KRS 212.880: Duties of district health departments.

District health departments shall:

(1) Administer and enforce in the district, except as otherwise provided by law, all

applicable public health laws of the Commonwealth and all rules and regulations of

the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the rules and regulations of the

district board of health;

(2) With the advice of the district board of health and the cabinet, formulate, promote,

establish, and execute policies, plans, and programs to safeguard the health of the

people; and

(3) Make such statistical or other studies and report s relating to the activities of the

cabinet as may be deemed expedient or as may be required by the district board of

health or the cabinet.