212.270 Attorneys to represent Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local boards of health. The county and Commonwealth's attorneys and the Attorney General, within their respective jurisdictions, shall represent the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and local boards of health in all matters relating to the enforcement of the health and medical laws and the performance of the duties of those boards, but when the secretary for health and family services deems it necessary, it may employ at its discretion special attorneys and inspectors to assist the county and Commonwealth's attorneys or the Attorney General and may pay reasonable compensation for the same from any unexpended funds at its disposal. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 407, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 358, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 73. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2054a-19.