The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall, in addition to his other duties, act as secretary of hospital districts, and is vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority, when the conditions set forth in KRS § 216.317 exist, to establish a hospital district within a medical service area as established by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Effective: June 20, 2005

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 216.315

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 478, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 423, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1), (2) and (21). — Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 3, effective June 13, 1968.