216.765 Medical examination required prior to admission to personal-care home -- Personal-care homes prohibited from admitting minors.

KY Rev Stat § 216.765 (2019) (N/A)
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216.765 Medical examination required prior to admission to personal-care home -- Personal-care homes prohibited from admitting minors. (1) Prior to admission to a personal-care home, an individual shall have a medical examination that includes a medical history, physical examination, and diagnosis. If completed within fourteen (14) days prior to admission, the medical evaluation may include a copy of the individual's discharge summary or health and physical report from a physician, hospital, or other health care facility. (2) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be admitted to a personal-care home. Effective: July 12, 2012 History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2012). 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 3, provides that this statute shall be known and may be cited as "Larry's Law."