Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 441.045, 441.055, 441.115
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 196.035 authorizes the
secretary to promulgate administrative regulations necessary or suitable for
the proper administration of the functions of the cabinet or any division in
the cabinet. 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 minimum training
requirements for jail personnel.
Section
1. Information System. 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.
(1) 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.
(2) If the 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.
Section 2. Curriculum.
(1) Jail personnel shall receive a minimum of
sixteen (16) hours annual in-service training. The training shall be provided
by the department or other instruction approved by the jailer.
(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) Communicable
diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection training and
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome training;
(c) All jail personnel or health services
staff who administer medications to prisoners shall be trained in the proper
procedures as established in the jail's policy and procedures manual;
and
(d) 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 3. 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 196.035,
441.055
