(1) The operation or maintenance of an unlicensed medical laboratory in violation of this chapter is declared a nuisance, inimical to the public health, safety and welfare. The cabinet may, in addition to other remedies herein provided, bring an action for an injunction to restrain such violation or to enjoin the future operation or maintenance of any such medical laboratory until compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(2) County and Commonwealth’s attorneys and the Attorney General shall, within their respective jurisdictions, enforce the penal provisions of this chapter.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.250

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Medical laboratory: means any institution, building, place, or any other facility in which operations and procedures for the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other methods of examination of tissues including blood, secretions, and excretions of the human body are performed to obtain information in diagnosing, preventing, or treating disease, or in which the results of any examination, determination, or test are used as a basis for health advice. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020

Effective: January 1, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 48, effective January 1,
1978. — Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 26.

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