{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-217.936","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 217.936","heading":"Written informed consent required for hyperbaric oxygen therapy","body":"treatment.\n(1) A veteran or a veteran's legal guardian shall provide written informed consent for\ntreatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in order to receive HBOT to treat\ntraumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.\n(2) At a minimum, the written informed consent shall include:\n(a) An explanation of the currently approved products and treatments for the\ntraumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder from which the veteran\nsuffers;\n(b) A description of the potentially best and worst outcomes of using hyperbaric\noxygen therapy and a realistic description of the most likely outcome;\n(c) A statement that the veteran's health plan or third -party administrator and\nprovider shall not be obligated to pay for any care or treatments consequent to\nthe use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy unless they are specifically required to\ndo so by law or contract; and\n(d) A statement that the veteran understands that the patient shall  be liable for all\nexpenses related to the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.\n(3) The description of potential outcomes required under subsection (2)(b) of this\nsection shall:\n(a) Include the possibility that new, unanticipated, different, or worse symptoms\nmay result and that the proposed treatment may hasten death; and\n(b) Be based on the treating health care provider's knowledge of the proposed\ntreatment in conjunction with an awareness of the veteran's condition.\n(4) The written informed consent shall be:\n(a) Signed by:\n1. The veteran; or\n2. A legal guardian, if a guardian has been appointed for the veteran; and\n(b) Attested to by the veteran's treating health care provider and a witness.","path":["KRS Chapter 217"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57617","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:27Z","sha256":"90db944c65d15daf74261873c5ed5866938092b8bac34a06496e731842c0081a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-217.934","next":"us-ky/krs-217.938"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}