212.792 Personnel matters.

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212.792 Personnel matters. (1) The board shall establish a compensation plan for all employees of the department. <br>(2) The employees of the department shall be employed and governed in accordance with the board's merit system. The board shall provide for the recruitment, <br>examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, <br>compensation, and welfare of the department's employees by establishing a system <br>of personnel administration based on merit principles. The systems shall include a <br>personnel board of at least five (5) members appointed by the board for two (2) year <br>terms. The personnel board shall establish rules and regulations governing the <br>administration of the personnel system. The district director of health shall function <br>as the appointing authority for personnel matters of the board. The board shall have <br>one (1) year from the implementation of KRS 212.780 to 212.794 to provide for a <br>merit system. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 61.510 to 61.692 and 78.510 to 78.852 all regular full-time, present and future public health employees of an independent <br>district department of health shall be included within the provisions of the Kentucky <br>Retirement System. (4) When a personnel board is organized as provided in this section, all health department employees shall be transferred to and continued in the service of the <br>department created under KRS 212.782. Any health department employee who is in <br>classified service at the time of the establishment of a personnel system shall be <br>continued in the classified service of the newly created department with the same <br>status held in the district department of health. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990.