{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-336.210","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 336.210","heading":"Employees' representatives to select plant physician or surgeon.","body":"(1) If a plan or custom exists in any industry under which the employees contribute to\nthe payment of any physician or surgeon for furnishing treatment, by deductions\nfrom their wages through the office of the employer, a meeting of such employees\nmay be called by any ten (10) of them, as they consider best to bring to the notice of\nall employees affected that the meeting is to be held. Those at the meeting, by a\nmajority determination, shall authorize two (2) of their number to represent all\nemployees in that plant so affected, and when the management of the plant is\nnotified by the employees of their action, it shall forthwith select two (2) persons to\nrepresent it.\n(2) The persons selected shall meet and select a physician or surgeon for the plant. If no\nselection is made within three (3) days, all questions before them shall be referred to\nthe secretary, who shall act as umpire. His or her decision shall be final. No\nphysician or surgeon shall be employed and paid by deductions from the wages of\nemployees except as provided in this section.\n(3) Any physician or surgeon selected under this section shall be employed for a\ndefinite term, not to exceed four (4) years, and may be removed at any time for\ngross inefficiency or misconduct in the same manner in which h e or she was\nselected.","path":["KRS Chapter 336"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32021","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:25Z","sha256":"7feab14b28b5f60bf429977a6d675718b61938cf2b3aaa091794a5fab6642863","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-336.200","next":"us-ky/krs-336.220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}