Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 7 - Jail Standards for Restricted Custody Center Facilities
Section 501 KAR 7:010 - Definitions for 501 KAR Chapter 7
Universal Citation: 501 KY Admin Regs Service 7:010
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 67.900, 67A.028, 67B.020(1), 441.045, 441.055, Ky. Const. Sec. 99, 152
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. This administrative regulation establishes definitions for 501 KAR Chapter 7, regulating restricted custody centers.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Automatic fire extinguishing system" means an
approved system of devices and equipment that automatically detects a fire and
discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent onto or in the area of a fire in
accordance with
815 KAR
7:120.
(2)
"Department" is defined by
KRS
441.005(5).
(3) "Governing authority" means a county fiscal
court, urban-county government, charter county government, consolidated local
government, unified local government, or regional jail authority.
(4) "Jail administrator" means the official
appointed by a regional jail authority and charged with the responsibility of
administering the regional jail.
(5)
"Jailer" means:
(a) The official duly elected or
appointed pursuant to Section 99 or 152 of the Kentucky Constitution, charged with
the responsibility of administering the center;
(b) A department as defined by
KRS
67B.020(1);
(c) A correctional services division as created by
KRS
67A.028; or
(d) Jail administrator.
(6) "Jail personnel" is defined by
KRS
441.005(6).
(7) "Medical authority" means the person or
persons licensed to provide medical care to prisoners in the jail's
custody.
(8) "Pat" or "frisk" means a
manual search of a clothed person and includes a visual inspection of the open
mouth.
(9) "Prisoner" is defined by
KRS
441.005(3).
(10) "Prisoner living area" means a group of rooms
or cells which provide housing for the prisoner population.
(11) "Probing of body cavities" means a manual or
instrument search of a person's oral, anal, vaginal, or other body cavity, performed
by medical personnel.
(12) "Restricted
custody center" or "center" means a facility or area separate from the jail used for
the housing of:
(a) Sentenced prisoners who have
been approved for educational, work, or program participation release; and
(b) Pretrial prisoners who have been approved by
the court for educational, work, or program participation release.
(13) "Security area" means a defined
space whose physical boundaries have controlled ingress and egress.
(14) "Sexually abusive conduct" means:
(a) Sexual contact, sexual intercourse, and
deviate sexual intercourse, as defined by
KRS
510.010;
(b) Sexual abuse as defined by
28 C.F.R.
115.6; and
(c) Other types of similar sexually based
conduct.
(15) "Strip search"
means a body search during which a person is required to open or remove clothing,
and during which a person is subject to visual inspection of the torso, female
breast, genital area, and anal area, as well as other body cavities.
(16) "Telehealth" means the use of interactive
audio, video, or other electronic media to deliver health care. It includes the use
of electronic media for diagnosis, consultation, transfer of health or medical data,
and continuing education.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 441.055
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