Public Safety Branch

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Programs and Services

Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Facilities Construction Program

The Public Swimming Pool and Bathing Facilities Construction Program ensures healthy conditions and safety at regulated facilities throughout Kentucky by reviewing plans and conducting inspections during the construction and renovation process. All new construction and any renovations to existing facilities must be reviewed and approved by program staff prior to beginning construction activities.

Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Facilities Construction Program

Body Art Section

The Body Art Section consists of the Tattoo, Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Tanning Programs.  

Body Art Section​

Boarding Home Program

Any home, facility, institution, lodging or other establishment that accommodates three or more adults not related to the owner, operator or manager by blood or marriage and offers or advertises room and board on a 24-hour basis for hire or compensation must be registered with the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Boarding Home Program

Environmental Lead Program

The Environmental Lead Program oversees the lead-based paint hazard detection and abatement industry to ensure that lead-based paint hazards are safely found and removed from homes and child-occupied facilities to protect the health of the occupants, especially young children.

Environmental Lead Program

Methamphetamine Guidance Documents

Regulations require the posting and cleanup of dwellings contaminated by production of methamphetamines. Local health departments have some responsibility for posting and coordinating with state and local law enforcement and the Energy and Environment Cabinet Division of Waste Management to ensure anyone entering contaminated property is warned of potential dangers inside.