336.020 Departments of Workplace Standards and Workers' Claims -- Offices in Labor Cabinet. (1) The Department of Workplace Standards shall be headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.040 and shall be divided for administrative purposes into the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Compliance, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training, and the Division of Wages and Hours. Each of these divisions shall be headed by a director appointed by the secretary and approved by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050. (2) The Department of Workers' Claims shall be headed by a commissioner appointed by the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate in accordance with KRS 342.228. The department shall be divided for administrative purposes into the Office of Administrative Law Judges, the Division of Claims Processing, the Division of Security and Compliance, the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds, and the Division of Specialist and Medical Services. The Office of Administrative Law Judges shall be headed by a chief administrative law judge appointed in accordance with KRS 342.230. Each division in the department shall be headed by a director appointed by the secretary and approved by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050. The Workers' Compensation Board shall be attached to the Department of Workers' Claims for administrative purposes only. (3) The Office of General Counsel for the Labor Cabinet, the Office of Administrative Services, and the Office of Inspector General are attached to the Office of the Secretary of the Labor Cabinet. (4) (a) The Office of General Counsel for the Labor Cabinet shall be headed by a general counsel appointed by the secretary with approval by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050 and 12.210. (b) The Office of General Counsel shall be divided for administrative purposes into the Workplace Standards Legal Division and the Workers' Claims Legal Division. (c) Each legal division shall be headed by a general counsel appointed by the secretary with approval by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050 and 12.210. (5) (a) The Office of Administrative Services shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.040. (b) The Office of Administrative Services shall be divided for administrative purposes into the Division of Fiscal Management, the Division of Human Resources Management, the Division of Information Technology and Support Services, and the Division of Professional Development and Organizational Management. Each division shall be headed by a director appointed by the secretary and approved by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050. (6) The Office of Inspector General shall be headed by an executive director appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.040. Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 55, effective June 27, 2019; and ch. 173, sec. 4, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 25, effective June 29, 2017; ch. 82, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2017; ch. 83, sec. 4, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 134, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1701, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 34, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 579, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 3, effective April 4, 1994. -- Amended 1987 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 2, effective January 4, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 252. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 19, sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4618-111, 4748g-4. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/27/2019). This statute was amended by 2019 Ky. Acts chs. 146 and 173, which are identical and have been codified together.