Title XVIII, Public Health

As used in KRS 211.185 to 211.187: (1) "Agency" means a local health department established in any county in the Commonwealth pursuant to KRS Chapter 212, including a health department in a county containing a city of the first class, a health department in a county with a consol…

statewide base funding level and funding level for each public health service provider -- Eligibility for receipt of funds -- Administrative regulations -- Recordkeeping and submission of information. (1) In determining the total amount of funds to be allocated for the delivery o…

Recordkeeping and submission of information. (1) As long as core public health programs are funded and implemented, local public health priorities, as defined in KRS 211.185, may be provided by the agency and shall meet the following criteria: (a) Demonstrate data-driven needs; (…

for Aging and Independent Living. (1) The Department for Aging and Independent Living shall collaborate with the Department for Public Health and the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana to update and incorporate into the materials the Department for A…

The cabinet shall provide public health services including: (1) Administrative, consultative, technical, professional, and other services needed to assist local health departments in the effective maintenance and operation of their departments; (2) Administrative, investigative, …

By whom -- When. (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Down syndrome" means a chromosomal condition caused by cell division that results in the presence of an extra whole or partial copy of chromosome 21; and (b) "Spina bifida" means a neural tube defect, the most common of …

allowing local health departments to participate in telehealth and receive reimbursement. The Department for Public Health may develop programs for local health departments to participate in telehealth and to seek reimbursement for services as provided for other health care provi…

emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department. Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary for health and family services, a public health emergency exists in any county, or whenever any county fails to establish, maintain, and operate a local health department th…

Class A and Class B pools -- Alternative lifeguard staffing plans -- Exemptions -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Class A" means any pool or bathing facility intended for or used by the general public for recreational use; and (b) "Class B" means an…

Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations. (1) For the purposes of this section, "splash pad" means an artificially constructed public recreation area for water play over which water is sprayed but is not allowed to pool. (2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Servi…

The cabinet may examine into all nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness that may in its opinion be injurious to the health of the inhabitants in any county in this state, or in any vessel within any harbor or port in any county in this state. Whenever any such nuisanc…

process. For the purposes of enforcing the public health laws of the Commonwealth, investigators, inspectors, officers, representatives, and agents of the cabinet may enter upon any premises when necessary for the purpose of making inspections and investigations, and may view evi…

testify. In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with any lawful order of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or with process or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully inter…

County, Commonwealth's attorneys, and the Attorney General, shall, within their respective jurisdictions, prosecute all violations of the penal provisions of the public health laws of this Commonwealth.

While retaining the right to vote as he may please and to express privately his opinion of all political subjects and issues, neither the commissioner for health services nor any employee of the department shall take any active part in political management or political campaigns,…

Any person who is aggrieved by any ruling, decision or action of the cabinet on other than matters of internal administration may appeal to the secretary within thirty (30) days after said ruling, decision or action, by filing with the secretary a written complaint setting out th…

All officers, assistants and employees of the cabinet shall be paid their necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official and cabinet duties.

(1) The cabinet may receive and accept gifts and endowments of every kind including gifts and endowments for special purposes and may receive grants from the federal government. Moneys acquired through gifts, endowments or grants shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the cr…

(1) There is hereby created the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund, which shall provide moneys on a matching basis for educational information and materials that deter or eliminate underage drinking. The fund shall consist of moneys generated from one percent (1%)…

health services. (1) The Department for Public Health shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the costs for the position created in KRS 156.501(2). The Department for Public Health may enter into a contractual arrangement, such as a Memorandum of Agreement, with the Department of Ed…

As used in KRS 211.295 to 211.297: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Council" means the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council established under KRS 211.296; (3) "Health facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216B.015; (4) "Medical…

(1) The Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council is hereby established to improve the quality and delivery of patient- and family-centered care throughout the Commonwealth and to advise the cabinet on matters related to the establishment, maintenance, operation, and out…

Program. (1) The statewide Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program is hereby established within the cabinet. (2) The goals of the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program shall be to maximize the effectiveness…

As used in KRS 211.332 to 211.338, unless context otherwise requires: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Health care service" means health care procedures, treatments, or services rendered by a provider within the scope of practice for which the …

telehealth -- Administrative regulations -- Study and annual report on impact of telehealth on care in state. (1) The cabinet, in consultation with the Division of Telehealth Services within the Office of Inspector General as established in KRS 194A.105, shall: (a) Provide guidan…

telehealth terminology. (1) Within thirty (30) days of July 14, 2022, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to add a definition of "temporarily located" to the glossary of telehealth terminology r…

telehealth -- Restrictions. If a state agency authorized or required to promulgate administrative regulations relating to telehealth chooses to promulgate an administrative regulation relating to telehealth, the state agency: (1) Shall: (a) Use terminology consistent with the glo…

Claims. Nothing in KRS 211.332 to 211.338 shall be interpreted or construed to limit the authority of the Department of Workers’ Claims to promulgate administrative regulations governing the delivery of health care services via telehealth or digital health pursuant to KRS Chapter…

As used in KRS 211.340 to 211.343, unless the context requires otherwise, "department" means the Department for Public Health.

and standards. (1) The department shall establish and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for heart attack response and treatment by designating licensed hospitals as: (a) Level I Comprehensive Car…

emergency medical services providers -- Pre-hospital care protocols for heart attack patients at emergency medical services authorities -- Training on assessment and treatment of heart attack patients. (1) By June 1 of each year, the department shall send the list of recognized L…

The department shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days of July 14, 2022, promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement KRS 211.340 to 211.343.

public about proper siting and drilling of wells. The Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a program for testing, upon request of the owner or user of the water supply, private water supplies for bacterial and chemical contami…

Information made available -- Regulations -- Issuance of permits -- Site evaluations and approval of system designs by local health department or licensed professional engineer -- Notices of release for electrical wiring -- Fees -- Farmstead sewage disposal systems. (1) The cabin…

methodology for using conservation credits for greywater systems -- State primacy in allowable greywater use. (1) Ninety (90) days from July 15, 2016, the cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations that update the daily waste flow charts to account for technological impr…

constructed after July 15, 1986 -- Exception. (1) Any local board of health authorized to serve as agent of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the issuance of permits for on-site sewage disposal systems may set a schedule of fees reasonably related to the cost of admi…

(1) The cabinet shall establish a program to certify persons as installers of on-site sewage disposal systems. A master plumber licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 318 or a person who provides written verification from the local health department in the county in which the work was …

(1) The cabinet shall establish a program to certify persons as inspectors solely for on- site sewage disposal systems. Persons eligible for certification shall include sanitarians, engineers, soil scientists, and other qualified persons as determined by regulation by the cabinet…

In order to provide for the issuance of plumbing installation permits pursuant to KRS Chapter 318 and on-site sewage disposal permits pursuant to this chapter in a manner convenient to the public, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide office space in the local …

systems -- Local board of health as agent for cabinet -- Regulations. The commissioner of the Department for Public Health shall, upon written request from a local board of health, authorize the local board of health to serve as its agent to issue permits for on-site sewage dispo…

(1) The cabinet shall solicit and collect technical information relating to improved methods for construction, use, and rehabilitation of septic tanks and drain fields and use of alternative on-site sewage disposal systems and technologies. (2) The cabinet shall compile such info…

tank. If a proposed site fails to meet the criteria established by the cabinet for a septic tank system, a permit shall be granted for an approved on-site sewage disposal system other than a septic tank, including modified subsurface systems, mechanical systems, and any other sys…

As used in this section and KRS 211.395: (1) "Department" means the Department for Public Health; (2) "Eligible medical condition" means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome or other inflammatory bowel disease, or any other medical condition that requires…

Immunity from civil liability. (1) The department shall inform the operator of any public or semipublic building regulated by KRS 211.180 that has a toilet facility for its employees that a person may use that facility during normal business hours if all of the following conditio…

In enacting legislation relating to a rural Kentucky dental scholarship fund, the General Assembly has as its purpose the alleviation of the shortage of dentists in certain rural areas of the Commonwealth.

As used in KRS 211.405 to 211.460, unless the context requires otherwise, "board" means the Kentucky Board of Dentistry.

(1) There is hereby established within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a rural Kentucky dental scholarship fund. (2) There shall be available each fiscal year to applicants selected by the board with the approval of the Dental Health Program of the Cabinet for Health …

(1) To be eligible for a scholarship made available under KRS 211.405 to 211.460, an applicant must: (a) Have been a resident of this Commonwealth for not less than five (5) years immediately preceding the date of application; (b) Be acceptable for enrollment in a dental school a…

(1) If the recipient of a scholarship fails, without justifiable cause to practice dentistry in the locality designated, the entire amount of scholarship benefits received under the provisions of KRS 211.405 to 211.460 plus six percent (6%) interest thereon, shall become due and …

The board may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of KRS 211.405 to 211.460.