates in the mental illness or intellectua l disability supplement\nprogram pursuant to administrative regulations promulgated by the\ncabinet; or\n2. Serves residents with thirty-five percent (35%) or more having a serious\nmental illness as defined by administrative regulations promulgated by\nthe cabinet.\n(2) A resident in a PCH or SPCH shall:\n(a) Be admitted in accordance with KRS 216.765;\n(b) Be ambulatory as defined by KRS 194A.700;\n(c) Be able to manage most of the activities of daily living; and\n(d) Have care needs that do not exceed the capability of the PCH or SPCH.\n(3) An individual who is nonambulatory as defined in KRS 194A.700 shall not be\neligible for residence in a PCH or SPCH.\n(4) A PCH or SPCH may provide services to a resident who is deemed  to have a\ntemporary condition as defined in KRS 194A.700.\n(5) (a) Residents of a PCH or SPCH may arrange for additional services under direct\ncontract or arrangement with an outside agent, professional, provider, or other\nindividual designated by the resi dent if permitted by the policies of the PCH\nor SPCH.\n(b) Permitted services for which a resident may arrange or contract include but are\nnot limited to health services, hospice services provided by a hospice program\nlicensed under KRS Chapter 216B, and other end-of-life services.\n(6) (a) Staffing in a PCH or SPCH shall be sufficient in number and qualification to\nmeet the twenty-four (24) hour scheduled needs of each resident.\n(b) One (1) awake staff member shall be on site at each licensed entity at all\ntimes.\n(c) When a resident requires hands -on assistance of another person to walk,\ntransfer, or move from place to place with or without an assistive device, the\nPCH or SPCH shall have a policy that describes how priority will be given by\nstaff sufficient t o assist that resident during times of emergency when\nevacuation may be necessary.\n(7) (a) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with\nKRS Chapter 13A to establish an initial and relicensure review process for\npersonal care h omes or specialized personal care homes. Administrative\nregulations shall establish procedures related to applying for, reviewing, and\napproving, denying, or revoking licensure, as well as the conduct of hearings\nupon appeals as governed by KRS Chapter 216B.\n(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the cabinet may request\nadditional relevant information from a personal care home or specialized\npersonal care home or conduct additional on -site visits to ensure compliance\nwith the provisions o f this chapter and other applicable statutes and\nadministrative regulations if the cabinet has reasonable cause to believe that\nthe personal care home or specialized personal care home is not in\ncompliance.\n(c) Notwithstanding KRS 216.530, the cabinet shal l conduct an on -site visit of a\npersonal care home or specialized personal care home:\n1. As part of the initial licensure review process;\n2. Twenty-four (24) months following the date of the previous licensure\nreview, if during the previous licensure revie w a personal care home or\nspecialized personal care home was not found to have violated an\nadministrative regulation set forth by the cabinet that presented\nimminent danger to a resident that created substantial risk of death or\nserious mental or physical harm; and\n3. Twelve (12) months following the date of the previous licensure review,\nif during the previous licensure review a personal care home or\nspecialized personal care home was found to have violated an\nadministrative regulation set forth by the cab inet that presented\nimminent danger to a resident that created substantial risk of death or\nserious mental or physical harm.","path":["KRS Chapter 216"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52538","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:21Z","sha256":"6c001b8e7bc2f3390d54f4e1e61a824b2de3b3db9096067979a6bbcd5019f748","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216.595","next":"us-ky/krs-216.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}