KRS § 211.220 Powers of cabinet personnel in the conduct of investigations -- Subpoenas, process.

211.220 Powers of cabinet personnel in the conduct of investigations -- Subpoenas, process. For the purposes of enforcing the public health laws of the Commonwealth, investigators, inspectors, officers, representatives, and agents of the cabinet may enter upon any premises when necessary for the purpose of making inspections and investigations, and may view evidence and interrogate persons, to the extent required in the performance of their duties and responsibilities. The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, and all necessary process in proceedings brought before or initiated by the cabinet, and such process shall extend to all parts of the Commonwealth. Service of process may be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, or in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the cabinet to regulate the practice of any healing art where the licensure, regulation, and control of same has been conferred by statute upon some other agency of the state. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 350, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 294, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 41, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 64; and ch. 315, sec. 28. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 16, effective June 17, 1954.