Ky. Rev. Stat. § 216.701

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225

Section 216.701 - Definitions for chapter

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Health care worker" means any person, whether licensed or unlicensed, temporarily or permanently employed by, volunteering in, or under contract with a health facility, who has direct contact with a patient of the health facility for purposes of either medical care or emergency response situations potentially involving violence;

(2) "Health facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216B.015;

(3) "Workplace" means any property that is owned or leased by the health facility at which the official business of the health care worker is conducted;

(4) "Workplace safety" means the process of protecting health care workers' physical well-being from workplace violence; and

(5) "Workplace violence" means any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the workplace.

KRS 216.701

Added by 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 100,§ 1, eff. 6/28/2023.