212.990 Penalties.
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<![CDATA[212.990 Penalties. (1) Any owner or occupant who fails to comply with an order made under the provisions of subsection (1) of KRS 212.210 shall be fined not less than ten dollars <br>($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and each day's continuance of the <br>nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, after the owner or occupant has been <br>notified to remove it, shall be a separate offense. (2) Any person who violates KRS 212.715 or any rule or regulation adopted by any consolidated local government, city, county, or city-county board of health, except <br>as otherwise provided by subsection (3) of this section for counties containing cities <br>of the first class or consolidated local government, shall be fined not less than ten <br>dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation <br>continues. (3) The violation of any health regulation promulgated by the city-county board of health or of any order made by the board under KRS 212.350 to 212.620, directing <br>the abatement of a nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, <br>is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and any person, firm, or corporation, or <br>member of a firm or officer or director of a corporation, upon conviction thereof <br>shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than one hundred dollars <br>($100) for each such offense. If any offense is continued for more than one (1) day, <br>each day upon which such offense occurs or is continued shall be considered and <br>constitute a separate offense and a separate fine may be imposed therefor. (4) Any physician who fails to comply with the provisions of KRS 212.343, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (5) Failure to procure the informed consent of those required to give their consent pursuant to KRS 212.345, prior to performing a nontherapeutic sterilization shall be <br>punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or a fine <br>not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. (6) Any physician violating KRS 212.347 shall be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year or shall pay a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), <br>or both. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 210, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 179, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1974 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 352, sec. 6. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 9, effective June 19, <br>1958. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 21. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2055, 2057. ]]>