Title XVIII, Public Health

issuance. (1) Any person who has been issued a certificate in another state which has certification, educational, and experience requirements substantially equal to or greater than those of this state, pursuant to KRS 211.9063, and which grants equal certification privileges to p…

All persons certified pursuant to KRS 211.9063 or 211.9069, all training programs accredited pursuant to KRS 211.9065 or 211.9069, and the department shall comply with the applicable rules and regulations of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Unite…

-- Compliance with administrative regulations. (1) No later than October 1, 1996, the department shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish the standards for performing lead-hazard detection or lead- hazard abatement procedures in target housing or child-occupied fa…

The department may, within budget limitations, conduct a public education and awareness campaign on the nature and consequences of lead hazards and on the need for lead-hazard detection and abatement procedures to be conducted under careful supervision and by certified personnel …

As used in KRS 211.925 to 211.945, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Cabinet" shall mean the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) "State confinement facility" shall mean a penal or correctional facility or juvenile detention or treatment facility operated by or u…

In addition to all other powers and duties vested in it by law, the cabinet shall have the authority, power, and duty to: (1) Adopt, modify, and repeal regulations and standards relating to the public health or health aspects of the operation of state confinement facilities, and …

The cabinet shall cooperate with the Department of Corrections in the development of regulations concerning the public health or health aspects of jails as defined in KRS 441.005 and shall assist in the training of jail inspectors employed by the Department of Corrections.

No person responsible for the supervision or maintenance of a state confinement facility shall knowingly cause or permit such facility to be operated in violation of rules, regulations, or standards promulgated by the cabinet pursuant to KRS 211.920 to 211.945.

(1) If, upon the inspection of a state confinement facility, the cabinet finds that a condition exists which endangers the health of those confined or likely to be confined in the facility, or the public health of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the cabinet shall ad…

All laws of the Commonwealth that relate to the supervision and maintenance of state confinement facilities shall be administered in a manner consistent with the provisions of KRS 211.925 to 211.930 and the rules, regulations, and standards promulgated pursuant to it.

services provider -- Confidentiality of person placing infant with provider. (1) As used in this section, "newborn infant" means an infant who is medically determined to be less than thirty (30) days old. (2) Any emergency medical services provider accepting physical custody of a…

Conversion to disabled persons carrier or ground ambulance provider. (1) The category of nonemergency health transportation provider shall be abolished effective December 31, 1996. (2) A provider licensed as of March 31, 1996, as a nonemergency health transportation provider may …

As used in KRS 211.972 to 211.982, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Approved" means that which has been considered acceptable to the cabinet; (2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and includes its authorized agents; (3) "Grease" means fats or o…

No person shall engage in the business of servicing or maintaining sewage pretreatment units, grease traps, or holding tanks, or the transporting of sewage sludge from those facilities within the Commonwealth of Kentucky without being licensed and bonded as hereinafter provided.

Nothing in KRS 211.972 to 211.982 shall be construed to require a business license for: (1) A property owner to clean his own sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank. (2) A municipality servicing and maintaining a public sewage treatment facility. (3) A master plum…

(1) (a) All persons proposing to engage in business for the purposes of this chapter shall file an application for licensing on forms provided by the cabinet with information specifying that waste hauling is restricted to household sewage or sludge only; commercial or industrial …

(1) All trucks or other vehicles used to transport or carry wastes from sewage pretreatment units, grease traps, or holding tanks shall be licensed by the cabinet. The application for this vehicle license shall be made prior to March 1 of each year on forms provided by the cabine…

grease. (1) Any vehicle licensed to haul sewage or sewage sludge pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be dedicated for those purposes only and shall not be used for hauling any product or substance intended for human or animal consumption. (2) Any vehicle licensed to …

The secretary shall promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A dealing with vehicle tank and equipment requirements; conduct of business; approval of disposal or treatment sites and methods; inspection and administrative enforcement proced…

(1) All sewage or sewage sludge hauled pursuant to the provisions of KRS 211.970 to 211.982 shall be disposed of by landspreading at an approved site or in a publicly- owned sewage treatment plant, unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the cabinet that a publicly-owned…

All money paid to the State Treasurer for licenses and fees required by KRS 211.972 to 211.980 and regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A shall be for the sole use of the cabinet and shall be in addition to any moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the use …

As used in KRS 211.985, unless the context otherwise requires: "Hot water heater" means the primary source of hot water for a residence.

(1) The thermostat of a new water heater offered for sale in this state for use in a residential unit shall be preset by the manufacturer at a temperature no higher than one hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit (130 degrees F.) or fifty-four point four degrees Celsius (54.4 degrees …

(1) Any owner or occupant who fails to comply with an order made under the provisions of KRS 211.210 shall be guilty of a violation, and each day's continuance of the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, after the owner or occupant has been notified to remove it, shal…

(1) Any person who intentionally violates any of the provisions of KRS 211.670 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (2) The penalty provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for …

If the owner of the posted dwelling unit permits occupancy of the dwelling or dwelling unit, after the expiration of the thirty (30) day period specified in subsection (4) of KRS 211.905 by persons under six (6) years of age, he shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25). Each day …

revocation. (1) Any person who shall violate or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of KRS 211.972 to 211.982 or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five h…