Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 3 - Jail Standards for Full-service Facilities
Section 501 KAR 3:160 - Training
Universal Citation: 501 KY Admin Regs Service 3:160
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 441.045, 441.055, 441.115
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 441.055(1) requires the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations establishing minimum standards for jails that house state prisoners and KRS 441.115 sets requirements to obtain training allowances. This administrative regulation establishes training requirements for jail personnel in full-service jails.
Section 1. Procedure.
(1) Training of Jailers, jail personnel, and
other employees shall be the responsibility of the governing authority. The
department shall provide training assistance and archiving of electronic
training records at no cost to the local body of government.
(2) The department shall schedule a Jail
Training Curriculum Advisory Committee meeting annually to advise concerning
needs and topics for jail training curriculum. The committee shall be comprised
of the Deputy Commissioner of Corrections for Local Facilities, the Director of
Local Facilities, and the Director of the Division of Corrections Training
(DCT). The committee shall also include those members of the Kentucky Jailers
Association (KJA) that are appointed by the KJA Executive Board.
Section 2. Information System.
(1) A jail shall maintain cumulative records
on the types and hours of training completed annually by jail personnel. The
records shall be maintained in a manner so that all of the records for a
specific jail employee may be readily retrieved and shall be entered into the
department training records management system.
(a) If the training is conducted by the
department, the department shall enter and maintain records of the training for
the jail personnel in the department's training records management
system.
(b) If training is
conducted by someone other than the Department, jail personnel who have been
trained to enter information into the Department training records management
system shall enter the training information. Training information shall be
entered within ten (10) days of the training being completed. A jail employee
shall have access to his individual record.
(2) Training records within the Division of
Corrections Training (DCT) Learning Management System shall serve as proof of
attendance and successful completion of department training to the governing
authority for its employees.
Section 3. Jailer Training.
(1) Pursuant
to KRS 441.115, training shall be offered to newly elected jailers. The
training may be coordinated and conducted with the Kentucky Jailers Association
(KJA). A jailer or jail administrator appointed to complete the term of office
of an elected jailer who is unable to complete his term or appointed after new
jailer training has occurred shall be offered training prior to assuming his
duties.
(2) In order to qualify for
the training expense allowance pursuant to KRS 441.115, for his first year, the
jailer shall successfully complete a minimum of forty (40) hours training
provided or approved by the department.
(3) In order to qualify for the training
expense allowance pursuant to KRS 441.115 after his first year, the jailer
shall complete a minimum of forty (40) hours annual in-service training
provided or approved by the department.
Section 4. Curriculum.
(1) Jail personnel shall receive a minimum of
twenty-four (24) hours annual in-service training.
(2) The training shall include:
(a) A minimum of four (4) hours of mental
health training within the first year of service, and one (1) hour of
additional mental health training each year thereafter. The initial four (4)
hours of mental health training should be conducted by the service provider of
mental health triage or mental health services to the jail, if
possible;
(b) Medical awareness
training for jail personnel within the first thirty (30) days of employment;
and
(c) Communicable disease
training.
(3) All Jail
personnel or health services staff who administer medications to prisoners
shall be trained in the proper procedures as outlined in the jail's policy and
procedures manual.
(4) Jail
personnel who are assigned to duties within a direct supervision area or
facility shall receive forty (40) hours of pre-service training related to
direct supervision. The training shall be approved by the department.
Section 5. First Aid and CPR.
(1) Jail personnel shall have current
training in standard first aid equivalent to that provided by the American Red
Cross, American Heart Association, or an equivalent nationally recognized
organization. New jail personnel shall receive training within their first year
of employment.
(2) Jail personnel
shall be certified to perform CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), equivalent
to that provided by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or an
equivalent nationally recognized organization. New jail personnel shall receive
certification within their first year of employment.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 441.055
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