(1) No officer, employee, or agent of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a regional community board for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability or a nonprofit corporation administering a regional community program for mental health or individuals with an intellectual disability shall sell anything to any institution, facility, or organization under the control of the cabinet nor participate in selection, or in the award or administration of a contract supported by state or federal funds if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved.
(2) Such a conflict of interest would arise when:
(a) The employee, officer, or agent;
(b) Any member of his immediate family;
(c) His or her partner; or (d) An organization which employs, or is about to employ, any of the above, has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for award.