KRS 194.250: Protection of records, files, and information.

All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or other writing in the

possession of the Department of Child Welfare, the Department of Economic Security,

the Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health, the Commission on Aging,

the Commission on Children and Youth, the Commission for Handicapped Children, the

Office of Economic Opportunity, the Division of Disability Determination of the

Department of Education, and the Employment Agency Licensure Program of the

Department of Lab or and in the possession of all instrumentalities within or attached

thereto shall remain in the custody of the cabinet. All confidential records, files, or

information maintained in accordance with state or federal law or regulations or rules of

court shall be retained in accordance with present law, regulations, or rules of court until

modified or repealed or until the secretary establishes appropriate regulations to protect

these records, files, and information.