Public Health Rules in Kentucky (2026)
12 rules on the books across Kentucky, 10 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rodent Control
Property owner duties to abate rats and mice, restrictions on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (CA AB-1788), and integrated-pest-management standards.
Bowling Green
Some RestrictionsBowling Green treats a buildup of trash, food, newspapers, magazines, old clothes or similar hoarded material as a…
Read full rule →Daviess County
Some RestrictionsDaviess County requires every household and business to store solid waste in a manner that prevents insect and rodent…
Read full rule →Kenton County
Some RestrictionsKenton County requires every dwelling, farm, business, and industrial site to store solid waste so it stays free of…
Read full rule →Lexington
Some RestrictionsLexington's Property Maintenance Code splits pest-control duty by building type: occupants handle their own…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro's property maintenance code makes extermination mandatory once insects or rodents show up, and splits…
Read full rule →Mccracken County
Some RestrictionsMcCracken County Code requires household solid waste to be stored so it stays free of insects and rodents. Section…
Read full rule →Oldham County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Oldham County, Kentucky, storing manure, compost or unsanitary matter that attracts rodents, vermin…
Read full rule →Owensboro
Some RestrictionsOwensboro's property maintenance code names conditions that attract rodents and vermin as a public nuisance under §…
Read full rule →Franklin County
Light RestrictionsIn unincorporated Franklin County, Kentucky, solid waste has to be stored so it does not give harborage to rodents and…
Read full rule →Syringe Disposal
How residents must dispose of home-generated sharps (insulin syringes, EpiPens), including kiosk locations and take-back-mailer programs.
Boone County
Some RestrictionsBoone County's solid waste code treats discarded needles, syringes, scalpels and glass vials as infectious waste that…
Read full rule →Louisville
Some RestrictionsLouisville Metro Council consented, by Ordinance No. 58-2015, to let Public Health and Wellness run a needle and…
Read full rule →Food Handler Certification
CA Health & Safety Code §113948 food-handler-card requirement, retraining cycles, and how LA County DPH enforces certification at food facilities.