In a previous blog post, titled What’s New? Overview of Kentucky Legislative Changes Regarding Child-care Centers, we provided an overview of House Bill 6 (“HB 6”) and House Joint Resolution 50 (“HJR 50”), two measures from Kentucky’s 2026 legislative session...
For many Kentucky families, child-care centers are more than a place for their children to spend the day. Parents and guardians value these centers because they provide a foundation for learning, growth, and development while they are busy at work or studying in...
“Reasonable notice” and “reasonable opportunity to be heard” are two highly important phrases to any Kentucky-based doctor whose professional license stands to be impacted. Crucially, the Legislature has included this very language in the law of the Commonwealth. (KRS...
On March 27, 2025, Kentucky Senate passed Senate Bill 84, marking a new age for state agencies in Kentucky. This new law, drawing inspiration from the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned the Chevron Doctrine and ended...
As a nurse, you come into contact with prescription medication every day. While handling these drugs is a routine part of your job that you probably don’t think much about, it can end up landing you under intense scrutiny that could cost you your job and your license....
Fast-Growing Facilities Combining the Medical and Beauty Industries Over the past several years, the practice of medicine has experienced major shifts that have transformed it into a more dynamic and versatile field. One notable change is the creation and...
Physical therapy is a valuable profession of service to others and healing that aims to promote, maintain, manage and improve health and functioning through evaluation, programming and treatment, according to Kentucky regulation. To become a licensed physical...
Lots of people can clock out at work and not worry too much that what happens in their personal lives will be relevant at work. Of course, this is not the case for nurses and other professionals who provide medical care. Behavior both on- or off-the-job that raises...
Nurses and other medical professionals have long had legal and ethical duties to keep private their patients’ protected health information (PHI). Of course, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is the federal crowning jewel of health...
Protecting licenses in a fog of law, policy and health care A whirlwind surrounds the question of whether to legalize medical or recreational marijuana use. In most states, legislators, governors or voters have made various changes to state laws in this regard– or...
