§ 635.510

635.5 10 Criteria for classification as juvenile sexual offender -- Juvenile sexual offender assessment. (1) A child, thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense, shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child ha s been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f). (2) (a) A child, less than thirteen (13) years of age, may be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2). (b) Any child, thirteen (13) years of age or older, may be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(g). (3) Upon final adjudication by the juvenile court under s ubsection (2) of this section, the juvenile court judge shall order a juvenile sexual offender assessment to be conducted on the child by the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment program or by a qualified professional approved by the program which shal l recommend whether the child be declared a sexual offender and receive sexual offender treatment.

Juvenile Justice treatment program or by a qualified professional approved by the program which shal l recommend whether the child be declared a sexual offender and receive sexual offender treatment. Upon receipt of the findings of the assessment, the juvenile court judge shall determine whether the child shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender, and, if so, shall initiate a referral to the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment program for treatment. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 54, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 7, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 538, sec. 15, effective April 13, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 62, effective July 15, 1997. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994.