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212.230 Powers and duties of county, city-county, and district health boards.

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212.230 Powers and duties of county, city-county, and district health boards. (1) County, city-county, and district boards of health shall: (a) Appoint a health officer and fix his salary subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (b) Hold a regular meeting at least once every three (3) months, except that county or city-county boards whose counties are members of a district health <br>department shall hold a regular meeting at least once every twelve (12) <br>months, and other special or regular meetings as desired and keep full minutes <br>of all the proceedings in a book provided for this purpose; (c) Adopt, except as otherwise provided by law, administrative regulations not in conflict with the administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services necessary to protect the health of the people or to effectuate <br>the purposes of this chapter or any other law relating to public health; (d) Act in a general advisory capacity to the health officer on all matters relating to the local department of health; (e) Provide information regarding the cabinet's ombudsman to all applicants; <br>(f) Hear and decide appeals from rulings, decisions, and actions of the local health department or health officer, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, if <br>the aggrieved party makes written request therefor to the board within thirty <br>(30) days after the ruling, decision, or action complained of. In hearing <br>appeals regarding on-site wastewater permitting, the local health board shall <br>utilize the expertise of the regional on-site wastewater consultants employed <br>by the Department for Public Health; (g) Provide all information on on-site wastewater systems to the cabinet for incorporation into the statewide database as provided for in KRS 211.350(1); <br>and (h) Perform all other functions necessary to carry out the provisions of law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, relating to local boards of health; and (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1), all powers and authority of the local board of health under existing statutes are transferred to the county department of <br>health. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 403, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 354, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, <br>sec. 117, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 2, effective <br>July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1), (3) and (11). -<br>- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 3, effective June 19, 1958. -- Amended 1954 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 3. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2054a-10, 2054a-15, 2055.