KRS 211.230: Enforcement of obedience to orders and process -- Coercion of witness to

testify.

In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm, or corporation to comply with any

lawful order of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or with process or in case of

the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully

interrogated, the Circuit Court, or a judge thereof, having jurisdiction may, on application

of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the secretary of the Cabinet for Health

and Family Services, compel obedience by proceedings as in contempt cases.