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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 311.378 — Warning of dangers of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy to be posted -- Penalty

311.378. Warning of dangers of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy to be posted -- Penalty

(1) All physicians licensed pursuant to this chapter who maintain a private office shall post in a prominent place in the patient waiting room a printed sign supplied by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that is at least eleven (11) inches by fourteen (14) inches in size, with letters at least one (1) inch high and with gender-neutral language, which shall warn that drinking alcoholic beverages prior to conception or during pregnancy can cause birth defects.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50).

Source notes

Effective: June 20, 2005

History and annotations

Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 584, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 534, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 442, sec. 6, effective July 14, 1992.

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