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69.350 Employment of victim advocate.
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Each county attorney may employ individually or jointly with one (1) or more
other county attorneys at least one (1) victim advocate to counsel and assist
crime victims as defined in KRS 421.500.
An individual employed as a victim advocate shall be a person who by a
combination of education, professional qualification, training, and experience is
qualified to perform the duties of this position. The victim advocate shall be an
individual at least eighteen (18) years of age, of good moral character, with at
least two (2) years of experience working in the human services field or court
system in a position requiring professional contact with children or adults, who
has:
(a) Received a baccalaureate degree in social work, sociology, psychology,
guidance and counseling, education, religion, criminal justice, or other
human service field; or
(b) Received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate, and, in
addition to the experience required in this subsection, has at least four (4)
years' experience working in the human services field or court system.
Each county attorney who employs an individual to serve as a victim advocate
shall develop a written job description which describes the duties of the
position and shall ensure the victim advocate completes training relating to the
appropriate intervention with crime victims, including victims of domestic
violence and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation and other crimes against
the elderly. Each victim advocate shall perform those duties necessary to
insure compliance with the crime victim's bill of rights contained in KRS
421.500 to 421.530. No victim advocate shall engage in political activities while
in the course of performing duties as victim advocate or the practice of law as
defined in KRS 524.130. The creation and funding of any new personnel
position shall be reviewed and approved by the Prosecutors Advisory Council.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 16, effective June 20, 2005. -Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996.
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