(1) A health service or health facility required to be licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter
216B or KRS Chapter 333, a health provider required to be licensed pursuant to KRS Chapters 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, or 320, or any other person who has knowledge of a person who has active tuberculosis, shall report the case to the local health department in accordance with the administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 215.590


(2) Physicians, hospitals, laboratories, or other institutions which perform related drug susceptibility tests on tubercle bacilli shall report the results of the testing to the local health department in accordance with the administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. All reports of drug-resistant tubercle bacilli shall be made regardless of previous reports.
(3) No legal action shall lie against any physician, hospital employee, laboratory employee, or other person who, in good faith, reports a case of tuberculosis or the isolation of the tubercle bacillus as provided in this section, KRS § 215.511, 215.520,
215.531, 215.540, 215.550, 215.560, 215.570, 215.580, and 215.600.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 472, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 417, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1996. –Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 212, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(1). — Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 10.