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211.9135 Cabinet's role as radon control agency for Commonwealth.
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The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall be the regulatory agency for
the control of radon in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The cabinet shall develop and conduct programs for evaluation and control of
activities related to radon including laboratory analyses, mitigation, and
measurements.
The cabinet shall:
(a) Promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter
13A to administer, coordinate, and enforce KRS 211.9101 to 211.9135;
(b) Maintain a list of all certified persons;
(c) Issue certificates and certificate renewals to qualified persons;
(d) Promulgate administrative regulations establishing requirements for:
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A quality control program plan for certified persons, including what
each certified person administering a plan shall submit and maintain;
and
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Mitigation and measurement standard operating procedures;
(e) Promote the control of radon in the Commonwealth;
(f) Design and administer, or participate in the design and administration of
educational and research programs to ensure citizens of the
Commonwealth are informed about the health risks associated with
radon;
(g) Appoint personnel to perform duties and fix their compensation;
(h) Issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, investigate
allegations of wrongdoing, and conduct administrative hearings in
accordance with KRS Chapter 13B to enforce KRS 211.9101 to
211.9135; and
(i) Collect or receive all fees, fines, and other moneys owed pursuant to
KRS 211.9101 to 211.9135, and deposit all those moneys into the radon
mitigation and control fund established by KRS 211.9133.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 18, effective June 8, 2011. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 381, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 322, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1992 Ky.
Acts ch. 328, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
Formerly codified as KRS 211.855.
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