635.510 Criteria for classification as juvenile sexual offender -- Juvenile sexual

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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 has been

adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f).

(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 subsection

(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 shall 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.