(1) The health officer of counties that do not have a county department of health shall receive a reasonable compensation, the amount of which shall be fixed by the fiscal court at the time of, or immediately after, his election, and to be paid as other county officers are paid. In no case shall such health officer claim or receive from the county any compensation other than the salary fixed by the fiscal court.
(2) The health officer of counties having a county department of health shall receive a salary to be fixed by the county board of health subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. He shall receive necessary traveling expenses.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 401, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 352, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1) and (11). — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 19. — Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 2. — Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2054a-1, 2054a-10, 2054a-15, 2055.