§ 15-530-3

15.530 Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590. (Effective July 1, 2026) For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590: (1) 'CJIS' means the Criminal Justice Information System; (2) 'CJIS -full access course' means an online training program administer ed and approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; (3) 'Commissioner' means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training; (4) 'Public safety telecommunicator' or 'telecommunicator' means any public employee, sworn or civi lian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911 telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include: (a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911 calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency communication center; (b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to the scene of an emergency; or (c) Providing rea l-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases; and (5) 'Public safety telecommunicator academy' means a training course of at least one hundred sixty (160) hours

(c) Providing rea l-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases; and (5) 'Public safety telecommunicator academy' means a training course of at least one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and delivered by one (1) of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council -approved academies in the state. Effective: July 1, 2026 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 3, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 315, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.