Bill > SB113

This bill amends Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 164.295 to allow Murray State University, which is currently classified as a comprehensive university, to offer doctor's degrees specifically in veterinary medicine. Prior to this amendment, comprehensive universities in Kentucky were generally prohibited from offering professional doctoral degrees in fields like medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and others. The bill creates a specific exemption for Murray State University, enabling the university to establish a veterinary medicine program that would lead to a professional doctoral degree necessary for practicing veterinary medicine and obtaining professional licensure. This change will permit Murray State to develop and implement a new doctoral program in veterinary medicine, potentially expanding educational opportunities in this field within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The amendment maintains other existing restrictions on comprehensive universities, such as the prohibition on offering Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees and describing themselves as research universities, while providing Murray State with a targeted exception for veterinary medical education.

Education

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb113.html