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215.520 Duties relating to tuberculosis control.
The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall discharge all
duties relating to all matters of tuberculosis control, including, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) The facilitation of appropriate clinical services for either recalcitrant or drug
resistant persons with active tuberculosis for which failure to provide services
will lead to further spread of disease in the Commonwealth;
(2) The promulgation of administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A
for the purpose of carrying out the directives of this section, KRS 215.540,
215.550, 215.560, 215.570, 215.580, 215.590, and 215.600;
(3) The maintenance of a central register of all known cases of tuberculosis in the
Commonwealth, and local registers as desirable, and the collection, collation,
analysis, and publication of statistics and other information;
(4) The facilitation of tuberculosis programs in cooperation with the Department of
Corrections, Department of Education, and other state agencies within their
respective jurisdictions;
(5) The establishment within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services of
appropriate social service and financial responsibility appraisal methods to
insure that tuberculosis patients or suspects receive all possible support from
third-party payors, or from the Medical Assistance Program. The Cabinet for
Health and Family Services may contract for services for persons with
tuberculosis, either directly or through local health departments, and may pay
the rates it deems necessary as a charge against the tuberculosis control funds
of the Commonwealth;
(6) The dissemination of educational materials to the citizens of the
Commonwealth regarding tuberculosis and its control;
(7) The initiation of special programs and demonstrations in cooperation with
agencies of the federal government, universities, voluntary agencies, and other
individuals or corporations;
(8) The provision of direct assistance to local health departments, to other
agencies of state government, and to other organizations to assist them in
carrying out education, prevention, and treatment programs of tuberculosis
control; and
(9) Except as otherwise provided by law, to do all other things reasonably
necessary to carry out the intent of this section and KRS 215.540 to 215.600.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 471, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 416, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 211, sec. 78, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 331,
sec. 34, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 271, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 208, effective
July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 78. -- Created
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 3.
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