State guide
Kentucky Home Care Compliance
All six compliance areas for Kentucky home care agencies, each cited to official sources.
Last reviewed: July 24, 2026
Kentucky at a glance Kentucky licenses skilled home health agencies (with CON) through the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and certifies non-medical Personal Services Agencies. Kentucky's minimum wage is $7.25, but the state adds a seventh-day overtime rule: employees who work all seven days of a workweek get 1.5x on the seventh day. No paid sick leave law, and local minimum wages are preempted.
Requirements by category
Health Benefits & ACA → Kentucky runs its own kynect exchange, expanded Medicaid, and has no state benefits mandates. kynectYesNo Occupational Health → Kentucky's home health agency licensure regulation requires a pre-employment medical examination (repeated at least every 3 years) and… RequiredFrom 1st employee Caregiver Training → Kentucky home health agencies (902 KAR 20:081) defer to the federal 75-hour HHA standard, while certified personal services agencies (KRS… 75 (federal)None (orientation/competency)12 hrs/yr federal (+3 hrs… Wage & Hour → Kentucky's minimum wage is $7.25, but the state adds a seventh-day overtime rule: employees who work all seven days of a workweek get 1.5x… $7.251.5x >40 + 7th-day ruleNone Licensure & Survey Readiness → Kentucky licenses skilled home health agencies (with CON) through the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and certifies non-medical… KY CHFS (OIG)KRS 216B; KRS 216.710; 906 KAR…Home health agency (CON);… Background Checks → Kentucky bars home health providers from employing people with certain felony convictions based on a mandatory name-based state criminal… NoNurse aide abuse registry;…
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