Can a medical assistant give injections in Kentucky?
Oversight · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — Kentucky defines "nursing assistance" as delegated nursing acts performed by unlicensed personnel under a nurse's supervision, but it does not name medical assistants or say whether injections may be delegated to them.
Nursing assistance means the performance of delegated nursing acts by unlicensed nursing personnel for compensation under supervision of a nurse.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §314.011(13) (“Nursing assistance” defined) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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No person shall engage in the practice of cosmetology, esthetic practices, or nail technology for other than cosmetic purposes nor shall any person engage in the practice of cosmetology, esthetic practices, or nail technology for the treatment of physical or mental ailments. This chapter does not apply to persons authorized by the law of this state to practice medicine, podiatry, optometry, dentistry, chiropractic, nursing, or embalming who perform incidental practices of cosmetology, esthetic practices, and nail technology in the normal course of the practice of their profession.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §317A.020(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
"Esthetic practices" means one or more of the following acts: providing preoperative and postoperative esthetic skin care, either referred by or supervised by a medical professional, unless these acts are performed incident to treatment of an illness or a disease; work as a student in a board-approved school; or work performed by a licensed massage therapist.
Ky. Rev. Stat. §317A.010(7)(e) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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