{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311.935","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311.935","heading":"Preparation of standardized written summary of information on","body":"alternatives in treatment of breast cancer -- Distribution to patients.\n(1) No later than one (1) year after July 13, 1984, the McDowell Cancer Network, Inc.,\nand the James Graham Brown Cancer Center shall jointly develop and submit to the\nCabinet for Health and Family Services and may periodically update a standardized\nwritten summary, in layman's language and in language understood by the patient,\nof the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of all medically efficacious\nand viable alternatives for the treatment of breast cancer.\n(2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services, within ninety (90) days of receipt of\nthe summary, shall print and make available to all licensed physi cians in the\nCommonwealth sufficient copies of the standardized written summary for\ndistribution by such physicians to their patients.\n(3) Upon receipt of the summary, any physician licensed under the laws of the\nCommonwealth who treats a patient for any f orm of breast cancer shall provide the\npatient with a standardized written summary, as provided under this section,\ninforming the patient of medically efficacious and viable alternative methods of\ntreatment for breast cancer which may include surgical, rad iological, or\nchemotherapeutic treatment or combinations thereof.","path":["KRS Chapter 311"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30695","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:07Z","sha256":"6cd9303ee4843fe6e4b601a10afbbfa3ad28e3269a1d362f008f4ca44788f3d0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311.929","next":"us-ky/krs-311.950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}