{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-64.625","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 64.625","heading":"Compensation of physicians employed by county, city -county, or district","body":"health departments.\nPhysicians employed by county, city -county, and district health departments may, upon\nwritten recommendation of the hiring and paying authorities expressly appr oved in\nwriting by the secretary for health and family services, receive compensation in excess of,\nand without regard to, any limitation imposed by any existing statute, as employees of\nlocal health units. Such rates shall be based upon studies of the dut ies and responsibilities\nof the positions and upon a comparison for rates being paid for similar or comparable\nservices elsewhere. The secretary for health and family services may also take into\nconsideration other appropriate factors, including the scarci ty of physicians qualified for\npublic health work and the availability of local funds therefor.","path":["KRS Chapter 64"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23284","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:19Z","sha256":"962eebe5a852b89e9c20d128c19b128225d1c7f1bf4124794449cf210226e184","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-64.620","next":"us-ky/krs-64.630"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}