Kentucky Statutes 211.190 – Public health services to be provided by the cabinet
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The cabinet shall provide public health services including:
(1) Administrative, consultative, technical, professional, and other services needed to assist local health departments in the effective maintenance and operation of their departments;
(2) Administrative, investigative, and clerical services required by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and may upon request provide these services to any other agency of this Commonwealth authorized to control the practice of any other healing art;
(3) Administration of grants, gifts, or contributions from the federal government, or from other sources, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Pub. L. No.
725 (79th Congress, 2nd Session, chapter 958), or any other acts for the same or similar purposes;
(4) Central registrations of births, deaths, and other vital records and the furnishing of copies thereof to the general public in the manner prescribed by law;
(5) Statistical services, including the compilation, analysis, and maintenance of statistics on matters related to public health, and may provide these services to organizations and persons interested in public health;
(6) Education of the public concerning all matters relating to health, including the publication and dissemination of health information, and the stimulation of citizen support for the promotion and maintenance of high standards of public health throughout the Commonwealth;
(7) Survey and study of the needs of medical and hospital facilities in the interest of the health of the general public;
(8) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of public health laboratories and such branches thereof as may be needed;
(9) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of training facilities and schools for employees of the cabinet and of local health departments;
(10) Tabulating, duplicating, and other ancillary services as are necessary to the operation of the cabinet, including the keeping of adequate financial, personnel, and other records; and
(11) Establishment, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of water fluoridation programs for the protection of dental health.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 347, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 291, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 351, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(17); and ch. 308, sec. 39. — Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 13, effective June 17, 1954.
(1) Administrative, consultative, technical, professional, and other services needed to assist local health departments in the effective maintenance and operation of their departments;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 211.190
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Administrative, investigative, and clerical services required by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and may upon request provide these services to any other agency of this Commonwealth authorized to control the practice of any other healing art;
(3) Administration of grants, gifts, or contributions from the federal government, or from other sources, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Pub. L. No.
725 (79th Congress, 2nd Session, chapter 958), or any other acts for the same or similar purposes;
(4) Central registrations of births, deaths, and other vital records and the furnishing of copies thereof to the general public in the manner prescribed by law;
(5) Statistical services, including the compilation, analysis, and maintenance of statistics on matters related to public health, and may provide these services to organizations and persons interested in public health;
(6) Education of the public concerning all matters relating to health, including the publication and dissemination of health information, and the stimulation of citizen support for the promotion and maintenance of high standards of public health throughout the Commonwealth;
(7) Survey and study of the needs of medical and hospital facilities in the interest of the health of the general public;
(8) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of public health laboratories and such branches thereof as may be needed;
(9) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of training facilities and schools for employees of the cabinet and of local health departments;
(10) Tabulating, duplicating, and other ancillary services as are necessary to the operation of the cabinet, including the keeping of adequate financial, personnel, and other records; and
(11) Establishment, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of water fluoridation programs for the protection of dental health.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 347, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 291, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 351, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(17); and ch. 308, sec. 39. — Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 13, effective June 17, 1954.