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216B.170 Identification requirement for persons dealing with patients.

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Page 1 of 1 216B.170 Identification requirement for persons dealing with patients. (1) All health care facilities and services licensed under this chapter shall require all persons, including students, who examine, observe, or treat a patient or resident of <br>the health care facility or service to wear identification which readily identifies, at a <br>minimum, the person's first name, licensure credential, and position title or <br>department. (2) The identification shall be of a size and type and appropriately displayed so that it may be easily detected and read. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998.