(1) After the establishment of a city-county health department as provided in KRS
212.640, the city-county board of health shall appoint a health officer, subject to the approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Other persons necessary for the work of the city-county health department shall be appointed in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as are other county health department employees.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 212.660


(2) Any city health department employee who is covered by a pension fund for civil service employees, as authorized by KRS § 90.400 or any other section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, prior to the consolidation of the city-county health department, may elect to continue such coverage thereafter in lieu of electing coverage under the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, KRS § 61.510 to
61.705; provided, however, that all new employees of such consolidated city-county health department shall thereafter be covered by the Kentucky Employees Retirement System.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 418, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 369, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1) and (11). — Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 6, effective June 19, 1958. — Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 7. — Created 1944
Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 3.