# KRS § 244.090: 244.090 Persons whom licensees may not employ -- Exceptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 244.090
- **Heading:** 244.090 Persons whom licensees may not employ -- Exceptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 244 / Section 244.090

## Text

244.090 Persons whom licensees may not employ -- Exceptions.

(1) A person holding any license shall not knowingly employ in connection with the

licensed business any person who:

(a) Has been convicted of any felony within the last two (2) years;

(b) Has been twice convicted of any misdemeanor or offense directly or indirectly

attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within the last two (2) years;

(c) For the purposes of selling and serving alcoholic beverages, is under the age

of twenty (20) years, unless the person employed is at least eighteen (18) years

of age and under the supervision of a person twenty (20) years of age or older;

or

(d) Within two (2) years prior to the date of the person's employment, has had any

license issued under KRS Chapters 241 to 244 or under any other act or

ordinance relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, or transportation

of alcoholic beverages revoked for cause.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section shall not apply if the

employee's duties do not involve the sale, service, delivery, or traffic in alcoholic

beverages at the licensed premises.

(3) A person under the age of twenty (20) years of age whose employment is authorized

under subsection (1) of this section shall not have duties that include bartending or

any activities listed in KRS 529.010(3).

(4) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age whose employment does not

include the sale or service of alcoholic beverages may work in the warehouse of a

wholesaler or distributor if there is an employee on the premises who is twenty-one

(21) years of age or older.

(5) Violation of this section shall subject both employer and employee to penalties

provided in this chapter and shall be cause for revocation of license.

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