2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - CHAPTER 211 STATE HEALTH PROGRAMS

Cabinet for Health and Family Services

• .005   Declaration of legislative policy concerning public health laws.
• .010   Repealed, 1954.
• .015   Definitions for KRS 211.005 to 211.380.
• .020   Repealed, 1974.
• .025   General powers and duties of cabinet.
• .027   Rules and regulations relating to induced termination of pregnancy.
• .030   Repealed, 1974.
• .035   Repealed, 1974.
• .040   Repealed, 1972.
• .041   Repealed, 1982.
• .050   Repealed, 1972.
• .051   Repealed, 1974.
• .060   Repealed, 1974.
• .070   Repealed, 1974.
• .080   Repealed, 1974.
• .090   Powers and duties of secretary.
• .100   Repealed, 1972.
• .101   Repealed, 1972.
• .102   Repealed, 1972.
• .105   Repealed, 1954.
• .106   Repealed, 1974.
• .110   Repealed, 1954.
• .120   Repealed, 1954.
• .130   Definitions for KRS 211.130 to 211.160.
• .140   Declaration of legislative purpose.
• .150   Facilities and services for persons with severe physical disabilities who are educable.
• .160   Powers of secretary of the cabinet in providing service to handicapped persons.
• .165   Program for repayment of educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas.
• .170   Functions of cabinet relating to local health departments.
• .1751   Definitions for KRS 211.1751 to 211.1755.
• .1752   Local Health Department Employment Personnel Council.
• .1755   Merit system for local health department personnel.
• .180   Functions of cabinet in the regulation of certain health matters -- Inspection fees -- Hearing.
• .182   Treatment of cancer restricted to physicians.
• .184   Enforcement of KRS 211.182 by cabinet and secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
• .190   Public health services to be provided by the cabinet.
• .195   Authorization for Department for Public Health to develop programs allowing local health departments to participate in telehealth and receive reimbursement.
• .200   Assignment of cabinet personnel to a county in case of public health emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department.
• .210   Abatement of nuisances.
• .215   Program for decontamination of bird roosts.
• .220   Powers of cabinet personnel in the conduct of investigations -- Subpoenas, process.
• .230   Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to testify.
• .240   Duties of Attorney General, county, and Commonwealth's attorneys.
• .250   Political activity by personnel prohibited.
• .260   Appeals from action by cabinet.
• .270   Payment of travel expenses of personnel.
• .280   Powers of cabinet concerning gifts, grants and endowments.
• .285   Malt Beverage Educational Fund.
• .287   Funding by Department for Public Health of position relating to student health services.
• .290   Repealed, 1990.
• .300   Repealed, 1990.
• .305   Repealed, 1990.
• .310   Repealed, 1990.
• .315   Repealed, 1990.
• .320   Repealed, 1990.
• .325   Repealed, 1990.
• .330   Repealed, 1990.

Public and Private Water Supplies

• .345   Programs for testing public and private water supplies and for educating public about proper siting and drilling of wells.

Sewage Disposal

• .350   On-site sewage disposal systems -- Electronic database -- Reports -- 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.
• .355   Fees set by local board of health -- Inspections to be made only on systems constructed after July 15, 1986 -- Exception.
• .357   Certification of installers of on-site sewage disposal systems.
• .360   Certification of inspectors.
• .365   Office space.
• .370   Issuance of plumbing installation permits for on-site sewage disposal systems -- Local board of health as agent for cabinet -- Regulations.
• .375   On-site sewage disposal manuals -- Fees -- Training of personnel.
• .380   Permit for approved on-site sewage disposal system other than a septic tank.
• .390   Definitions for KRS 211.392.
• .392   Fluidized bed combustion technology tax exemption certificate.

Kentucky Physicians Care Program

• .400   Kentucky Physicians Care Program -- Provision of primary health care services to eligible individuals -- Volunteer networks -- Advisory committees.
• .402   Eligibility for services from Kentucky Physicians Care Program -- Referral by Department for Community Based Services -- Fee for services prohibited.

Dental Scholarships

• .405   Purpose of rural dental scholarship fund.
• .410   Definition for KRS 211.405 to 211.460.
• .420   Rural Kentucky dental scholarship fund -- Granting scholarships.
• .430   Eligibility of applicants -- Contract to practice.
• .440   Effect of breach of contract.
• .450   Administrative regulations.
• .460   Disposition of funds.

Utilization Review

• .461   Repealed, 2000.
• .462   Repealed, 2000.
• .463   Repealed, 2000.
• .464   Repealed, 2000.
• .465   Repealed, 2000.
• .466   Repealed, 2000.

Traumatic Brain Injuries

• .470   Definitions for KRS 211.470 to 211.478.
• .472   Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board.
• .474   Operating parameters -- Duties.
• .476   Traumatic brain injury trust fund.
• .478   Distribution of trust fund moneys.

Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research

• .500   Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Board.
• .502   Duties of board -- Annual report.
• .504   Spinal cord and head injury research trust fund.
• .510   Repealed, 1974.
• .520   Repealed, 1974.
• .525   Repealed, 1974.
• .530   Repealed, 1972.
• .540   Repealed, 1974.
• .550   Repealed, 1976.
• .560   Repealed, 1976.
• .565   Repealed, 1974.
• .570   Repealed, 1974.

Breast Cancer Research and Education

• .580   Breast cancer research and education trust fund.
• .585   Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund Board -- Membership -- Terms -- Meetings.
• .590   Duties of Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund Board.

Rape Crisis Centers

• .600   Designation of regional rape crisis centers -- Provision of services.
• .602   Funding for establishment and operation of regional rape crisis centers.
• .604   Rape crisis center board -- Membership and duties.
• .608   Confidentiality of rape crisis center clients' records.
• .610   Repealed, 1974.
• .620   Repealed, 1974.
• .630   Repealed, 1974.

Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program

• .635   Osteoporosis prevention and education program -- Public education -- Powers of department.

Services for Children and Youth

• .640   Duties of cabinet.
• .645   Definitions for KRS 211.647 and 213.046.
• .647   Duty of commission on receipt of hearing risk certificate.
• .650   Repealed, 1974.

Birth Surveillance Registry

• .651   Definitions for KRS 211.651 to 211.670.
• .655   Legislative findings and statement of intent.
• .660   Kentucky birth surveillance registry -- Department's authority to promulgate administrative regulations.
• .665   Advisory committee -- Duties.
• .670   Confidentiality of registry reports and records -- Use of information.

Review of Child Fatalities

• .680   Legislative intent and findings for KRS 211.680 to 211.686 and KRS 72.029.
• .682   Interpretation of KRS 211.680 to 211.686 and KRS 72.029 with respect to laws relating to coroners.
• .684   Authorization to establish state child fatality review team -- Annual report on child fatalities.
• .686   Authorization for coroners to establish local child fatality response teams -- Confidentiality of team proceedings and records.

Health Access Nurturing Development Services

• .690   Health Access Nurturing Development Services for at-risk parents.
• .700   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .703   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .707   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .710   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .713   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .715   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .717   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .720   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .723   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .727   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .730   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.

Diabetes Research

• .735   Definitions for KRS 211.735 to 211.739.
• .736   Creation of Kentucky Diabetes Research Board.
• .737   Creation of Kentucky diabetes research trust fund.
• .738   Application and review of proposed research projects.
• .739   Granting of research contracts -- Reports -- Published research documents -- Acknowledgment of funding source.
• .740   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 200.560, effective July 15, 1986.
• .750   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 200.550, effective July 15, 1986.

Breast-feeding

• .755   Breast-feeding permitted -- Municipal ordinances not to prohibit or restrict -- Interference prohibited.

Tattooing

• .760   Tattooing and body piercing of humans by nonmedical personnel for remuneration -- Registration -- Administrative regulations -- Compliance checks -- Hearings.
• .810   Repealed, 1974.

Kidney Disease Institute

• .820   Functions, powers, and duties of Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
• .830   Repealed, 1974.

Radiation Control

• .840   Short title.
• .842   Duties of Cabinet for Health and Family Services -- Right of entry upon property.
• .843   Licensees of radioactive materials to provide sureties -- Revocation of license.
• .844   Regulatory authority of cabinet.
• .846   Monitoring radioactive waste material sites.
• .848   Fees and charges for registration and licensing -- Disposition.
• .850   Injunction against violations.
• .852   Prerequisites to approval of nuclear waste disposal facility -- Procedure -- Exception.
• .854   Monitoring radiation in discharges into rivers -- Report of violations to United States attorney.
• .855   Cabinet's role as radon control agency for Commonwealth.
• .856   Certification of persons engaged in radon analysis, mitigation, or testing -- Fees.
• .857   Injunctive relief against violators.
• .858   Penalty for violations of KRS 211.855 to 211.858.

Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioative Waste Compact

• .859   Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

Radiation Operators

• .860   Repealed, 1974.
• .861   Legislative findings -- Purpose.
• .862   Definitions for KRS 211.861 to 211.869.
• .863   Control of commerce of low-level radioactive waste in and out of Kentucky -- Prohibitions -- Exemption.
• .865   Cabinet's authority to promulgate administrative regulations.
• .867   Acceptance of donations -- Trust and agency fund.
• .869   Penalties.
• .870   Regulation of radiation sources.
• .880   Repealed, 1974.
• .890   Application fees.
• .892   Legislative finding.
• .894   Conditions for relinquishing of ownership of low-level nuclear waste disposal site -- Commonwealth policy as to sites or facilities -- Contracts or agreements with federal government.
• .896   Conditions for reopening of closed facility.
• .898   Stabilization and decommissioning of facility owned by Commonwealth.

Lead Poisoning Prevention

• .900   Definitions for KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994.
• .901   Statewide program for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning -- Duties of secretary -- Authorization of local regulations and programs.
• .902   Reports on persons with excess level of lead in blood -- Duty to transmit electronic report to cabinet -- Records of reports to be indexed and analyzed -- Information to local organizations.
• .903   Testing for lead poisoning.
• .904   Educational programs.
• .905   Inspection of dwelling or dwelling unit of occupant with confirmed elevated lead blood level -- Procedure -- Duties of cabinet -- Effect.

Lead-Hazard Detection and Abatement

• .9061   Definitions for KRS 211.9061 to 211.9079 and KRS 211.990.
• .9063   Certification of those performing lead-hazard detection or abatement services -- Administrative regulations -- Decision on application -- Quality assurance inspector.
• .9065   Accreditation for training programs providing education for certification in lead-hazard detection or abatement services -- Administrative regulations.
• .9067   Schedule of fees.
• .9069   Equivalent certificate and equivalent accreditation -- Conditions of issuance.
• .9071   Compliance with federal rules and regulations.
• .9075   Standards for performing lead-hazard detection or abatement procedures -- Compliance with administrative regulations.
• .9079   Public education and awareness campaign.

Confinement Facilities Health Act

• .920   Definitions for KRS 211.925 to 211.945.
• .925   Powers and duties of cabinet.
• .927   Cooperation with Department of Corrections -- Assistance in training.
• .930   Prohibition.
• .935   Inspection of facilities -- Action to correct dangerous condition.
• .940   Repealed, 1990.
• .945   Administration of existing laws.
• .950   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6521.
• .951   Newborn infant -- Implied consent to medical treatment by emergency services provider -- Confidentiality of person placing infant with provider.
• .952   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6524.
• .9523   Abolition of category of nonemergency health transportation provider -- Conversion to disabled persons carrier or Class II ground ambulance provider.
• .953   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6525.
• .9531   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6526.
• .9533   Repealed, 2000.
• .9535   Repealed, 2000.
• .954   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6563.
• .956   Repealed, 2000.
• .958   Repealed, 1996.

Emergency Medical Technicians

• .960   Repealed, 2000.
• .962   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6522.
• .964   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6541.
• .966   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6561.
• .967   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6531.
• .968   Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 311.6579.

Septic Tank Servicing

• .970   Definitions for KRS 211.972 to 211.982.
• .972   License and bonding required.
• .974   Exceptions to licensing requirements.
• .976   Application, filing and contents -- Conditions of bond.
• .978   Transporting vehicle to carry license -- Application -- Issuance.
• .979   Restrictions of use on vehicles licensed to haul sewage, sewage sludge, or grease.
• .980   Authorization to issue administrative regulations -- Hearings.
• .981   Disposal of sewage and sewage sludge.
• .982   Use of fees.
• .984   Definition.
• .985   Presetting of hot water heater thermostat by manufacturer.

Penalties

• .990   Penalties.
• .991   Penalty for violation of KRS 211.670.
• .992   Repealed, effective January 1, 1973.
• .993   Penalties.
• .994   Penalty.
• .995   Penalties for violation of KRS 211.972 to 211.982 -- Civil penalty -- License revocation.