211.184 Enforcement of KRS 211.182 by cabinet and secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. - Kentucky Statutes

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211.184 Enforcement of KRS 211.182 by cabinet and secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. (1) It shall be the duty of the cabinet to enforce the provisions of KRS 211.182, and for that purpose the investigators, inspectors, representatives, and agents of the
secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the cabinet shall have
the full power and authority of peace officers in this state, and shall have the power
and authority to administer oaths, to enter upon premises at all times for the purpose
of making inspections, to seize evidence, to interrogate all persons, and to require
the production of books, papers, documents, or other evidence. (2) The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may institute, in his own name, proceedings to enjoin and restrain violations of KRS 211.182, regardless
of whether the defendant has been convicted of violation of the penal provisions
thereof, and shall not be required to pay any costs or filing fees or furnish any bond
in connection therewith. Violation of injunctions and restraining orders shall be
punished as a contempt without the intervention of a jury. Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 346, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 290, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 188, sec. 204, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI,
sec. 107(17). -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 5, effective June 16, 1960.