§ 209.005 Elder Abuse Committee — Membership — Duties — Annual report. (Effective until July 1, 2024)
§ 209.005 v2 Elder Abuse Committee — Membership — Duties — Annual report. (Effective July 1, 2024)
§ 209.010 Purpose and application of chapter
§ 209.020 Definitions for chapter
§ 209.030 Administrative regulations — Reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation — Cabinet actions — Status and disposition reports
§ 209.032 Query as to whether prospective or current employee has validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation — Administrative regulations — Central registry of substantiated findings made on or after July 15, 2014
§ 209.035 Cabinet’s authority to promulgate administrative regulations on general adult services
§ 209.040 Remedies — Injunctive relief
§ 209.050 Immunity from civil or criminal liability
§ 209.060 Privileged relationships not ground for excluding evidence
§ 209.080 Title
§ 209.090 Legislative intent
§ 209.100 Emergency protective services
§ 209.110 Petition — Guardian ad litem — Summons — Notice — Hearing — Report to court — Fee
§ 209.115 Disqualification from serving in fiduciary capacity for felony conviction under KRS Chapter 209
§ 209.120 Findings by court — Limitations of court’s power — Termination of order
§ 209.130 Ex parte order of court — Implementation
§ 209.140 Confidentiality of information
§ 209.150 Who may make criminal complaint
§ 209.170 Staffing requirements
§ 209.180 Prosecution of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation
§ 209.190 Prosecutor’s manual
§ 209.195 Electronic development of and access to educational and training courses and materials
§ 209.500 Kentucky Senior Games Program
§ 209.550 Definitions for KRS 209.550 to 209.554
§ 209.552 Immunization against pneumococcal disease and influenza — Documentation — Immunization of employees
§ 209.554 Administrative regulations — Educational literature — Information available on request
§ 209.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 209 - Protection of Adults

  • Abuse: means the infliction of injury, sexual abuse, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical pain or injury, including mental injury. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Adult: means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older who, because of mental or physical dysfunctioning, is unable to manage his or her own resources, carry out the activity of daily living, or protect himself or herself from neglect, exploitation, or a hazardous or abusive situation without assistance from others, and who may be in need of protective services. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Authorized agency: means :
    (a) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Caretaker: means an individual or institution who has been entrusted with or who has the responsibility for the care of the adult as a result of family relationship, or who has assumed the responsibility for the care of the adult person voluntarily or by contract, employment, legal duty, or agreement. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Committee substitute: Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Court: means the Circuit Court or the District Court if no judge of that Circuit
    Court is present in the county. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deception: means but is not limited to:
    (a) Creating or reinforcing a false impression, including a false impression as to law, value, intention, or other state of mind. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department for Community Based Services of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Emergency: means that an adult is living in conditions which present a substantial risk of death or immediate and serious physical harm to himself or herself or others. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Exploitation: means obtaining or using another person's resources, including but not limited to funds, assets, or property, by deception, intimidation, or similar means, with the intent to deprive the person of those resources. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Investigation: shall include but is not limited to:
    (a) A personal interview with the individual reported to be abused, neglected, or exploited. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Neglect: means a situation in which an adult is unable to perform or obtain for himself or herself the goods or services that are necessary to maintain his or her health or welfare, or the deprivation of services by a caretaker that are necessary to maintain the health and welfare of an adult. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Protective placement: means the transfer of an adult from his or her present living arrangement to another. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Protective services: means agency services undertaken with or on behalf of an adult in need of protective services who is being abused, neglected, or exploited. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Records: means the medical, mental, health, and financial records of the adult that are in the possession of any hospital, firm, corporation, or other facility, if necessary to complete the investigation mandated in this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 209.020
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010