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Ex. DUT-KY-003 Standing duty Primary source read

KRS 211.180

Functions of cabinet in the regulation of certain health matters

Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 211, State Health Programs) · Kentucky (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const. sec. 29
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
standing (read as 2020-03-17)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since Mar. 17, 2020 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing duty
Addressees
  • the Cabinet; persons and premises reached by its regulations and orders
Character
statutory duty
Collection
Standing duties: Kentucky DUT-KY

Operative words

(1) The cabinet shall enforce the administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary... for the regulation and control of the matters set out below and shall formulate, promote, establish, and execute policies, plans, and comprehensive programs relating to all matters of public health, including but not limited to the following matters: (a) Detection, prevention, and control of communicable diseases

Penalty

KRS 211.990(2): failure to comply with a regulation or Cabinet order is a violation, each day a separate offense

What it required

Commanded the Cabinet to enforce its communicable-disease control regulations (902 KAR ch. 2) and to execute programs for the detection, prevention and control of communicable diseases; recited as authority in EO 2020-586 (Ex. KY-022) and held by the Supreme Court of Kentucky to supply the basis for the face-covering and distancing measures (Ex. KY-032 at 82 n.63).

Retrieval note

KRS 211.025 (general powers and duties: the Cabinet 'shall enforce all public health laws' and 'shall do all other things reasonably necessary to protect and improve the health of the people') is quoted in Ex. KY-032 at 82 n.62 and was not separately saved.