2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 194A - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES 194A.545 Training and continuing education courses for staff of Department for Community Based Services.
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194A.545 Training and continuing education courses for staff of Department
for Community Based Services.
(1)
(2)
(3)
The secretary for health and family services shall develop an initial training
course and continuing education courses for employees of the Department for
Community Based Services concerning the dynamics of domestic violence and
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; effects of domestic violence and elder
abuse, neglect, and exploitation on adult and child victims; legal remedies for
protection; lethality and risk issues; model protocols for addressing domestic
violence; available community resources and victim services; and reporting
requirements. The training shall be developed in consultation with legal, victim
services, victim advocacy, and mental health professionals with an expertise in
domestic violence.
Each person employed by the Department for Community Based Services who
provides supervisory or direct service at the local, district, or state level shall
successfully complete the initial training course and, at least once every two (2)
years, the continuing education course developed under subsection (1) of this
section.
The secretary is encouraged to include an educational component covering the
recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in
KRS 620.020, as part of the initial training and continuing education for
Department for Community Based Services front-line child protection staff.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 171, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2010. -Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 35, effective
June 20, 2005; and ch. 132, sec. 18, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000
Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 15, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 426, sec. 53, effective July 15, 1998.
Formerly codified as KRS 194B.530.
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