(1) A district health officer may employ and fix the compensation of, by contract or otherwise, subject to the approval of the cabinet all medical, administrative, technical, clerical, professional, and other employees necessary for the maintenance and operation of the district health department in accordance with standards and merit system provisions prescribed by the cabinet.
(2) In the absence of a district health officer the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or his duly appointed representative shall serve as health officer for the district health department.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 212.870

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

(3) All employees of county health departments which join a district health department shall become employees of the district health department.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 425, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 376, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(2). — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 7.