Title XVIII, Public Health

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".

It is the intent of KRS 212.810 to 212.930 to enable counties within various areas of the state to join together in the formation of a district health department to improve the delivery of health services to the people.

As used in 212.810 to 212.930, unless the content requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; and (2) "Health officer" means the chief administrative officer of the district health department.

(1) The cabinet shall delineate and define geographical boundaries within which district health departments may be established. The fiscal courts of all counties within the boundaries delineated by the cabinet may, by resolution of each respective court, duly passed by a majority…

(1) Fiscal courts of all counties uniting to establish a district health department shall certify to the cabinet a copy of their resolution for establishing a district health department and providing for its maintenance and operation, and specifying the amount of the appropriatio…

(1) Except for district health departments which serve a county containing a city of the first class, an urban-county government, or which are part of an interstate metropolitan statistical area where the Kentucky population of the metropolitan statistical area exceeded two hundr…

(1) A majority of all the members of the district board of health shall constitute a quorum. The board shall elect a chairman and vice chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary for the board to conduct business. The district board of health may elect an executive com…

(1) A district health officer may employ and fix the compensation of, by contract or otherwise, subject to the approval of the cabinet all medical, administrative, technical, clerical, professional, and other employees necessary for the maintenance and operation of the district h…

District health departments shall: (1) Administer and enforce in the district, except as otherwise provided by law, all applicable public health laws of the Commonwealth and all rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the rules and regulations of t…

County, city-county, and district health departments may in addition to other powers specified in KRS 212.245: (1) Acquire title, by purchase or otherwise, with the approval of the cabinet, to real estate and such other property as may be necessary; (2) Maintain in each county no…

The health officer of a district health department shall devote his time to the duties of his office and shall not engage in the private practice of medicine. He may also be secretary of the district board of health and keep full minutes of the proceedings of the board in a book …

first class or city with population of 15,000 or more -- Appropriation. (1) In any county containing a city of the first class or a city with a population equal to or greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census, the fiscal court of t…

retain trusteeship of county public health tax fund. (1) Moneys derived from a county public health tax as provided in KRS 212.720 to 212.755 may be expended for the operation and maintenance of a district health department as provided herein. (2) Upon the creation of a district …

All actions, orders, and rules and regulations of county boards of health that have formed a district health department shall continue in full force and effect unless subsequently amended, repealed or changed by appropriate action of the district board of health.

(1) Any owner or occupant who fails to comply with an order made under the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS 212.210 shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and each day's continuance of the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of …

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Abortion" means the purposeful interruption of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a live-born infant or to remove a dead fetus and which does not result in a live birth. "Abortion" excludes manag…

There shall be established in the Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a vital statistics program which shall maintain and operate the only official system of vital statistics in the Commonwealth.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall adopt administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

The secretary for health and family services shall designate the state registrar of vital statistics, hereinafter referred to as "state registrar," in accordance with merit system laws and administrative regulations.

The state registrar, under the supervision of the commissioner of health, shall: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the administrative regulations issued hereunder; issue instructions for the efficient administration of the system of vital statistics; d…

registrars and local health departments. (1) Each county in the Commonwealth shall carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) The secretary may, upon the recommendation of the state registrar, designate a local registrar in each county to aid in the efficient administration of…

(1) In order to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the forms of certificates and reports required by this chapter, or by administrative regulations adopted hereunder, shall include, as a minimum, the items recommended by the federal agen…

institution and cabinet -- Contents of birth certificate. (1) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in the Commonwealth shall be filed with the state registrar within five (5) working days after such birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and fil…

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall pay the sum of ten dollars ($10) to an institution or local health department for each completed affidavit-of-paternity form returned to the state registrar by the institution or local health department, pursuant to KRS 213.046, li…

(1) All paternity judgment orders issued or modified by a court on or after July 15, 1992, shall include, but not be limited to, the following information about the father, if the information is known at the time the order is set: (a) Full name; (b) Social Security number; (c) Ag…

of unknown parentage. (1) The person who assumes the custody of a live-born infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in a manner prescribed by the state registrar within five (5) working days to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services the following information: (…

(1) If a certificate of birth of a living person born in the Commonwealth has not been filed within the time period as provided in KRS 213.046, a certificate of birth may be filed in accordance with the administrative regulations of the cabinet. The certificate shall be registere…

(1) Upon notification by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet that a child born in the Commonwealth is missing, the state registrar of vital statistics shall flag the birth certificate record of the child in such a manner that whenever a copy of the birth certificate or informat…

(1) For each adoption decreed by a Circuit Court in the Commonwealth, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The report shall include the facts necessary to establish a new certificate of birth of…

- Findings of paternity reported -- Procedure when judgment or acknowledgment of paternity is reversed or modified -- Copies of original birth certificate sealed -- Birth certificate for adopted child. (1) The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a perso…

- Method of filing -- Notice of military burial rights -- Medical certification of cause of death -- Contents of certificate -- Supplemental report -- Verification- of-death statements -- Interment or other disposition of body prohibited unless accompanied by copy of certificate …

(1) No person shall cremate or cause to be transported for the purpose of cremation the body of any person whose death occurs in the Commonwealth, without first obtaining from the coroner of the county in which the death occurred, a permit stating the cause of death and authorizi…

If a death is presumed to have occurred within the Commonwealth but the body cannot be located or recovered, a death certificate may be prepared by the state registrar upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, which shall include the finding of facts required…

(1) If a death occurring in the Commonwealth has not been registered within one (1) year from the date of death, a certificate of death may be filed in accordance with regulation of the cabinet pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. The certificate shall be registered subject to the eviden…

(1) Each fetal death of twenty (20) completed weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery or in which the fetus weighs three hundred fifty (350) grams or more, which occurs in the Commonwealth, shall be reported on…

(1) For the purposes of this section, "fetal remains" means the biological remains of a human child resulting from the termination of a pregnancy by a surgical or medication abortion prior to birth or miscarriage. (2) (a) Within twenty-four (24) hours before a surgical or medicat…

Contents of report -- Public report by Vital Statistics Branch -- Administrative regulations -- Audit by Inspector General. (1) Each abortion as defined in KRS 213.011 which occurs in the Commonwealth, regardless of the length of gestation, shall be reported to the Vital Statisti…

The reports required under KRS 213.101 are statistical reports to be used only for medical and health purposes and shall not be incorporated into the permanent official records of the system of vital statistics.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 311.300 to 311.350, any hospital or institution of higher learning may make application to any medical school incorporated within the Commonwealth for the loan of unclaimed whole dead bodies or parts thereof for educational or scientific …

(1) The cabinet shall perform the collection, indexing, tabulation, and registration of data relating to marriages, divorces, and annulments. The secretary shall adopt administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. (2) Each county clerk shall on or before…

(1) A certificate or report registered under this chapter may be amended only in accordance with this section and administrative regulations adopted by the cabinet to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records. (2) A certificate or report that is amended under this secti…