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211.230 Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to testify.

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211.230 Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to testify. In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with any <br>lawful order of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or with process or in case of <br>the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully <br>interrogated, the Circuit Court, or a judge thereof, having jurisdiction may, on application <br>of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the secretary of the Cabinet for Health <br>and Family Services, compel obedience by proceedings as in contempt cases. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 351, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 295, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 65. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 17, effective June 17, <br>1954.