(1) It shall be unlawful for any employer to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment.
(2) As used in this section:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 336.220

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Employer: means all persons, firms, associations, corporations, public employers, public school employers, and public colleges, universities, institutions, and education agencies. See Kentucky Statutes 336.180
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(a) The term “employer” means and includes an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the state.
(b) The term “employee” means and includes every person who may be permitted, required or directed by any employer, as defined in paragraph (a) of this subsection, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.
History: Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 26.