AN ACT relating to medical services.

Amend KRS 165A.310 to exclude institutions licensed or approved by the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services from the definition of "proprietary school" under the Kentucky Commission for Proprietary Education; amend KRS 311A.020 to specify that the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services has authority to oversee the licensure and relicensure of emergency medical services training or educational institutions; amend KRS 311A.015, 311A.024, 311A.025, 311A.030, and 164.945 to conform.

Boards and Commissions Education, Vocational Emergency Medical Services Licensing Public Safety State Agencies

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill clarifies which state agency oversees schools that train emergency medical services workers in Kentucky. It moves that oversight responsibility to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, removing those training programs from the authority of the Kentucky Commission for Proprietary Education. Who it may affect: people enrolled in or operating emergency medical services training programs, and the state agencies that regulate them.

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