# KRS § 211.015: 211.015 Definitions for KRS 211.005 to 211.380

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 211.015
- **Heading:** 211.015 Definitions for KRS 211.005 to 211.380
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 211.015

## Text

211.015 Definitions for KRS 211.005 to 211.380.

(1) As used in KRS 211.005 to 211.380, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(b) "Farmstead" means a farm dwelling, together with other farm buildings

and structures incident to the operation and maintenance of the farm,

situated on ten (10) contiguous acres or more of land outside the

corporate limits of a municipality:

1. Used for the production of livestock, livestock products, poultry,

poultry products, dairy, dairy products, or horticulture products or for

the growing of crops such as, but not limited to, tobacco, corn,

soybeans, and wheat. For purposes of this paragraph, "livestock"

means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas,

buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine,

caprine, equine, or camelid species; or

2. Where devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications

for payments pursuant to agriculture programs under an agreement

with the state or federal government;

(c) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services; and

(d) "Private water supply" means a residential water supply located on

private property under the control of a person holding a possessory

interest in the property, the use of which is limited to family members.

(2) As used in KRS 200.560 and 200.550, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Department" means Department for Public Health;

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department for Public

Health;

(c) "Committee" means the Hemophilia Advisory Committee; and

(d) "Hemophilia" means a bleeding disorder resulting from a genetically

determined deficiency factor in the blood, or hereditarily resulting in an

abnormal or deficient plasma procoagulant.

## Nearby sections

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