1. (1) The health officer of a county that does not have a county department of health shall enforce the rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and county boards of health.

2. (2) The health officer of a county that has formed a county department of health shall:

   1. (a) Devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall not engage in the private practice of medicine;
   2. (b) Be secretary of the county board of health and keep full minutes of the proceedings of the county board of health in a book provided for that purpose;
   3. (c) Be the chief administrative officer of the county health department.

Effective: June 20, 2005

History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 406, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 357, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 72. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 20. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 5. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 6. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2054a-10, 2054a-12, 2054a-13, 2054a-21, 2055.