Kentucky Statutes 334A.122 – Immunity from civil or criminal liability — Actions to restrain or enjoin violations of chapter — Representation of board by state and local prosecutors
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(1) Members of the board and its agents and employees shall be immune from personal liability in any action, civil or criminal, which is based on any official act or acts performed in good faith.
(2) Notwithstanding any other civil or criminal remedy, the board may institute and maintain actions to restrain or enjoin any violation of this chapter, related administrative regulations promulgated by the board pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, or order of the board.
(3) The surrender of a license shall not serve to deprive the board of jurisdiction to proceed with disciplinary action pursuant to this chapter.
(4) The city, county, or Commonwealth’s attorney and the Attorney General shall, within their jurisdictions and within their legal discretion, represent the board and its agents and employees in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and related administrative regulations.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 13, provided that this statute be created as a new section of KRS Chapter 344A. However, since there is currently no KRS Chapter 344A, and since all other newly created statutes in this Act are to be placed in KRS Chapter 334A, the Reviser of Statutes has sited this statute in KRS Chapter 334A, under the authority of KRS
7.136(1)(a).
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). Two manifest clerical or typographical errors have been corrected in this statute during codification under the authority of KRS § 7.136(1)(h).
(2) Notwithstanding any other civil or criminal remedy, the board may institute and maintain actions to restrain or enjoin any violation of this chapter, related administrative regulations promulgated by the board pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, or order of the board.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 334A.122
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Board: means the Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. See Kentucky Statutes 334A.020
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- 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.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(3) The surrender of a license shall not serve to deprive the board of jurisdiction to proceed with disciplinary action pursuant to this chapter.
(4) The city, county, or Commonwealth’s attorney and the Attorney General shall, within their jurisdictions and within their legal discretion, represent the board and its agents and employees in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and related administrative regulations.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 13, provided that this statute be created as a new section of KRS Chapter 344A. However, since there is currently no KRS Chapter 344A, and since all other newly created statutes in this Act are to be placed in KRS Chapter 334A, the Reviser of Statutes has sited this statute in KRS Chapter 334A, under the authority of KRS
7.136(1)(a).
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). Two manifest clerical or typographical errors have been corrected in this statute during codification under the authority of KRS § 7.136(1)(h).