{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-210.285","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 210.285","heading":"Powers of cabinet -- Forms -- Reports -- Rules and regulations.","body":"In addition to the specific authority granted by other provisions of KRS Chapters 202A,\n202B, and 210, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall have authority to\nprescribe the form of applications, records, reports, and medical certificates provide d for\nunder KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 210 and the information required to be contained\ntherein; to require reports from the head of any hospital relating to the admission,\nexamination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient; to visit hospitals regularly to\nreview the hospitalization procedures of all new patients admitted between visits; to\ninvestigate by personal visit complaints made by any persons on behalf of any patients or\nby any patients themselves; and to adopt such rules and regulations  not inconsistent with\nthe provisions of KRS Chapters 202A, 202B, and 210 as it may find to be reasonably\nnecessary for proper and efficient hospitalization of the mentally ill.","path":["KRS Chapter 210"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8264","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:10Z","sha256":"665b5bee8b4e6dbf24f83f4d88cc534d34b3445e004c4c611b3155e5b760125e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-210.280","next":"us-ky/krs-210.290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}