KRS 212.430: Compensation of employees -- Civil service.

(1) The board shall fix the compensation of all agents and employees of the board, and

such compensation shall be as nearly comparable as practicable with the

compensations paid and received by corresponding or comparable civil employees

of such city or county.

(2) The agents and employees of the board shall be employed and governed, as

provided in this subsection, in accordance with the merit system. For the purpose of

governing the employment, appointment, suspension, lay -off, and dismissal of

employees by the board, and personnel matters relating thereto, any law or laws, or

amendments thereof, and any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto,

authorizing, creating, and governing any city board or commission empowered to

administer and enforce civil service laws, rules, and regulations in and for such city

are hereby made applicable to the personnel and personnel matters of the board to

the extent of and with respect to corresponding and comparable offices, positions,

and places of employment of and under the board. Such city board or commission is

hereby authorized and directed to perform, without compensation from the board,

all things necessary to be done to accomplish the aforesaid purpose, including the

creation and putting into effect of, and maintai ning, a "classified service," in

accordance with which the board will be governed in the employment of agents and

employees and in the performance of its duties under this section. The director of

health of the board shall function as appointing authority in and with respect to said

personnel matters of the board. Provided, however, regulations of such city board or

commission as may administer the civil service laws, rules, and regulations in such

city, as applied to employees of the board, shall be not le ss stringent than those of

the merit system of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services of Kentucky.