KRS 211.200: Assignment of cabinet personnel to a county in case of public health

emergency or when county lacks adequate local health department.

Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary for health and family services, a public health

emergency exists in any cou nty, or whenever any county fails to establish, maintain, and

operate a local health department therein meeting the standards prescribed by the cabinet,

the cabinet may assign to said county such of its own personnel as may be designated by

the secretary for health and family services. Such personnel so assigned shall have the full

power and authority of local health department employees in addition to their power and

authority as representatives of the cabinet. Whenever such assignment results by reason of

the lack of a local health department or of a local health department meeting the standards

prescribed by the cabinet, any funds appropriated or allocated to the local health

department by either the Commonwealth or the federal government may be used to

reimburse the cabinet.