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KRS § 645.230 — KY Code / Title LI / Chapter 645 / Section 645.230
645.230 Rights of child, parent
Status: in_force

645.230 Rights of child, parent.

(1) The child, parent or other person exercising custodial control or supervision of a

child hospitalized under this chapter shall be entitled to confer at regular intervals

with the treating or admitting physician or a member of the child's treatment team

concerning the child's condition, treatment, or diagnosis. The hospital or other

proponent of certification may request that the parent or other person exercising

custodial control or supervision of a child be available for consultation and

cooperation in connection with the treatment process and may seek a court order to

require such cooperation.

(2) A parent or other person exercising custodial control or supervision of a child who

has been hospitalized pursuant to KRS 645.030 may at any time file a notice to

withdraw the child from the hospital. Upon receipt of such notice, the hospital may

discharge the child immediately to the custody of his parent or other person

exercising custodial control or supervision, or if in the opinion of the treating

physician release would be seriously detrimental to the child's health, the physician

shall:

(a) Discharge the child to the custody of his parent or other person exercising

custodial control or supervision against medical advice, after advising them

against discharge and seeking their written acknowledgment that they have

been so advised; or

(b) Refuse to discharge the child for a period of no more than seventy-two (72)

hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, after receipt of the notice to

withdraw, provided that the hospital or the physician files a petition for

certification within the three (3) days, exclusive of weekends and holidays, in

which case the hospital may hold the child until the court's ruling following

the certification hearing.
KRS § 433.906 — KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 433 / Section 433.906
433.906 Secondary metals recycler to maintain equipment to receive notifications of stolen restricted metals, ferrous metals, and nonferrous metals -- Change in contact information to be reported to Office of Occupations and Professions
Status: in_force

433.906 Secondary metals recycler to maintain equipment to receive

notifications of stolen restricted metals, ferrous metals, and nonferrous

metals -- Change in contact information to be reported to Office of

Occupations and Professions.

(1) A secondary metals recycler shall maintain at its place of business, or

otherwise have immediate access to, an e-mail address, facsimile, or other

equipment of similar function on which notifications of stolen restricted metals,

ferrous metals, and nonferrous metals may be expeditiously received from law

enforcement officials or electronic metal theft notification systems.

(2) The equipment shall be operable at all times during the secondary metal

recycler's customary business hours. The secondary metals recycler shall

notify the Department of Professional Licensing of the Public Protection

Cabinet within two (2) days of any change to the contact information used for

the purposes of this section.
KRS § 272.101 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 272 / Section 272.101
272.101 Purpose of law
Status: in_force

272.101 Purpose of law.

In enacting KRS 272.1001, 272.101 to 272.341, it is the intention of the General

Assembly to promote, foster and encourage the intelligent and orderly production and

marketing of agricultural products through cooperation, to eliminate speculation and

waste, to make the distribution of agricultural products between producer and consumer

as direct as can be efficiently done, and to stabilize the marketing of agricultural products

and to provide for the organization and incorporation of agricultural cooperative

associations.
KRS § 235.430 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 235 / Section 235.430
235.430 Allowing sewage from houseboat to reach water prohibited -- Exception
Status: in_force

235.430 Allowing sewage from houseboat to reach water prohibited -- Exception.

No person shall dispose of sewage accumulated in a holding tank, a marine sanitation

device, or other similar container on a houseboat in a manner that the sewage reaches or

may reach the waters of the Commonwealth except for state waters into which discharges

are allowed under federal law.
KRS § 217.825 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217 / Section 217.825
217.825 Legislative intent
Status: in_force

217.825 Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that all citizens of Kentucky may be assured of

high quality medicine at a reasonable cost.
KRS § 273.219 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.219
273.219 Conflict-of-interest transaction
Status: in_force

273.219 Conflict-of-interest transaction.

(1) A conflict-of-interest transaction is a transaction with the corporation in which a

director of the corporation has a direct or indirect interest. A conflict-of-interest

transaction shall not be the subject of equitable relief on the ground of the director's

interest in the transaction if:

(a) The material facts of the transaction and the director's interest were disclosed

or known to the board of directors, or a committee of the board duly

constituted under KRS 273.221, and the board of directors or the committee

authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction; or

(b) The transaction was fair to the corporation.

(2) For purposes of this section, a director of the corporation has an indirect interest in a

transaction if:

(a) Another entity in which he or she has a material financial interest is a party to

the transaction; or

(b) Another entity of which he or she is a director, officer, general partner,

manager, trustee, or person in a similar position is a party to the transaction,

and the transaction is or should be considered by the board of directors of the

corporation.

(3) For purposes of subsections (1)(a) and (2)(b) of this section, director authorization,

approval, or ratification is effective if done by a majority vote of the directors who

do not have a direct or indirect interest in the transaction within the meaning of this

section, even if the majority is less than a quorum, but a transaction may not be

authorized, approved, or ratified by a single director. Director authorization may be

delegated to a committee under KRS 273.221, provided that no director appointed

to the committee has a direct or indirect interest within the meaning of this section.

Director action under this section shall be done by a higher number than a majority,

if the articles of incorporation or bylaws so provide.

(4) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, a director who has a direct or indirect

interest in a transaction with the corporation shall bear the burden of proving that

the transaction was fair to the corporation.
KRS § 96A.020 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96A / Section 96A.020
96A.020 Creation of authority -- Which governmental units may form or join -- General powers and purposes
Status: in_force

96A.020 Creation of authority -- Which governmental units may form or join --

General powers and purposes.

(1) A transit authority may be created and established under the provisions of this

chapter by proceedings or joint proceedings, and the name thereof shall be "Transit

Authority of ....." If established by a city alone, or by a county alone, the name shall

be completed by identification of the city or county. If created and established by

joint proceedings, the name may be completed by inserting words generally

identifying the area intended to be served, in such manner as the public bodies may

determine by concert or agreement in their joint proceedings. Such transit authority

shall constitute an agency and instrumentality for accomplishing essential

governmental functions of the public body or public bodies creating and

establishing the same, and shall be a political subdivision and a public body

corporate, with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to

establish, alter and enforce rules and regulations in furtherance of the purposes of its

creation, to adopt, use and alter a corporate seal, and to have and exercise,

generally, all of the powers of private corporations, as enumerated in KRS 271B.3-

020, except to the extent the same may be inconsistent with this chapter. An

authority shall be authorized to promote and develop mass transportation in its

transit area and adjoining areas, including acquisition, operation and extension of

existing mass transit systems; and an authority shall have and may exercise such

powers as may be necessary or desirable to carry out such purposes.

(2) Subsequent to the creation and establishment of a transit authority, one (1) or more

additional public bodies may be permitted to join therein, in such manner and

subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the board of the authority with

the concurrence and approval of all public bodies which have theretofore

participated in the establishment or previous enlargement of the authority.
KRS § 96.911 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.911
96.911 Definitions for KRS 96.910 to 96.927
Status: in_force

96.911 Definitions for KRS 96.910 to 96.927.

As used in KRS 96.910 to 96.927, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "City" means an incorporated municipality of any class and a county that has

adopted an urban-county government, except those communities served by a

metropolitan sewer district, under the provisions of KRS Chapter 76;

(2) "Governing body" means the municipal legislative body of a city;

(3) "Cabinet" means the Energy and Environment Cabinet;

(4) "Sewer" means any structure or installation for the drainage of liquid wastes, but

only insofar as they relate to sanitation and the control of water pollution, as

distinguished from the drainage of storm or surface waters; however, where both

functions are carried out by the same system, it is to be construed as a sewer;

(5) "Natural drainage area" means any geographical area within which liquids flow by

gravity to a common point, which is necessary, reasonable, or practicable from the

standpoint of sewage treatment and disposal, as approved by the cabinet.
KRS § 96.680 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 96 / Section 96.680
96.680 Revenue bonds not debts of municipality
Status: in_force

96.680 Revenue bonds not debts of municipality.

No holder or holders of any revenue bonds issued under KRS 96.550 to 96.900 shall have

the right to compel any exercise of taxing power of the municipality to pay the bonds or

the interest thereon. Each revenue bond issued under KRS 96.550 to 96.900 shall recite in

substance that the bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenue

pledged to the payment thereof, and that the bond does not constitute a debt of the

municipality within the meaning of any statutory or constitutional provision or limitation.
KRS § 509.080 — KY Code / Title L / Chapter 509 / Section 509.080
509.080 Criminal coercion
Status: in_force

509.080 Criminal coercion.

(1) A person is guilty of criminal coercion when with intent to compel another person

to engage in or refrain from conduct, he unlawfully threatens to:

(a) Commit any crime; or

(b) Accuse anyone of a crime; or

(c) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or

ridicule or to impair another's credit or business repute; or

(d) Take or withhold action as an official or cause an official to take or withhold

action.

(2) A defendant may prove in exculpation of criminal coercion committed under

subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) that he believed the accusation or secret to be true or the

proposed official action justified and that his sole purpose was to compel or induce

the victim to desist from misbehavior or to make good a wrong done by him.

(3) Criminal coercion is a Class A misdemeanor.
KRS § 164.480 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.480
164.480 War veterans' scholarships granted
Status: in_force

164.480 War veterans' scholarships granted.

Every person who was engaged in any branch of the military or naval service of the

United States, prescribed and classified by the United States War Department as a part of

such service, during the wars that were declared on April 6, 1917, and any wars declared

thereafter, respectively, and who at the time of his enlistment was a resident of Kentucky,

is entitled to a free scholarship in any state higher educational institution that he chooses

for a period required for the completion of the course of study selected by him. The

scholarship includes free tuition, matriculations and other fees, room rent, fuel and lights,

and the advantages and privileges of the institution, but does not include free board.

Provided, however, that if the federal government provides for the education of veterans

of any of the wars herein referred to, then this section shall not apply to such veterans.
KRS § 175.620 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 175 / Section 175.620
175.620 Preliminary expenses of turnpike project
Status: in_force

175.620 Preliminary expenses of turnpike project.

The department is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend such moneys as may be

necessary for the study of any turnpike project or projects and to use its engineering and

other forces and employ consulting engineers and traffic engineers for the purpose of

effecting such study, and to pay for such additional engineering and traffic and other

expert studies as it may deem expedient. All such expenses incurred by the department

prior to the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall

be paid by the department and charged to the appropriate turnpike project or projects, and

the department shall keep proper records and accounts showing each amount so charged.

Upon the sale of turnpike revenue bonds of the authority for any turnpike project or

projects, the funds so expended by the department in connection with such project or

projects may be reimbursed by the authority to the department from the proceeds of such

bonds if provision to that effect is made in the proceedings or trust indenture authorizing

and securing such bonds.
KRS § 244.560 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 244 / Section 244.560
244.560 Brewer or distributor to make accurate invoice -- Refund, rebate or discount prohibited
Status: in_force

244.560 Brewer or distributor to make accurate invoice -- Refund, rebate or

discount prohibited.

(1) No brewer or distributor, his agents or employees, shall make any sale or delivery of

any malt beverage without a written invoice made concurrently with the sale or

delivery, showing prices and conditions upon which the sale or delivery is made;

make any invoice which falsely indicates prices and terms of any sale; insert in any

invoice any statements which make the invoice a false record, wholly or in part, of

the transaction involved or represented on the face of the invoice; or withhold from

any invoice any statement which properly should be included in it so that in the

absence of such a statement the invoice does not truly reflect the transaction

involved.

(2) No brewer or distributor shall make, directly or indirectly, through any agent or

employee, and no retailer shall receive any payment of any allowance, rebate,

refund, concession or discount, whether in the form of money or otherwise, that

does not conform with the prices and conditions of sale shown on the invoice.
KRS § 394.460 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 394 / Section 394.460
394.460 Posthumous child -- How share made up
Status: in_force

394.460 Posthumous child -- How share made up.

When a testator shall have a posthumous child, the share of such child shall be first taken

from the estate not disposed of by the will, if any be left after paying debts and other

charges, and the residue shall be made up ratably by the devisees.
KRS § 362.451 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 362 / Section 362.451
362.451 Voting rights of general partners
Status: in_force

362.451 Voting rights of general partners.

The partnership agreement may grant to all, or certain identified general partners or a

specified class or group of the general partners, the right to vote on a per capita or any

other basis, separately or with all or any class or group of the limited partners or the

general partners, on any matter and may make appropriate provision for the exercise of

such voting rights.
KRS § 309.0830 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 309 / Section 309.0830
309.0830 Requirements for licensure as licensed alcohol and drug counselor
Status: in_force

309.0830 Requirements for licensure as licensed alcohol and drug counselor.

An applicant for licensure as a licensed alcohol and drug counselor shall pay the

board the initial fee for licensure, and shall:

(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) Have obtained from a regionally accredited college or university, or a college or

university accredited by an agency recognized by the United States

Department of Education, a thirty (30) hour master's degree in a human

services field with clinical application;

(3) Meet all education, work experience, and supervision requirements of the

International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium for the Alcohol and Drug

Counselor, with the required supervision hours being under the direct

supervision of:

(a) A licensed alcohol and drug counselor who has at least two (2) years of

post-licensure experience and has attended the board-sponsored

supervision training; or

(b) A licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor who has at least twelve

(12) months of post-licensure experience or who has attended the

board-sponsored supervision training;

(4) Have passed a written examination that has been approved by the

International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium;

(5) Have signed an agreement to abide by the standards of practice and code of

ethics approved by the board;

(6) Have completed at least six (6) hours of ethics training; three (3) hours of

domestic violence training; and two (2) hours training in the transmission,

control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus, in

addition to the educational requirements in subsection (2) of this section;

(7) Have submitted two (2) letters of reference from certified alcohol and drug

counselors, licensed alcohol and drug counselors, or licensed clinical alcohol

and drug counselors;

(8) Live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; and

(9) Have complied with the requirements for the training program in suicide

assessment, treatment, and management in KRS 210.366 and any

administrative regulations promulgated thereunder.
KRS § 243.895 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 243.895
243.895 Warning of dangers of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy to be posted
Status: in_force

243.895 Warning of dangers of drinking alcoholic beverages during

pregnancy to be posted.

All licensed retailers of alcoholic beverages, except holders of special temporary

licenses, shall post in a prominent place easily seen by patrons a printed sign at

least eight and one-half (8-1/2) inches by eleven (11) inches in size, with

gender-neutral language supplied by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,

which shall warn that drinking alcoholic beverages prior to conception or during

pregnancy can cause birth defects.
KRS § 68.100 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 68 / Section 68.100
68.100 Purpose of tax to be specified -- Funds not to be diverted -- Remedies
Status: in_force

68.100 Purpose of tax to be specified -- Funds not to be diverted -- Remedies.

(1) All county taxes shall be levied by order or resolution of the fiscal court. The

purpose for which each tax is levied shall be specified in the order or resolution, and

the revenue therefrom shall be expended for no other purpose than that for which

the tax was levied. Failure to specify the purpose of the tax shall render the order or

resolution invalid.

(2) If any county tax revenue is expended for another purpose than that for which the

tax was levied, each officer, agent or employee who, by refusal to act, could have

prevented the expenditure, and each member of the fiscal court who voted for the

expenditure, shall be jointly and severally liable to the county for the amount of

county tax revenue so expended. The county attorney shall prosecute to recovery all

such actions, and if he fails to do so for six (6) months after the money is expended

any taxpayer may prosecute such action for the use and benefit of the county.

(3) A recovery under this section does not bar a criminal prosecution under subsection

(3) of KRS 68.990.

(4) Any indebtedness contracted in violation of this section or of KRS 68.110 shall be

void, and the contract shall not be enforceable by the person with whom made; nor

shall such county ever be authorized to assume the same, and money paid under any

such contract may be recovered by the county.
KRS § 38.040 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 38 / Section 38.040
38.040 Appointment of officers and warrant officers -- Staff officers -- Conformity with federal standards
Status: in_force

38.040 Appointment of officers and warrant officers -- Staff officers -- Conformity

with federal standards.

(1) All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Kentucky National Guard

shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the adjutant

general and the commanding officers of the organizations to which such officers are

to be assigned for duty, and shall be appointed according to grade in the branch or

corps of the service in which they are appointed. No officer or warrant officer shall

be appointed unless he is eighteen (18) years of age or older and until he shall have

successfully passed such tests as to his physical, moral and professional fitness as

are or shall be prescribed by federal law for federal recognition as an officer.

(2) All appointments as staff officers shall be of individuals with previous military

experience.

(3) The Governor may issue such regulations governing the appointment of

commissioned officers and warrant officers in the Kentucky National Guard as may

be necessary in order to conform to the requirements made by Congress for

participation in federal appropriations for the Kentucky National Guard.

(4) No officer or warrant officer except the adjutant general shall retain the grade to

which he may have been appointed or promoted unless, within a reasonable length

of time, he obtains federal recognition for such grade.