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212.170 Appointment of health officers -- Assistant -- Employees -- Appeals.

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212.170 Appointment of health officers -- Assistant -- Employees -- Appeals. (1) The county board of health of each county having a county department of health shall, subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, appoint <br>a health officer who shall, subject to merit system provisions, hold office at the <br>pleasure of both the county board and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (2) A health officer may: (a) With the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the local boards of health concerned, serve in such capacity for more than one county; <br>and (b) At the discretion of the local board, act as chief administrative officer of the board. (3) A health officer may appoint an administrative assistant for each county served by him subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. An <br>administrative assistant shall exercise such duties as may be delegated to him by the <br>health officer. (4) A health officer may employ and fix the compensation of, by contract or otherwise, subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, all medical, <br>technical, clerical, professional, and other employees necessary for the maintenance <br>and operation of the local health department in accordance with standards and merit <br>system provisions prescribed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (5) In the absence of a local health officer, the secretary for health and family services or his duly appointed representative shall serve as health officer for the county <br>concerned. (6) Appeals under the local health department merit system shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 399, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 350, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 318, sec. 114, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 228, sec. 2, <br>effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1) and <br>(11). -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 2. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 209, <br>sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 5. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2054a-1, 2054a-<br>10, 2054a-15, 2054a-18, 2054a-21, 2055. Legislative Research Commission Note. By virtue of KRS 212.350 to 212.620, enacted in 1942, this section no longer applies to counties containing a city of the first class.