{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311.990","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311.990","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) Any person who violates KRS 311.250 shall be guilty of a violation.\n(2) Any college or professor thereof violating the provisions of KRS 311.300 to\n311.350 shall be civilly liable on his or her bond for a sum not less than one\nhundred dollars ($100) nor mo re than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each\nviolation, which may be recovered by an action in the name of the Commonwealth.\n(3) Any person who presents to the county clerk for the purpose of registration any\nlicense which has been fraudulently obtained,  or obtains any license under KRS\n311.380 to 311.500 by false or fraudulent statement or representation, or practices\npodiatry under a false or assumed name or falsely impersonates another practitioner\nor former practitioner of a like or different name, or aids and abets any person in the\npractice of podiatry within the state without conforming to the requirements of KRS\n311.380 to 311.500, or otherwise violates or neglects to comply with any of the\nprovisions of KRS 311.380 to 311.500, shall be guilty of a  Class A misdemeanor.\nEach case of practicing podiatry in violation of the provisions of KRS 311.380 to\n311.500 shall be considered a separate offense.\n(4) Each violation of KRS 311.560 shall constitute a Class D felony.\n(5) Each violation of KRS 311.590 s hall constitute a Class D felony. Conviction under\nthis subsection of a holder of a license or permit shall result automatically in\npermanent revocation of such license or permit.\n(6) Conviction of willfully resisting, preventing, impeding, obstructing, th reatening, or\ninterfering with the board or any of its members, or of any officer, agent, inspector,\nor investigator of the board or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in the\nadministration of any of the provisions of KRS 311.550 to 311.620 shall be a Class\nA misdemeanor.\n(7) Each violation of KRS 311.375(1) shall, for the first offense, be a Class B\nmisdemeanor, and, for each subsequent offense shall be a Class A misdemeanor.\n(8) Each violation of KRS 311.375(2) shall, for the first offense, be a violation, and, for\neach subsequent offense, be a Class B misdemeanor.\n(9) Each day of violation of either subsection of KRS 311.375 shall constitute a\nseparate offense.\n(10) (a) Any person who intentionally or knowingly performs an abortion contrary to\nthe requirements of KRS 311.723(1) shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(b) Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly violates the\nrequirements of KRS 311.723(2) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(11) (a) 1. Any physician who performs a partial-birth abortion in violation of KRS\n311.765 shall be guilty of a Cl ass D felony. However, a physician shall\nnot be guilty of the criminal offense if the partial -birth abortion was\nnecessary to save the life of the mother whose life was endangered by a\nphysical disorder, illness, or injury.\n2. A physician may seek a hearin g before the State Board of Medical\nLicensure on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the\nlife of the mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder,\nillness, or injury. The board's findings, decided by majority vote of a\nquorum, shall be admissible at the trial of the physician. The board shall\npromulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this\nsubparagraph.\n3. Upon a motion of the physician, the court shall delay the beginning of\nthe trial for not more than thirty (30) days to permit the hearing, referred\nto in subparagraph 2. of this paragraph, to occur.\n(b) Any person other than a physician who performs a partial -birth abortion shall\nnot be prosecuted under this subsection but shall be prosecuted under\nprovisions of law which prohibit any person other than a physician from\nperforming any abortion.\n(c) No penalty shall be assessed against the woman upon whom the partial -birth\nabortion is performed or attempted to be performed.\n(12) (a) Except as provided in KRS 311.732(12), any person who intentionally,\nknowingly, or recklessly performs an abortion upon a minor without obtaining\nthe required consent pursuant to KRS 311.732 shall be guilty of a Class D\nfelony.\n(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this su bsection, any person who\nintentionally or knowingly fails to conform to any requirement of KRS\n311.732 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) Any person who negligently releases information or documents which are\nconfidential under KRS 311.732 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.\n(13) Any person who performs an abortion upon a married woman either with\nknowledge or in reckless disregard of whether KRS 311.735 applies to her and who\nintentionally, knowingly, or recklessly fails to conform to the requirements  of KRS\n311.735 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(14) Any person convicted of violating KRS 311.750 shall be guilty of a Class B felony.\n(15) Any person who violates KRS 311.760(2) shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(16) Any person who violates KRS 311.770 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(17) Except as provided in KRS 311.787(3), any person who intentionally violates KRS\n311.787 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(18) A person convicted of violating KRS 311.780 shall be guilty of a Class C felony.\n(19) Except as provided in KRS 311.782(6), any person who intentionally violates KRS\n311.782 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(20) Any person who violates KRS 311.783(1) shall be guilty of a Class B\nmisdemeanor.\n(21) Any person who violates KRS 311.7705(1) is guilty of a Class D felony.\n(22) Any person who violates KRS 311.7706(1) is guilty of a Class D felony.\n(23) Except as provided in KRS 311.731(7), any person who violates KRS 311.731(2)\nshall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(24) Any physician, p hysician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, nurse, or\nother healthcare provider who intentionally violates KRS 311.823(2) shall be guilty\nof a Class D felony. As used in this subsection, \"healthcare provider\" has the same\nmeaning as in KRS 311.821.\n(25) Any person who violates KRS 311.810 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(26) Any professional medical association or society, licensed physician, or hospital or\nhospital medical staff who shall have violated the provisions of KRS 311.606 sh all\nbe guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.\n(27) Any administrator, officer, or employee of a publicly owned hospital or publicly\nowned health care facility who performs or permits the performance of abortions in\nviolation of KRS 311.800(1) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(28) Any person who violates KRS 311.905(3) shall be guilty of a violation.\n(29) Any person who violates the provisions of KRS 311.820 shall be guilty of a Class A\nmisdemeanor.\n(30) Any person who fails to test organs, skin, or other human tissue which is to be\ntransplanted, or violates the confidentiality provisions required by KRS 31 1.281,\nshall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(31) Any person who sells or makes a charge for any transplantable organ shall be guilty\nof a Class D felony.\n(32) Any person who offers remuneration for any transplantable organ for use in\ntransplantation i nto himself or herself shall be fined not less than five thousand\ndollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).\n(33) Any person brokering the sale or transfer of any transplantable organ shall be guilty\nof a Class C felony.\n(34) Any person charging a fee associated with the transplantation of a transplantable\norgan in excess of the direct and indirect costs of procuring, distributing, or\ntransplanting the transplantable organ shall be fined not less than fifty thousand\ndollars ($50,000) nor more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).\n(35) Any hospital performing transplantable organ transplants which knowingly fails to\nreport the possible sale, purchase, or brokering of a transplantable organ shall be\nfined not less than ten thousa nd dollars ($10,000) or more than fifty thousand\ndollars ($50,000).\n(36) (a) Any physician or qualified technician who violates KRS 311.727 shall be\nfined not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a first\noffense and not more than two hundr ed fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for\neach subsequent offense.\n(b) In addition to the fine, the court shall report the violation of any physician, in\nwriting, to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure for such action and\ndiscipline as the board deems appropriate.\n(37) Any person who violates KRS 311.691 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor\nfor the first offense, and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.\nIn addition to any other penalty imposed for that violation, the board may, t hrough\nthe Attorney General, petition a Circuit Court to enjoin the person who is violating\nKRS 311.691 from practicing genetic counseling in violation of the requirements of\nKRS 311.690 to 311.700.\n(38) Any person convicted of violating KRS 311.728 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.\n(39) (a) A person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly violates KRS 311.7731\nto 311.7739 is guilty of a Class D felony.\n(b) No criminal penalty may be assessed against a pregnant patient upon whom a\ndrug-induced abortion is attempted, induced, or performed.","path":["KRS Chapter 311"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57549","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:07Z","sha256":"d24b5f14e7411bc05a52a3b8ac457df9e2207bf37e35e13af0d62856e6e80a15","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311.986","next":"us-ky/krs-311.991"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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