216.935 Definitions for KRS 216.935 to 216.939. As used in KRS 216.935 to 216.939, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) (2) (3) "Home health aide" means an individual who is hired to perform home health aide services. "Home health agency" means a public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization which is licensed as a home health agency by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and is certified to participate as a home health agency under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. "Home health aide services" means those services provided by a home health aide and supervised by a registered nurse which are directed towards the personal care of the patient. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Helping the patient with bath and care of mouth, skin, and hair; (b) Helping the patient to the bathroom or in using a bedpan; (c) Helping the patient in and out of bed and assisting with ambulation; (d) Helping the patient with prescribed exercises which the patient and home health aide have been taught by appropriate professional personnel; (e) Assisting with medication ordinarily self-administered that has been specifically ordered by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse; (f) Performing incidental household services as are essential to the patient's health care at home, if these services would have been performed if the patient was in a hospital or skilled nursing facility; and (g) Reporting changes in the patient's condition or family situation to the professional nurse supervisor. (4) "Nurse aide" means an individual, including a nursing student, medication aide, and a person employed through a nursing pool, who provides nursing or nursing related services to a resident in a nursing facility or home health agency, excluding: (a) An individual who is a licensed health professional; (b) A volunteer who provides the nursing or nursing-related services without monetary compensation; and (c) A person who is hired by the resident or family to sit with the resident and who does not perform nursing or nursing-related services. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 76, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 471, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000.