KRS 216.315: Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as secretary of

hospital districts.

The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall, in addition to his other

duties, act as secretary of hospital districts, and is vested with jurisdiction, power, and

authority, when the conditions set forth in KRS 216.317 exist, to establish a hospital

district within a medical service area as established by the secretary of the Cabinet for

Health and Family Services.