Kentucky. Tuberculosis Commission.

The Commission was charged with the operation of the six state tuberculosis hospitals, prescribing rules and regulations, studying all aspects of tuberculosis control, and proposing appropriate legislative remedies to enhance tuberculosis treatment and control.

The Commission, established in 1944 as the Tuberculosis Sanatoria Commission by KRS 215.072, was known as the Tuberculosis Hospital Commission as early as 1951, though it only assumed this name by statutory authority as cited in KRS 215.006, in 1954. It retained this name until 1970 when, under KRS 215.530, it became known by its final designation. In 1970, the Division of Tuberculosis Control, Department of Health, was created by merging the Commission with the Tuberculosis Control Program, Department of Health. Upon creation of the Department for Human Resources, state programs for control and treatment of respiratory diseases became part of the Division of Preventive Services, Department for Human Resources. The state's six tuberculosis hospitals were permanently closed between 1971 and 1977. The hospitals were located in Ashland, Glasgow, London, Louisville, Madisonville, and Paris.