{"id":"DUT-KY-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 212, Local Health Programs)","authority":"Ky. Const. sec. 29","instrument":"KRS 212.245","title":"Powers of local health departments","dateIssued":"2005-06-20","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2005-06-20","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE"],"addressees":["owners or occupants of property; any person, firm or corporation; heads of families and other persons"],"clause":"(6) Issue written orders directed to the owner or occupant of any property, or to any person, firm, or corporation whatever, commanding, within the time and manner specified in the order, compliance with applicable public health laws of this state and all regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the county board of health.","enforcement":"KRS 212.990 (fines per day); injunction under KRS 212.245(6)","functions":[],"notes":"Empowered every county, city-county and district health department to \u0027Issue and require the heads of families and other persons to execute such orders as it considers expedient to prevent the outbreak and spread of communicable diseases\u0027 (subsection (5)), to order any owner, occupant, person, firm or corporation to comply with the public health laws and Cabinet regulations (subsection (6)), to seek mandatory or prohibitory injunctions \u0027to compel compliance,\u0027 and to enter and inspect premises (subsection (7)); Healthy at Home delegated implementation to these departments (Ex. KY-010 para. 6) and Louisville\u0027s department closed businesses under it (Ex. MET-SDF-027). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8593","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":8675,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-KY","url":"/library/DUT-KY-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-KY-005","citation":"Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 212, Local Health Programs), KRS 212.245 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KY-005)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["KY-010","MET-SDF-027"]}