KRS § 199.017 Finance and Administration Cabinet to implement "Code Adam" program -- Training -- Signs -- Drills -- Annual report.
The secretary must run the Code Adam program, train building staff, provide signs and drills, collect statistics, report annually, and adopt implementing regulations.
199.017 Finance and Administration Cabinet to implement "Code Adam" program -- Training -- Signs -- Drills -- Annual report. The secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, in consultation with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet through the Department of Kentucky State Police, shall: (1) Be responsible for coordinating implementation of the "Code Adam" program throughout the Commonwealth; (2) Provide training to administrators of state buildings and employees designated by those administrators in the implementation of the "Code Adam" program; (3) Provide training in procedures for the search of state buildings and grounds for lost and missing children; (4) Print and distribute signs to each public agency for use in each state building relating to the "Code Adam" program and how to initiate a "Code Adam." The signs shall be not less than twelve (12) inches square and have white letters and a purple background containing the information specified by the cabinet by administrative regulation; (5) Provide for annually conducting a "Code Adam" drill at each facility covered by the provisions of KRS 199.013 to 199.019; (6) Provide for the collection of statistics from each facility covered by the provisions of KRS 199.013 to 199.019 on each "Code Adam" within the state building; (7) Provide an annual report to the Governor, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the Legislative Research Commission, and the General Assembly on each "Code Adam" within the Commonwealth during the previous calendar year and the results of each "Code Adam" incident. The annual report shall be a public record and shall not include the name or other identifying information, other than gender and age, of the child; and (8) Promulgate administrative regulations necessary for the implementation of the "Code Adam" program as required by KRS 199.013 to 199.019. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 237, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 3, effective July 13, 2004.