{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-309.325","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 309.325","heading":"Definitions for KRS 309.325  to 309.339.","body":"As used in KRS 309.325 to 309.339, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Board\" means the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators;\n(2) \"Diabetes education\" means a comprehensive collaborative process through which\npeople with or at risk for dia betes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify\nbehavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions;\n(3) \"Licensed diabetes educator\" means a health care professional who has met the\nrequirements of KRS 309.335, 309.337, and 3 09.339 and who focuses on training\nor educating people with or at risk for diabetes and related conditions to change\ntheir behavior to achieve better clinical outcomes and improved health status. The\nnondiabetes educator health professional and the nonheal th-care professional who\nprovide or support health care services to individuals with diabetes as defined by the\nAmerican Association of Diabetes Educators, Competencies for Diabetes\nEducators, shall work under the direction of a qualified diabetes care provider;\n(4) \"Practice of diabetes education\" means assessing and developing a plan of care for a\nperson with or at risk of diabetes, identifying self -management goals for the person,\nproviding self -management training according to the plan, evaluating the\nindividual's outcome and recording a complete record of the individual's experience\nand follow-ups;\n(5) \"Apprentice diabetes educator\" means a person who holds a permit issued by the\nboard to practice diabetes education who meets the requirements of KRS 309 .334\nand the corresponding administrative regulations promulgated by the board; and\n(6) \"Master licensed diabetes educator\" means a licensed diabetes educator who has\nsuccessfully completed the credentialing program of the American Association of\nDiabetes Educators or the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators as a\ncertified diabetes educator or a board-certified advanced diabetes manager.","path":["KRS Chapter 309"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42413","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:02Z","sha256":"0f52ae76ef1aa42daa06e9df7a8a041bd7933a40a273a71c765fcd156ec94115","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-309.319","next":"us-ky/krs-309.327"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}