The president's controversial order calls for the separation of combination shots — such as the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into separate injections.
In a statement to WUKY, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Sec. Steven Stack's office said there is "no evidence" to support a change in the recommended immunization schedule for children, and that residents should continuing accessing the vaccines "without disruption."
The statement went on to say that Kentucky follows recognized pediatric standards, including guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Public health experts have been quick to condemn the executive order upending childhood vaccinations, but the Associated Press reports the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical challenges it would impose on parents, health providers, and drugmakers.
To accomplish the order, drugmakers would need to revive a slate of individual vaccines that have not been widely used in the U.S. in decades.