Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XII. Conservation and State Development § 151.010.Establishment and personnel of survey

There is hereby established and shall be maintained within the University of Kentucky a bureau of geological research and information to be known and designated as the Kentucky Geological Survey. The survey shall be under the direction of a person who shall be designated director of the survey and who shall be appointed in the same manner as other staff members of the university. The survey shall have a nonteaching staff to be appointed in the same manner as other staff members of the university. The director or a member of the nonteaching staff shall be designated state geologist and all members of the survey shall be employees of the University of Kentucky within the provisions of KRS 164.220 to 164.230, inclusive.