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199.015 "Code Adam" safety protocol.
The "Code Adam" safety protocol is hereby established and shall be implemented by
all administrators in state buildings in the following manner:
(1) When a parent, tutor, or guardian notifies any employee of a state building that
his or her child is lost or missing, the employee shall obtain from the parent,
tutor, or guardian a detailed description of the minor, including but not limited to
the name, age, color of eyes, height, weight, clothing, and the shoes the child
was wearing at the time the child was last seen before becoming lost or
missing;
(2) From the closest telephone available, the same employee shall alert the state
building administrator or the person designated in the state building's "Code
Adam" plan, who shall then notify the occupants of the state building through
the loudspeaker system or through any other fast and effective means of
communication that "Code Adam" has been activated;
(3) The employee shall escort the parent, tutor, or guardian to the main door of the
state building to help in identifying the child;
(4) Persons designated by the administrator shall monitor all state building exits to
ascertain that the minor does not leave the state building without the parent,
tutor, or guardian. In addition, two (2) or more employees, as may be
necessary, shall be assigned to search the parking areas of the state building.
This process shall not entail the closing or locking of any door of the state
building;
(5) Any child, or person with a child, leaving the state building shall be asked to go
through the main exit previously designated by the administrator. If, once there,
the child or person wishes to leave the state building, he or she shall be
allowed to do so after it has been determined that the minor who is leaving is
not the child being searched for and that the person with the minor is the
parent, tutor, or guardian of the child, and the person presents a
government-issued photo identification;
(6) After "Code Adam" has been announced through the state building's
loudspeaker system or through any other fast and effective means of
communication, the employees shall search throughout the entire state
building, and at least two (2) employees, or more as deemed necessary, shall
be assigned to each floor to certify that the minor is not present. Employees
who are directly serving a member of the public at that time and employees
who have been previously excluded by the administrator shall not be
compelled to participate in the search;
(7) If the minor is found unharmed and appears to have been simply lost or
missing in the state building, the child shall be immediately taken to the parent,
tutor, or guardian;
(8) If the minor is found in the company of any person other than the child's
parent, tutor, or guardian, any reasonable means shall be taken to delay the
exit of the child and the person with whom the child was found from the state
building until a peace officer arrives, the child and the person with whom the
child is found both are properly identified, and the circumstances of the
situation are determined;
(9)
If the minor is not found within a ten (10) minute period, the state building
administrator shall notify a state or local law enforcement agency that a child is
lost or missing and provide the information then known about the lost or
missing child. The law enforcement agency shall respond to the scene and
shall take control of the incident. The law enforcement agency may request
that the local search and rescue coordinator provide additional resources to
search for the lost or missing child. The law enforcement agency and the local
dispatch center shall take the actions required by KRS 17.450, 17.460, and
39F.180;
(10) Upon the location of the lost or missing child or the arrival of a peace officer
from the law enforcement agency which was notified of the lost or missing
child, whichever occurs earlier, the state building administrator shall cause an
announcement of the ending of the "Code Adam" by the state building
loudspeaker or other fast and effective means of communication; and
(11) Upon the ending of the "Code Adam," the state building administrator shall
prepare three (3) copies of a report of the incident, which shall:
(a) Be sent within three (3) working days to the secretary of the Finance and
Administration Cabinet and the commissioner of the Department of
Kentucky State Police; and
(b) Be kept in the administrative files of the state building for a period of three
(3) years from the date of the incident.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 236, effective June 26, 2007. -Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004.
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