Serving Our Community Since 1931

We recognize and affirm the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual.

We treat all those we serve with compassion and kindness

We strive to act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct business

We trust our co-workers as valuable members of our healthcare team and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect, and dignity.

Striving for a healthier future for Laurel County in an effort to improve the overall health status of Southeastern Kentucky.

Kentucky has many public health regulations that play an important role in keeping the public safe and healthy. The history of public health success stories can be attributed to public health regulations, such as, childhood immunizations, motor vehicle safety, and safer workplaces.

The public health regulations that are applicable to the work local health departments in Kentucky carry out are found at Kentucky Revised Statutes at this link: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/

The Public Health Regulations Include the following:

• CHAPTER 210 STATE AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

• CHAPTER 211 STATE HEALTH PROGRAMS

• CHAPTER 212 LOCAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

• CHAPTER 213 VITAL STATISTICS

• CHAPTER 214 DISEASES

• CHAPTER 215 TUBERCULOSIS

• CHAPTER 216 HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES

• CHAPTER 216A LICENSING OF NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS

• CHAPTER 216B LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES

• CHAPTER 217 FOODS, DRUGS, AND POISONS

• CHAPTER 217A POULTRY AND RABBIT INSPECTION (Superseded)

• CHAPTER 217B FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE USE AND APPLICATION

• CHAPTER 217C MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

• CHAPTER 218 UNIFORM NARCOTIC DRUG ACT (Superseded)

• CHAPTER 218A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

• CHAPTER 219 HOTEL, FOOD SERVICE, AND MOBILE HOME AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK REGULATIONS

• CHAPTER 220 SANITATION DISTRICTS

• CHAPTER 221 FROZEN FOOD LOCKER PLANTS

• CHAPTER 222 KENTUCKY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT LAW

• CHAPTER 223 SANITARIANS, WATER PLANT OPERATORS, AND WATER WELL CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES

• CHAPTER 224 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

• Subchapter 01 Generalities

• Subchapter 1 Generalities

• Subchapter 10 Energy and Environment Cabinet

• Subchapter 16 State-Federal Relations

• Subchapter 18 Interstate Relations

• Subchapter 20 Air QualitySubchapter 30 Noise Control

• Subchapter 40 Waste — Generalities

• Subchapter 43 Solid Waste

• Subchapter 46 Hazardous Waste

• Subchapter 50 Other Specific Types of Waste

• Subchapter 60 Underground Storage Facilities

• Subchapter 70 Water Quality

• Subchapter 71 Agriculture Water Quality

• Subchapter 73 Sewage Treatment

• Subchapter 80 Environmental Covenants

• Subchapter 99 Penalties

• CHAPTER 224A KENTUCKY INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY

Laurel County Heath Department became accredited in November 2017 and has worked diligently to continue to meet the standards and measures required by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).

Accreditation means that the Laurel County Health Department is committed to continuous quality improvement so that we can meet our community’s needs as effectively as possible.

PHAB accreditation demonstrates our accountability and credibility to everyone with whom we work.

The Laurel County Health Department is proud to be recognized by PHAB for demonstrating the capacity to protect and promote the health of our community. The achievement of national accreditation will help guide our work to better.

Public health department accreditation is defined as the development of a set of standards, a process to measure health department performance against those standards, and reward or recognition for those health departments who meet the standards.

PHAB’s public health department accreditation process seeks to advance quality and performance within public health departments. Accreditation standards define the expectations for all public health departments that seek to become accredited.

National public health department accreditation has been developed because of the desire to improve service, value, and accountability to stakeholders.

Accreditation documents the capacity of the public health department to deliver the three core functions of public health and the Ten Essential Public Health Services. Thus, accreditation gives reasonable assurance of the range of public health services a department should provide.

Accreditation declares that the health department has an appropriate mission and purpose and can demonstrate that it will continue to accomplish its mission and purpose.

To learn more about Public Health Accreditation, visit ww.phaboard.org.