212.660 City-county health officer -- Employee benefits.
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(1)After the establishment of a city-county health department as provided in KRS
212.640, the city-county board of health shall appoint a health officer, subject to the
approval of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Other persons necessary for
the work of the city-county health department shall be appointed in the same
manner and subject to the same conditions as are other county health department
employees.
(2)Any city health department employee who is covered by a pension fund for civil
service employees, as authorized by KRS 90.400 or any other section of the
Kentucky Revised Statutes, prior to the consolidation of the city-county health
department, may elect to continue such coverage thereafter in lieu of electing
coverage under the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, KRS 61.510 to
61.705; provided, however, that all new employees of such consolidated city-county
health department shall thereafter be covered by the Kentucky Employees
Retirement System.