KRS 363.540: State standards of weights and measures.

The state shall have weights and measures that conform with the standards of the United

States and that have been approved as being satisfactory for use by the National Institute

of Standards and Technology. These weights and measures shall be the state st andards of

weight and measure. The state standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the

laboratory of the State Division of Regulation and Inspection, and shall not be removed

from the laboratory except for repairs or for calibration and approval.