# KRS § 212.210: 212.210 Powers and duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local health boards > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.210 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 212.210 - **Heading:** 212.210 Powers and duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local health boards - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 212 / Section 212.210 ## Text 212.210 Powers and duties of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local health boards. (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the local boards of health may examine into all nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness that may, in their opinion, be injurious to the health of the inhabitants in any county in this state, or in any vessel within any harbor or port in any county in this state. Whenever any such nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness is found to exist on any private property, or in any vessel within any port or harbor in any county in this state, or upon any watercourse in this state, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the local board of health may order, in writing, the owner or occupant thereof, at his own expense, to remove the same within twenty-four (24) hours, or within such reasonable time thereafter as the board may order. (2) If drinking water used by school children is found to be dangerous to their health, the local board of health or Cabinet for Health and Family Services may order that a supply of pure water be furnished at the expense of the county or city board of education. (3) If in the opinion of the local board of health or Cabinet for Health and Family Services a school building is constructed in violation of law and is found to be unsanitary or unsafe for the housing of children, the local board of health or Cabinet for Health and Family Services may institute an action in the Circuit Court of the county where the building is situated, and the court, after due hearing and verifying the facts, may order a safe and sanitary school building to be erected within a reasonable time by the county or city board of education in accordance with the laws of the state governing the erection of schoolhouses and the control of disease, and the rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (4) Any local board of health shall, for the purpose of controlling and eradicating rats and other unsanitary nuisances, require the owner or possessor of any building designed for human habitation and containing two (2) or more apartment units, to provide, where a specific area has been designated for the depositing of refuse on the premises, waste receptacles approved by the board. The board may further require that the design, construction, and maintenance of the area in which the waste receptacles are kept meet reasonable standards set by the board. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 212.020 212.020 County health boards -- Appointment -- Membership -- Term -- Compensation -- Removal of board members](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.020.md) - [KRS § 212.025 212.025 Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local health department may charge fees for nursing care and health services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.025.md) - [KRS § 212.040 212.040 Establishment for one county by fiscal court -- Appropriation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.040.md) - [KRS § 212.060 212.060 When fiscal court may not establish](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.060.md) - [KRS § 212.070 212.070 Establishment by election](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.070.md) - [KRS § 212.080 212.080 Elections in one county](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.080.md) - [KRS § 212.110 212.110 Certification of election results](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.110.md) - [KRS § 212.120 212.120 Notice of establishment given Cabinet for Health and Family Services -- Allocation of state funds to districts -- Equalization of allotments -- Modification and cancellation of allotments -- Appropriations not to lapse](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.120.md) - [KRS § 212.130 212.130 County and district health departments, how organized](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.130.md) - [KRS § 212.132 212.132 Allocation of KERS retirement costs if district health department ceases operation or one or more counties withdraw from district](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.132.md) - [KRS § 212.140 212.140 County health department -- How governed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.140.md) - [KRS § 212.160 212.160 Office quarters for county boards and district departments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.160.md) - [KRS § 212.170 212.170 Appointment of health officers -- Assistant -- Employees -- Appeals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.170.md) - [KRS § 212.180 212.180 Health officer qualifications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.180.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVIII_C212_S212.210. 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