KRS 212.270: Attorneys to represent Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local

boards of health.

The county and Commonwealth's attorneys and the Attorney General, within their

respective jurisdictions, shall represent the Cabinet for Health and Family Servic es and

local boards of health in all matters relating to the enforcement of the health and medical

laws and the performance of the duties of those boards, but when the secretary for health

and family services deems it necessary, it may employ at its discre tion special attorneys

and inspectors to assist the county and Commonwealth's attorneys or the Attorney

General and may pay reasonable compensation for the same from any unexpended funds

at its disposal.