KRS 212.782: Establishment of independent district board of health and independent

district department of health.

(1) An independent district board of health and an independent district department of

health may be established in areas where an existing district bo ard of health and

district department of health includes counties which are a part of an interstate MSA

where the Kentucky population of the interstate MSA exceeds two hundred fifty

thousand (250,000) people on July 1, 1989, as estimated by annual populati on

estimates by the United States Bureau of the Census.

(2) The county fiscal courts of any county within an area may by resolution of the

respective fiscal courts, passed by a majority vote of the members present, unite the

counties to create, establish, maintain, and operate an independent district

department of health as defined in KRS 212.780. Each fiscal court shall provide for

its proportion of the cost for the creation, establishment, maintenance, and operation

of the department by resolution.