KRS 210.240: Training schools.

The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is authorized to establish

training schools within the cabinet or within any of the institutions operated by the

cabinet, for the training of necessary personnel for the institutions, or may arran ge for the

training of employees or prospective employees in any public or private school or

institution having available facilities for that purpose. Funds of the cabinet may be used to

pay salaries to employees, or to pay tuition and subsistence for empl oyees or prospective

employees, while receiving such training. Any employee or prospective employee who is

paid a salary, or for whom tuition and subsistence are furnished, while receiving such

training, shall be required to enter into a contract, prior to receiving such training, that

unless he continues in the employ of the cabinet for at least a period equivalent to the

training period, immediately following the completion of such training, he will reimburse

to the cabinet the sum paid to or for him by the cabinet during the period of training.