194A.550 Training requirements for staff of agencies providing shelter services for
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victims.
(1)The secretary for health and family services shall promulgate administrative
regulations under KRS Chapter 13A setting forth the requirements for initial
training courses and continuing education courses for staff of agencies providing
protective shelter services for victims of domestic violence. The components of the
training shall include the dynamics of domestic violence, effects of domestic
violence on adult and child victims, legal remedies for protection, lethality and risk
issues, model protocols for addressing domestic violence, available community
resources and victims services, and reporting requirements. The training shall be
developed in consultation with legal, victim services, victim advocacy, and mental
health professionals with an expertise in domestic violence.
(2)Each agency providing protective shelter services for victims of domestic violence
shall develop and provide initial training courses and, at least once every two
years, continuing education courses which comply with the requirements developed
pursuant to subsection
(1)of this section, for staff of the agency.