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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 421 WITNESSES
421.570 Training requirement for victim advocates -- Prohibition against practicing law.
Download pdfemployed by, or serves as a volunteer for, a public or private agency, organization,
or official to counsel and assist crime victims as defined in KRS 421.500, and
includes a victim advocate employed by a Commonwealth's attorney pursuant to
KRS 15.760 and a victim advocate employed by a county attorney pursuant to KRS
69.350. (2) Each victim advocate shall complete training which shall include information concerning the difference between advocacy and the practice of law, and the
appropriate intervention with crime victims, including victims of domestic violence,
child physical and sexual abuse, and rape. (3) A victim advocate shall not engage in the practice of law as defined in KRS 524.130. Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 317, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996.
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