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KRS 212.230

Powers and duties of county, city-county, and district health boards

Known as the Kentucky District Health Department Act

The act spans §§ 212–212 (135 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Health v. Haunz (1969)

Most recently applied in Bullitt Fiscal Court v. Bullitt County Board of Health (June 2014)

Effective: July 1, 2024 History: Amended 2023 Ky

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(1) County, city-county, and district boards of health shall:

(a) Appoint a health officer and fix his salary subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(b) Hold a regular meeting at least once every three (3) months, except that county or city-county boards whose counties are members of a district health department shall hold a regular meeting at least once every twelve (12) months, and other special or regular meetings as desired and keep full minutes of all the proceedings in a book provided for this purpose;

(c) Adopt, except as otherwise provided by law, administrative regulations not in conflict with the administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services necessary to protect the health of the people or to effectuate the purposes of this chapter or any other law relating to public health;

(d) Act in a general advisory capacity to the health officer on all matters relating to the local department of health;

(e) Provide information regarding the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman to all applicants;

(f) Hear and decide appeals from rulings, decisions, and actions of the local health department or health officer, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, if the aggrieved party makes written request therefor to the board within thirty (30) days after the ruling, decision, or action complained of. In hearing appeals regarding on-site wastewater permitting, the local health board shall utilize the expertise of the regional on-site wastewater consultants employed by the Department for Public Health;

(g) Provide all information on on-site wastewater systems to the cabinet for incorporation into the statewide database as provided for in KRS 211.350(1); and (h) Perform all other functions necessary to carry out the provisions of law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, relating to local boards of health.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1), all powers and authority of the local board of health under existing statutes are transferred to the county department of health.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.