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Ex. DUT-KY-002 Standing duty Primary source read

KRS 214.990

Penalties (KRS chapter 214)

Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 214) · Kentucky (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const. sec. 29
Issued
2021-02-02 Feb. 2, 2021
Effective
standing (read as 2021-02-02)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since Feb. 2, 2021 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing duty
Addressees
  • persons generally (2021 text); owners and persons in charge of conveyances (2020 text)
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Kentucky DUT-KY

Operative words

(2) Any person who willfully violates any administrative regulation promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS 214.020 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

Penalty

Class B misdemeanor

What it required

Made willful violation of a Cabinet communicable-disease regulation under KRS 214.020 a Class B misdemeanor (up to ninety days, KRS 532.090(2), and $250, KRS 534.040(2)(b)) from February 2, 2021; in 2020 the subsection reached 'Any owner or person having charge of any public or private conveyance... who refuses to obey the rules and regulations made by the Cabinet' under 214.020.

Retrieval note

For 2020 the general penalty for failing to comply with a Cabinet regulation or order was KRS 211.990(2) (Ex. DUT-KY-004). KRS 532.090 and 534.040 (misdemeanor terms and fines) were read on the LRC site on September 28, 2026 and are not saved as exhibits.