Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 309.414.Application for license; fee; record retention; administrative regulations; confidentiality

(1) A home medical equipment and services provider shall be licensed by the board prior to engaging in providing home medical equipment and services in the Commonwealth. Each license application shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee prescribed by administrative regulation not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350) initially every two (2) years or increase more than twenty-five dollars ($25) per biennium up to a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400). Upon receipt of an application for a license to operate as a home medical equipment and services provider, the board shall issue a license if the provider meets the standards and requirements of this section or KRS 309.420 and the administrative regulations of the board.

(2) Home medical equipment and services providers shall be required to maintain adequate records of all home medical equipment and services provided as established by administrative regulation by the board. Records shall be made available to agents of the board for inspection at reasonable times. The board may require by administrative regulation that home medical equipment and services providers periodically report to the board all home medical equipment and services provided.

(3) Failure to report to the board or willful submission of inaccurate information shall be grounds for disciplinary action under KRS 309.418.

(4) The board shall promulgate an administrative regulation pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to specify the criteria for licensure.

(5) Pursuant to KRS 61.878, information provided by an applicant under this section and any related administrative regulation shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than the board.