2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 212 - LOCAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 212.370 Powers and duties of city-county board as to public health and institutions.
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212.370 Powers and duties of city-county board as to public health and
institutions.
When the board has been organized and the properties transferred, as provided in
KRS 212.350 to 212.620, the board, throughout said county, including all
municipalities therein, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, have exclusive
control and operation, under the acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky, the
ordinances, if any, of the legislative bodies of the municipalities in said county, the
orders and resolutions, if any, of the fiscal court of said county, the regulations of the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the rules and regulations of the board,
of all matters relating to institutions safeguarding the public health, including city or
county hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals, eruptive hospitals, chronic hospitals,
medical care of the indigent, and all other matters affecting public health, including
education of the public regarding such conditions, and the adoption of remedial
measures, and the enforcement of all laws and regulations affecting public health,
including existing ordinances of such city and, if any, of other municipalities in said
county, and any ordinances which may be hereafter enacted by the legislative
bodies of such municipalities, including laws and ordinances regulating sanitation,
milk inspection, meat inspection, livestock inspection, wells, drinking water and
fountains, vaults, vaccination and immunization, quarantine, and the maintenance of
laboratories and clinics necessary for the promotion of public health. The board may
expend funds for the purpose of conducting research work, including laboratory and
biometrical work, and establishing, erecting, and maintaining laboratories and other
buildings and all appurtenances thereto for research work as to the prevalence,
causes, cure, and prevention of disease, and to that end the board is authorized to
expend funds in the employment of such persons or organizations, scientists, or
research experts as the board may deem proper. The board shall be charged with
the responsibility for the collection from official and other sources and for the
publication of such statistics and information as may be useful and necessary for the
performance of its duties, and upon such other matters as such municipalities by
ordinance and said county, by resolution of the fiscal court, respectively, or the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services of Kentucky, by regulation, place under the
control of said board. The board may charge reasonable fees to sewage treatment
plant operators for the regulation and inspection of sewage treatment plants to be
paid within twelve (12) months from the time of regulation and inspection.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 408, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 359, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 107(3); and ch. 351, sec. 1. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 41, sec. 2
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