Section 438.330 - Random inspections of retail establishment selling or distributing tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products - Preparation of federally required annual report(1) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Department of Agriculture shall carry out annually conducted random, unannounced inspections of retail establishments where tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products are sold or distributed for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of KRS 438.305 to 438.340. The inspections shall be conducted to the extent necessary to assure that the Commonwealth remains in compliance with Public Law 102-321 and applicable federal regulations. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Department of Agriculture shall also ensure that targeted inspections are conducted at those retail establishments where, and at those times when, persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years are most likely to purchase tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. Persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years may be used to test compliance with the provisions of KRS 438.305 to 438.340 only if the testing is conducted under the direct supervision of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, sheriff, or chief of police, or their employees, and written parental consent has been obtained. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall prepare annually, for submission by the Governor to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the report required by Section 1926 of Subpart 1 of Part B of Title XIX of the Federal Public Health Service Act.(2) The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control shall develop and implement the survey sampling methodologies to carry out the inspections as described in this section.Amended by 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 35,§ 7, eff. 3/26/2020.Amended by 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 111,§ 7, eff. 4/10/2014.Effective:7/15/2010
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1932, effective7/15/2010. --Amended 2000, Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 10, effective 7/14/2000. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 480, sec. 6, effective 7/15/1994.