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KRS 212.990

Penalties

Known as the Kentucky District Health Department Act

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

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Health v. Haunz (1969)

Most recently applied in Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Health v. Haunz (December 1969)

Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky

(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 sickness, after the owner or occupant has been notified to remove it, shall be a separate offense.

(2) Any person who violates KRS 212.715 or any rule or regulation adopted by any consolidated local government, city, county, or city-county board of health, except as otherwise provided by subsection (3) of this section for counties containing cities of the first class or consolidated local government, shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation continues.

(3) The violation of any health regulation promulgated by the city-county board of health or of any order made by the board under KRS 212.350 to 212.620, directing the abatement of a nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and any person, firm, or corporation, or member of a firm or officer or director of a corporation, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each such offense. If any offense is continued for more than one (1) day, each day upon which such offense occurs or is continued shall be considered and constitute a separate offense and a separate fine may be imposed therefor.

(4) Any physician who fails to comply with the provisions of KRS 212.343, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(5) Failure to procure the informed consent of those required to give their consent pursuant to KRS 212.345, prior to performing a nontherapeutic sterilization shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(6) Any physician violating KRS 212.347 shall be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or shall pay a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

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