Title XVIII, Public Health

Audits -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090. (1) The board shall annually select a strong, safe, and conservative trust company, doing business in the city in which said board exists, as custodian of the funds and securities of the board received from donations and investmen…

If, at any time in the future, the causes, prevention and cure of tuberculosis or any other disease may be so well established that research becomes unnecessary, or the purposes for which endowments, gifts or donations were made become unnecessary, then the board is authorized, w…

The fiscal year of the board shall begin on July 1 of each year and shall end on June 30 of the following year. It shall be the duty of the appointive members of the board, during or before the month of May of each year, to prepare and certify to the fiscal court of the county an…

Immediately following the qualification of the members and the organization of the board and the election of the director of health as herein provided for, the city, county, and board of tuberculosis hospital shall each turn over to the board for its sole use and benefit under KR…

(1) When the respective appropriations have been duly made by the city and county and an estimate of the amount of moneys that the board will receive from appropriations and from any and all other sources, for a fiscal year has been made, the board shall prepare and certify to th…

The board shall install and maintain a modern and efficient system of accounting and keep financial records. The board, however, may select and use the finance department of such city to do its financial accounting and make its disbursements in such manner as may be agreed upon b…

The board shall have the power to borrow money on its own credit in anticipation of the revenue to be derived from appropriations provided for herein or of funds to be derived from other sources during the fiscal year in which the same is borrowed; and for such purpose the board …

of aldermen. The board shall make an annual report of its fiscal and other operations to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services of Kentucky, the fiscal court of such county and to the legislative body of such city. Such report shall be filed within sixty (60) days after the c…

(1) The title to all property acquired for purposes of KRS 212.350 to 212.620, real, personal and mixed, whether acquired by deed, gift, purchase, devise, condemnation, or otherwise, shall vest in the board and shall be exempt from taxation. The board shall have the power, in its…

The board shall have the power, by resolution reciting the need therefor and purpose thereof, to condemn real property located anywhere within such county. Eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the name of the board by the department of law of such city. The head of th…

or consolidated local government. All municipalities in any county of this Commonwealth in which county there is located a city of the first class or a consolidated local government are hereby made subject to the provisions of KRS 212.350 to 212.620, and it shall be the duty of t…

The board, in such manner as it shall provide by appropriate rules and regulations, is authorized to and shall conduct public hearings, upon notice duly given, concerning violations, committed within its jurisdiction, of the provisions of KRS 212.350 to 212.620, or the aforesaid …

(1) Whenever any such aforesaid nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, shall be found by the board to exist on any private or public property within such county, including the municipalities therein, in violation of said laws or regulations, which said…

Each city-county board of health created by KRS 212.350 shall establish, maintain, and operate an animal shelter for animals in which, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be impounded all stray, vicious, or diseased animals taken up or collected in the county, whether in i…

As used in KRS 212.627 to 212.639, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the urban-county board of health; (2) "City-county board of health" means the city, county, or city-county board of health existing in the county on July 1, 1977; (3) "City-county departme…

- Jurisdiction -- Powers and duties. In each county of the Commonwealth containing any city with a population of over 100,000 at the time of merger creating an urban-county form of government, there is hereby established an urban-county department of health which shall be known a…

(1) All real, personal, and mixed property belonging to the city-county board of health or city-county department of health is hereby transferred to the board and the city- county board of health or city-county department of health shall take all the necessary and proper steps to…

(1) The board may establish schedules of fees and charges for any services rendered by the department and may recover the fees and charges for services from any person who receives the services. (2) In establishing the schedules the board may make reasonable classifications based…

In any case in which the department renders medical services to a person who is injured or suffers from a disease, after July 1, 1977, under circumstances creating a tort liability upon some third person to pay damages therefor, the board may recover from any third person the rea…

(1) The board shall be composed of thirteen (13) members, one (1) of whom shall be an ex officio member and the mayor of the urban-county government, one (1) of whom shall be an ex officio member and a member of the urban-county government legislative body and appointed by the ma…

(1) The board shall elect from among its members a chairman who shall serve for a one (1) year term and be eligible for reelection. A quorum for all meetings of the board shall consist of a majority of the members of the board, except that for the selection or dismissal of the co…

(1) The board shall appoint a commissioner for the department with the qualifications specified and subject to the provisions set forth under subsection (3) of this section. (2) The board shall hear and decide appeals from rulings, decisions, and actions of the department or comm…

board. (1) The board shall establish the compensation plan for all employees of the department, and such compensation shall be as nearly comparable as practicable with the compensation paid to and received by employees in comparable agencies. (2) The employees of the department s…

The board shall not incur nor permit the incurrence of any indebtedness, in any manner or for any purpose, in an amount exceeding, in any fiscal year of the board, the income and revenue provided for the year through the appropriation provided for in KRS 212.639 or under any othe…

All work performed or supplies or materials purchased in carrying out the provisions of KRS 212.626 to 212.639 when involving an expenditure of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more shall be by contract awarded to the lowest and best bidder after advertisement by publication …

65A.090. (1) To provide sufficient funds for carrying out the provisions of KRS 212.626 to 212.639, the department shall be entitled to the same state aid as is provided for county and district health departments under KRS 212.120, upon notice of the establishment of the departme…

of 15,000 or more -- Establishment -- Membership of board. In any county containing a city, as defined in KRS 212.641, the fiscal court of the county and the legislative body of the city may, by joint action, establish a city-county health department. The department when establis…

As used in KRS 212.640 to 212.710, "city" means an incorporated city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky containing a population equal to or greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census.

The expense of creating and establishing the city-county department of health shall be paid by the city and by the county in such proportion as may be agreed upon between the city legislative body and fiscal court at the time of establishing the department. After the department h…

(1) After the establishment of a city-county health department as provided in KRS 212.640, the city-county board of health shall appoint a health officer, subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Other persons necessary for the work of the city-count…

The city-county board of health and department of health shall have such powers, duties and privileges as are given by law to county boards and departments of health.

The health officer appointed by the city-county board of health shall have such powers and duties as are vested by law in health officers of county departments of health.

Upon the establishment of a city-county department of health under KRS 212.640, the property of the city board of health of the city and the property of the county board or department of health shall be transferred to the city-county department, and the city- county board of heal…

The city-county department of health shall have jurisdiction over the entire county, including all cities within the county.

Any city-county department of health established under KRS 212.350 or 212.640 shall be entitled to the same state aid as is provided for county and district health departments under KRS 212.120, upon notice of the establishment of the department being given to the Cabinet for Hea…

No person shall fail or refuse to observe or obey a written order of any board of health, department of health, or health officer, issued pursuant to the provisions of law or regulations adopted thereunder.

Public health taxing districts created pursuant to this section prior to July 13, 1984, shall constitute and be a taxing district within the meaning of Section 157 of the Constitution of Kentucky. The members of the county or city-county board of health shall, by virtue of their …

The board of a public health taxing district shall comply with the provisions of KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.

(1) If, after the establishment of the public health taxing district, as provided in KRS 212.720, the tax-levying authorities of the district, in the opinion of the county or city-county board of health, do not appropriate an amount sufficient to meet the public health needs of t…

-- Officers. (1) It is the intent of this section and KRS 212.755, inter alia, to create a public health taxing district via operation of law in every county of the Commonwealth that has not heretofore created same except in counties containing cities of the first class or a cons…

uses of special ad valorem public health tax. (1) If, after the establishment of the public health taxing district as provided for in this section and KRS 212.750, the tax-levying authorities of the district, in the opinion of the county or city-county board of health or urban-co…

As used in KRS 212.780 to 212.794 the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Board" means independent district board of health as created in KRS 212.780 to 212.794; (2) "Cabinet" means Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (3) "County board of health" means a local board of he…

district department of health. (1) An independent district board of health and an independent district department of health may be established in areas where an existing district board of health and district department of health includes counties which are a part of an interstate…

(1) Independent district departments of health shall be governed by an independent district board of health which shall be a body politic and corporate. The board shall have jurisdiction throughout the counties, including within all municipalities of the counties with respect to …

(1) The independent district board of health shall be composed of the following members: (a) The judge/executive or his designee as an ex officio member from each participating county; (b) The chairman from each participating local board of health as an ex officio member; and (c)…

(1) The majority of all members of an independent district board of health shall constitute a quorum. The board shall elect a chairman and vice chairman and other officers as deemed necessary. The chairman and vice chairman shall serve for one (1) year terms. The independent dist…

-- Removal procedure. (1) The board shall appoint a district director of health for the department as set forth in this section. (2) The district director of health may be a physician, qualified as a public health administrator and licensed or eligible for practice as a medical p…

(1) The board shall establish a compensation plan for all employees of the department. (2) The employees of the department shall be employed and governed in accordance with the board's merit system. The board shall provide for the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion,…

Annual report -- Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090. (1) The cost of creating, establishing, and maintaining the independent district health department shall be paid by the participating local boards of health in proportion to the taxable property of each county as determined…

KRS 212.810 to 212.930 may be cited as the "Kentucky District Health Department Act of 1972".