KRS 212.600: Board to control health in all cities in county containing city of first class

or consolidated local government.

All municipalities in any county of this Commonwealth in which county there is located a

city of the first class or a consolidated local g overnment are hereby made subject to the

provisions of KRS 212.350 to 212.620, and it shall be the duty of the board created in

KRS 212.350 to make and enforce all reasonable regulations controlling or affecting the

health of citizens and residents of said county, including all municipalities therein, in

conformity with the provisions of KRS 212.350 to 212.620 and the laws of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, the rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services of Kentucky, and the ordinances of said municipalities now or hereafter

in effect and not in conflict with the provisions of KRS 212.350 to 212.620. Such

regulations shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be uniform throughout the county, both

within and without the said municipalities ; provided, however, that nothing contained in

this section shall be construed to prevent the board from making specific health

regulations applying only to such section or sections of said county as may be deemed to

require special treatment. The board sh all have power and authority to examine into all

nuisances, sources of filth, and causes or probable causes of sickness, which may in its

opinion be injurious to the health of the residents of such county or of any section or

sections thereof.