164.295 Programs of state and comprehensive universities -- Criteria for approval of advanced practice doctoral programs -- Review of doctorates -- Degrees a comprehensive university may not offer

(1) The six (6) state comprehensive universities: (a) Shall provide, upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, associate and baccalaureate programs of instruction; (b) Shall provide, upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, graduate programs of in education, business, and the arts and sciences, specialist degrees, and programs beyond the master's-degree level to meet the requirements for teachers, school leaders, and other certified personnel; and the master's-degree level instruction at (c) Shall provide research and service programs directly related to the needs of their primary geographical areas

(2) A comprehensive university may provide: (a) Programs of a community college nature in their own community comparable to those listed for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, as provided in KRS 164.580; (b) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, an advanced practice doctoral program in nursing in compliance with KRS 314.111 and 314.131; and (c) Upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education, one (1) or more additional advanced practice doctoral programs

(3) The Council on Postsecondary Education, in consultation with the Advisory Conference of Presidents pursuant to KRS 164.021, shall develop criteria and conditions upon which an advanced practice doctoral degree program may be approved. The criteria shall include but not be limited to a determination of the academic and workforce needs for a program, consideration of whether the program can be effectively delivered through a collaborative effort with an existing program at another public university within the Commonwealth, and the capacity of a university to effectively offer the program. A university requesting approval of an advanced practice doctoral program shall be required to provide assurance that funding for the program will not impair funding of any existing program at any other public university

(4) The council shall promulgate administrative regulations setting forth the agreed-on criteria and conditions identified under subsection (3) of this section

(5) The council shall review advanced practice doctorates consistent with its review schedule for all other academic programs

(6) A comprehensive university shall not: (a) Offer the terminal degrees of Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Musical Arts; doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in medicine, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, pharmacy, law, or optometry; or the primary degree required for professional practice and licensure in architecture. The existing school of law at Northern Kentucky University is exempted from the requirements of this paragraph; or (b) Describe itself in official publications or in marketing materials as a research university or research institution. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as precluding a comprehensive university from conducting basic, applied, or translational research

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky

Acts ch. 1, sec. 95, effective May 30, 1997. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 109, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 3. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 5. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 5