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403.707
Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee -- Co-chairs -Membership -- Duties.
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The Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault shall create a Sexual
Assault Response Team Advisory Committee.
The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall be co-chaired by the
executive director of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs and the
commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or the commissioner's
designee.
The membership of the Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall
consist of the following:
(a) The executive director of the Kentucky Board of Nursing or the executive
director's designee;
(b) The executive director of the Kentucky Nurses Association or the executive
director's designee;
(c) The executive director of the Kentucky Hospital Association or the executive
director's designee;
(d) The director of the Department of Kentucky State Police Crime Lab;
(e) The chief medical examiner or the chief medical examiner's designee;
(f) The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or the
commissioner's designee;
(g) The director of the Victims' Advocacy Division of the Office of the Attorney
General or the director's designee;
(h) A sexual assault nurse examiner serving on the Governor's Council on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;
(i) A representative from a sexual assault response team serving on the Council
on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault;
(j) A physician appointed by the co-chairs of the Council on Domestic Violence
and Sexual Assault; and
(k) A Commonwealth's attorney or an assistant Commonwealth's attorney
appointed by the co-chairs of the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault.
Members appointed under subsection (3)(h) to (k) of this section shall serve at the
pleasure of the appointing authority and shall not serve longer than four (4) years
without reappointment.
The Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee shall:
(a) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Kentucky Board of Nursing in
accomplishing the duties set forth under KRS 314.142;
(b) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet in the
development of the statewide sexual assault protocol required under KRS
216B.400(4);
(c) Develop a model protocol for the operation of sexual assault response teams
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which shall include the roles of sexual assault nurse examiners, physicians,
law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocates;
Provide information and recommendations concerning the activities of the
agency or organization represented by each individual committee member as
related to sexual assault issues and programs within the purview of the agency
or organization; and
Recommend to the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault any
changes in statute, administrative regulation, training, policy, and budget to
promote a multidisciplinary response to sexual assault.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 69, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch.
85, sec. 305, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 69,
effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 4, effective July 15,
2002.
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