KRS 211.190: Public health services to be provided by the cabinet.

The cabinet shall provide public health services including:

(1) Administrative, consultative, technical, professional, and other services needed to

assist local health departments in the effective maintenance and operation of their

departments;

(2) Administrative, investigative, and clerical services required by the secretary of the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and may upon request provide these

services to any other agency of this Commonwealth authorized to control the

practice of any other healing art;

(3) Administration of grants, gifts, or contributions from the federal government, or

from other sources, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Pub. L. No.

725 (79th Congress, 2nd Session, chapter 958), or any other acts for the same o r

similar purposes;

(4) Central registrations of births, deaths, and other vital records and the furnishing of

copies thereof to the general public in the manner prescribed by law;

(5) Statistical services, including the compilation, analysis, and maintena nce of

statistics on matters related to public health, and may provide these services to

organizations and persons interested in public health;

(6) Education of the public concerning all matters relating to health, including the

publication and disseminati on of health information, and the stimulation of citizen

support for the promotion and maintenance of high standards of public health

throughout the Commonwealth;

(7) Survey and study of the needs of medical and hospital facilities in the interest of the

health of the general public;

(8) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of public health laboratories and such

branches thereof as may be needed;

(9) Establishment, maintenance, and operation of training facilities and schools for

employees of the cabinet and of local health departments;

(10) Tabulating, duplicating, and other ancillary services as are necessary to the

operation of the cabinet, including the keeping of adequate financial, personnel, and

other records; and

(11) Establishment, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement of water fluoridation

programs for the protection of dental health.