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KRS § 7.107 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.107
7.107 Definitions
Status: in_force

7.107 Definitions.

As used in KRS 7.110, 7.320 and 48.800, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Public agency" means every state or local office, state department, division,

bureau, board, commission and authority; every legislative board, commission,

committee and officer; every county and city governing body, council, school

district board, special district board, municipal corporation, and any board,

department, committee, subcommittee, ad hoc committee, council or agency

thereof; and other body which is created by state or local authority and which

derives at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its funds from state or local authority;

and

(2) "Public record" means all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, discs,

diskettes, recordings, magnetic or electronic images, optical images or other

documentary materials regardless of physical form or characteristics, which are

prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, received or retained by a public agency.

"Public record" shall not include any records owned by a private person or

corporation that are not related to functions, activities, programs, or operations

funded by state or local authority.
KRS § 61.020 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.020
61.020 Commissions, which officers required to have
Status: in_force

61.020 Commissions, which officers required to have.

The following officers shall have commissions issued to them by the Governor: Secretary

of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture,

Superintendent of Public Instruction, Justices of the Supreme Court, clerk of the Supreme

Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, clerk of the Court of Appeals, railroad

commissioners, Judges of the Circuit Courts, District Judges, county judges/executive,

Commonwealth's attorneys, justices of the peace, and all the officers of the militia of rank

and grade higher than and including the rank and grade of captain.
KRS § 91A.345 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91A / Section 91A.345
91A.345 Definitions for KRS 91A.345 to 91A.394
Status: in_force

91A.345 Definitions for KRS 91A.345 to 91A.394.

As used in KRS 91A.345 to 91A.394:

(1) "Person" has the same meaning as in KRS 139.010; and

(2) "Rent " means the total amount charged for the rental of an accommodation and any

charges for any services necessary to facilitate the rental of accommodations

whether the amount is charged by the provider of the accommodations or by a

person facilitating the rental of the accommodations by brokering, coordinating, or

in any way arranging for the rental of the accommodations.
KRS § 217C.010 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 217C / Section 217C.010
217C.010 Legislative intent
Status: in_force

217C.010 Legislative intent.

It is the intent of this chapter to provide for uniform state standards and requirements for

milk and milk products. No standard or requirement shall be imposed by a local

regulation or ordinance which prohibits the sale of milk and milk products which are

produced, processed and sold in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
KRS § 218A.250 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 218A / Section 218A.250
218A.250 Regulations -- Hearings
Status: in_force

218A.250 Regulations -- Hearings.

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate administrative regulations

pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Administrative hearings on appeals filed pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
KRS § 2.234 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.234
2.234 ALS Awareness Day
Status: in_force

2.234 ALS Awareness Day.

(1) February 21 of each year is designated as "ALS Awareness Day" throughout the

Commonwealth.

(2) The Governor shall proclaim February 21 of each year as "ALS Awareness Day"

and shall encourage Kentuckians to support research into effective treatments and

an eventual cure.
KRS § 387.990 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.990
387.990 Penalties
Status: in_force

387.990 Penalties.

(1) Any person who wrongfully causes or conspires with or assists another in causing

the unwarranted determination of disability or partial disability of any individual

under KRS 387.500 to 387.770 or the denial of any individual of any rights

accorded to him under the provisions of KRS 387.500 to 387.770 shall be guilty of

a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Any person who intentionally violates the confidentiality of any records or reports

under KRS 387.500 to 387.770 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
KRS § 45A.305 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.305
45A.305 Personnel, information, and technical services -- Schedule of fees
Status: in_force

45A.305 Personnel, information, and technical services -- Schedule of fees.

(1) Any public purchasing unit is authorized, within its discretion, upon written request

from another public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity, to provide

personnel to the requesting public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity.

Payment to the public purchasing unit providing the personnel, by the public

purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity making the request, of direct and

indirect costs of furnishing the personnel, and the terms relating thereto shall be

agreed upon by the parties involved.

(2) The informational, technical, and other services of any public purchasing unit may

be made available to any other public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity

provided that the requirements of the public purchasing unit tendering the services

shall have precedence over the requesting public purchasing unit or foreign

purchasing activity. Additionally, and subject to agreement between the parties, the

requesting public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity shall pay all of the

expenses of the services so provided.

(3) This Commonwealth, through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, upon

request may make available to all public purchasing units the following services,

among others:

(a) Standard forms;

(b) Printed manuals;

(c) Product specifications and standards;

(d) Quality assurance testing services and methods;

(e) Qualified products lists;

(f) Source information;

(g) Common use commodities listings;

(h) Supplier prequalification information;

(i) Supplier performance ratings;

(j) Debarred and suspended bidders list;

(k) Forms for invitations for bids, requests for proposals, instructions to bidders,

general contract provisions, and other contract forms; and

(l) Contracts or published summaries thereof, including price and time of

delivery information.

(4) The Commonwealth, through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, may provide

the following technical services, among others:

(a) Development of products specifications;

(b) Development of quality assurance test methods, including receiving,

inspection, and acceptance procedures;

(c) Use of state product testing and inspection facilities; and

(d) Use of state personnel training programs.

(5) The Finance and Administration Cabinet may publish a schedule of fees for the

services provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
KRS § 454.400 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 454 / Section 454.400
454.400 Definitions for KRS 454.405 to 454.415
Status: in_force

454.400 Definitions for KRS 454.405 to 454.415.

As used in KRS 454.405 to 454.415, "inmate" means any person confined in either a state

or federally operated facility, a county jail or other facility of local government, or in a

private facility under contract with the Department of Corrections.
KRS § 171.780 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 171 / Section 171.780
171.780 Definitions for KRS 171.780 to 171.788
Status: in_force

171.780 Definitions for KRS 171.780 to 171.788.

As used in KRS 171.780 to 171.788, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Commission" means the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission.

(2) "Military heritage" means any peacetime, wartime, or other military activity

engaged in by any or all of the thirteen (13) original colonies prior to the creation of

the United States, activities engaged in by the United States, activities engaged in

by the Confederate States of America, and activities of the Kentucky Militia, the

Kentucky National Guard, the Kentucky Air National Guard, and any other military,

quasi-military, or partisan unit operating under the jurisdiction of the

Commonwealth, or which operated within the Commonwealth. It includes, but is

not limited to, the activities of any person who was born in Kentucky, who was a

resident of Kentucky, or whose remains are interred in Kentucky as well as the

activities of formal or informal military units, paid or volunteer.

(3) "Military heritage site" means any historic geographic site of military heritage

significance declared as such by the commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782,

171.784, and 171.786.

(4) "Military heritage object" means any building, fortification, statue, monument,

marker, work of art, flag, aircraft, field piece, item of military equipment, weapon,

or other physical object of military heritage significance declared as such by the

commission, pursuant to KRS 171.782, 171.784, and 171.786, including but not

limited to buildings, sites, and other landmarks.
KRS § 242.200 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 242 / Section 242.200
242.200 Discontinuance of dry status in a territory -- Effective date
Status: in_force

242.200 Discontinuance of dry status in a territory -- Effective date.

When a majority of the votes cast at an election are in favor of establishing wet or moist

territory, the territory shall be wet or moist at the expiration of sixty (60) days from the

date of the entry of the certificate of the county board of election commissioners in the

order book of the county judge/executive.
KRS § 2.153 — KY Code / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 2.153
2.153 Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
Status: in_force

2.153 Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.

The fourth Thursday in March of each year is designated as Tuskegee Airmen

Commemoration Day.
KRS § 15.530 — KY Code / Title III / Chapter 15 / Section 15.530
15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590. (Effective July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590. (Effective July 1, 2026)

For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:

(1) "CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System;

(2) "CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and

approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency;

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice

Training;

(4) "Full-time public safety telecommunicator academy" means a training course of at

least one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council and delivered by one (1) of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council-

approved academies in the state;

(5) "Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public

employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911

telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:

(a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911

calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency

communication center;

(b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency

medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to

the scene of an emergency; or

(c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases;

and

(6) "Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty (40) hour online course

approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590. (Effective until July 1,

2026)

For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:

(1) "CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System;

(2) "CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and

approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency;

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice

Training;

(4) "Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public

employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911

telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:

(a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911

calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency

communication center;

(b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency

medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to

the scene of an emergency; or

(c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases;

(5) "Telecommunications academy" means a training course of one hundred sixty (160)

hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; and

(6) "Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty (40) hour online course

approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
KRS § 7.330 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 7.330
7.330 Audit or investigation of financial records -- Review and evaluation of state-supported programs
Status: in_force

7.330 Audit or investigation of financial records -- Review and evaluation of state-

supported programs.

The Commission may:

(1) Perform an audit or investigation of any accounts, books and other financial records

of the state government, or of any officer, department, board, bureau, institution,

commission, agency, or other unit, of the state;

(2) Examine and audit any fiscal books, records and accounts of custodians of public

funds, and of disbursing officers of the state, making independent verification of all

assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures of the state and agencies of the state;

(3) Review and evaluate any program supported in whole or in part by state

appropriation. In any instance in which a program review indicates inadequate

operating or administrative system controls or procedures, inaccuracies, waste,

extravagance, unauthorized or unintended activities or programs, or other

deficiencies, the Commission may report its findings to the General Assembly;

(4) Perform audit of any agency, private or semiprivate agency or organization

receiving state funds and review audits of such agencies to ascertain that

recommendations are implemented within sixty (60) days after issuance of the final

audit report under KRS 43.090(1); such reviews may be made by the appropriate

interim committee as determined by the Commission;

(5) The Commission may, at any time, study or review any matter relative to program

activities of any state department, agency, or institution;

(6) Require the assistance of any executives and officials, auditors, accountants, and

other employees of any agency at any time in the inspection, examination and audit

of books, accounts and records.
KRS § 216B.175 — KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.175
216B.175 Services by a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse for patient admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospital -- Transferability of history and physical examination to another licensed level of care within same hospital -- Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

216B.175 Services by a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse

for patient admitted to acute care or psychiatric hospital -- Transferability of

history and physical examination to another licensed level of care within same

hospital -- Administrative regulations.

(1) A physician assistant, credentialed under KRS Chapter 311, when those duties and

responsibilities are within the scope of training received in an approved program

and within the scope of the supervising physician's practice, or an advanced practice

registered nurse licensed under KRS Chapter 314, may:

(a) Perform a history and physical examination for a patient admitted to an acute

care or psychiatric hospital licensed under this chapter; and

(b) Order and review continuation of restraints and seclusion as a health care

practitioner in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 482.13.

(2) A history and physical examination shall be performed no more than thirty (30)

days before or twenty-four (24) hours after a patient is admitted to an acute care or

psychiatric hospital licensed under this chapter.

(3) The history and physical examination that has been performed in compliance with

subsection (2) of this section is transferable to another licensed level of care within

the same hospital.

(4) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate administrative

regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish the content of the

history and physical examination required by subsection (2) of this section

performed in an acute or psychiatric hospital that shall be used by the licensing

entity.
KRS § 173.630 — KY Code / Title XIV / Chapter 173 / Section 173.630
173.630 Dissolution -- Procedure
Status: in_force

173.630 Dissolution -- Procedure.

A library district established pursuant to KRS 173.470 which has been in existence for at

least three (3) years may be dissolved in the following manner:

(1) Upon filing of a duly-certified petition of ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified

voters in the district or one hundred (100) or more qualified voters in the district,

whichever is more, the fiscal court of each county in the district shall adopt a

resolution submitting to the qualified voters of the district the question as to

whether the district shall be dissolved. A certified copy of the order of each fiscal

court shall be filed with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in

August prior to the next regular election and thereupon the clerk shall cause the

question to be placed before the voters;

(2) The question shall be in substantially the following form: "Are you in favor of

dissolving the (insert name of district) Public Library District?"; and

(3) If a majority of those voting on the question within the district favor the dissolution

such district shall thereupon be dissolved.
KRS § 163.520 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 163 / Section 163.520
163.520 Providing data to commission
Status: in_force

163.520 Providing data to commission.

All departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, or agencies of state

government shall provide the commission data necessary to carry out its duties under

KRS 163.510 and 163.515.
KRS § 65.154 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 65 / Section 65.154
65.154 "Employer", "employee" defined -- Spouse to acknowledge action in writing if not named as beneficiary by employee
Status: in_force

65.154 "Employer", "employee" defined -- Spouse to acknowledge action in

writing if not named as beneficiary by employee.

(1) KRS 344.030 notwithstanding, for the purposes of this section, "employer" shall

mean the sponsor of and "employee" shall mean a member of a pension plan

governed by the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," and

any member of a state pension plan or a pension plan of any unit of local

government.

(2) For any employee who elects not to take a joint and survivor annuity or who selects

a beneficiary other than the spouse if living, the employer shall provide forms which

provide for the spouse of the employee to acknowledge by signature such action.
KRS § 344.370 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.370
344.370 Unlawful financial practices
Status: in_force

344.370 Unlawful financial practices.

It is an unlawful practice for a financial institution or for any person or other entity whose

business includes engaging in real estate-related transactions:

(1) To discriminate against an individual because of the race, color, religion, or national

origin, familial status, disability, sex, or age of the individual or the present or

prospective owner, tenant, or occupant of the real property or of a member,

stockholder, director, officer, employee, or representative of any of these, in the

granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing the rates, terms,

conditions, privileges, or other provisions of financial assistance or in the extension

of services in connection therewith;

(2) To use a form of application for financial assistance or to make or keep a record or

inquiry in connection with applications for financial assistance which indicate,

directly or indirectly, a limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color,

religion, familial status, disability, or national origin or an intent to make such a

limitation, specification, or discrimination;

(3) To discriminate by refusing to give full recognition, because of sex, to the income

of each spouse or the total income and expenses of both spouses where both

spouses become or are prepared to become joint or several obligors in real estate

transactions; or

(4) As used in this section, the term "real estate-related transaction" means any of the

following:

(a) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance;

1. For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a

housing accommodation; or

2. Secured by real estate.

(b) The selling, brokering, or appraising of real property except that a person

engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property may take into

consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, or familial status.
KRS § 344.575 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 344 / Section 344.575
344.575 Separate living facilities for the two sexes not prohibited
Status: in_force

344.575 Separate living facilities for the two sexes not prohibited.

Nothing contained in KRS 344.550 to 344.575 shall be construed to prohibit any

educational institution receiving funds under KRS 344.550 to 344.575 from maintaining

separate living facilities for the different sexes.
KRS § 273.167 — KY Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273 / Section 273.167
273.167 Purposes for which nonprofit corporations may be organized under KRS 273.161 to 273.390
Status: in_force

273.167 Purposes for which nonprofit corporations may be organized under KRS

273.161 to 273.390.

Except as otherwise prohibited by law, corporations may be organized under KRS

273.161 to 273.390 for any lawful purpose or purposes, including without being limited

to any one (1) or more of the following purposes: charitable; benevolent; eleemosynary;

educational; civic; patriotic; political; governmental; religious; social; recreational;

fraternal; literary; cultural; athletic; scientific; agricultural; horticultural; animal

husbandry; and professional, commercial, industrial, or trade association.