209.150 Who may make criminal complaint. Any representative of the cabinet acting officially in that capacity, any person with personal knowledge of the abuse or neglect, or exploitation of an adult by a caretaker, or an adult who has been abused or neglected or exploited shall have standing to m ake a criminal complaint. Effective: July 15, 1980 History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 372, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1980. Legislative Research Commission Note (11/9/93). A prior reference to the 'department' in this statute was changed to 'cabinet' purs uant to 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 50(5), and KRS 7.136(2).
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