(1) In each county of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in which there is located a city of the first class or a consolidated local government, there is hereby created a board of health which board shall be a body politic and corporate, and shall be known as the “…. (name of city of the first class) and …. (name of county) or ….. (name of the consolidated local government) County Board of Health” hereinafter called the “board,” which board shall have jurisdiction throughout such county, including all municipalities in said county with respect to and in accordance with the provisions of KRS § 212.350 to KRS § 212.620. Wherever the words “city” and “mayor” are used in KRS § 212.350 to KRS § 212.620 they shall mean such city of the first class or consolidated local government, and the mayor thereof. Said board may, in its corporate name, sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and acquire real, personal and mixed property by deed, purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, and dispose of same; and may make appropriate rules and regulations and do all things reasonable or necessary effectively to carry out the work and properly to perform the duties intended or required by KRS § 212.350 to KRS § 212.620. When and after the board herein created is organized as herein provided, and except as otherwise provided by law, said board shall succeed to and be vested with all of the functions, obligations, powers, and duties now being exercised by the county board of health, any department of public health, and by any board of tuberculosis hospital in such county; and thereupon the board of health and the department of health and the board of tuberculosis hospital shall cease to exist, and all laws and amendments of said laws, relating to and governing the aforesaid county board of health, department of public health, and board of tuberculosis hospital, in conflict with the provisions of KRS § 212.350 to KRS § 212.620, shall, to the extent of such conflict, stand and be repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding KRS § 212.350 to KRS § 212.625, when a city of the first class and a county containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS § 79.310 to KRS § 79.330, the county and such city of the first class shall agree that the county shall provide all staff support, including a director of health with the qualifications specified and subject to the provisions set forth in KRS § 212.420, to the board of health through county officers, assistants, clerks, deputies, and employees. In such case, all officers, employees, and staff of the board of health and the department of health shall be deemed county employees, and shall be subject to the control of fiscal court. At the time the compact takes effect the officers, employees, and staff of the board of health and the department of health shall be transferred to the service of county government; provided that all such employees who at such time are in the classified service shall be continued in a classified service administered by county government. All functions, obligations, powers, and duties now vested in the board of health shall continue to be vested in the board unless changed by ordinance of the fiscal court of such county. Upon the establishment of a consolidated local government in a county where a city of the first class and a county containing that city have had in effect a cooperative compact pursuant to KRS § 79.310 to KRS § 79.330,

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 212.350

  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC

the requirements of this subsection pertaining to county government shall be assumed by the consolidated local government.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 4, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 203, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1986. — Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1.