KENTUCKY STATE DEFINITIONS

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17.500 Definitions for KRS 17.500 to 17.580.
As used in KRS 17.500 to 17.580:
(1) "Approved provider" means a mental health professional licensed or certified in
Kentucky whose scope of practice includes providing mental health treatment
services and who is approved by the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory
Board, under administrative regulations promulgated by the board, to provide
comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluations or treatment to adults
and youthful offenders, as defined in KRS 600.020;
(2) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;
(3) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, "criminal offense
against a victim who is a minor" means any of the following offenses if the
victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the commission of
the offense:
1. Kidnapping, as set forth in KRS 509.040, except by a parent;
2. Unlawful imprisonment, as set forth in KRS 509.020, except by a
parent;
3. Sex crime;
4. Promoting a sexual performance of a minor, as set forth in KRS
531.320;
5. Human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity, as set forth
in KRS 529.100;
6. Promoting prostitution, as set forth in KRS 529.040, when the
defendant advances or profits from the prostitution of a person
under the age of eighteen (18);
7. Use of a minor in a sexual performance, as set forth in KRS
531.310;
8. Sexual abuse, as set forth in KRS 510.120 and 510.130;
9. Unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, as set forth in
KRS 530.064(1)(a);
10. Any offense involving a minor or depictions of a minor, as set forth
in KRS Chapter 531;
11. Any attempt to commit any of the offenses described in
subparagraphs 1. to 10. of this paragraph; and
12. Solicitation to commit any of the offenses described in
subparagraphs 1. to 10. of this paragraph.
(b) Conduct which is criminal only because of the age of the victim shall not
be considered a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor if the
perpetrator was under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the
commission of the offense;
(4) "Law enforcement agency" means any lawfully organized investigative agency,
sheriff's office, police unit, or police force of federal, state, county, urban-county
government, charter county, city, consolidated local government, or a
combination of these, responsible for the detection of crime and the
enforcement of the general criminal federal or state laws;
(5) "Registrant" means:
(a) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of the offense
or any youthful offender, as defined in KRS 600.020, who has committed:
1. A sex crime; or
2. A criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; or
(b) Any person required to register under KRS 17.510; or
(c) Any sexually violent predator; or
(d) Any person whose sexual offense has been diverted pursuant to KRS
533.250, until the diversionary period is successfully completed;
(6) "Registrant information" means the name, including any lawful name change
together with the previous name, Social Security number, age, race, sex, date
of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, fingerprints, DNA sample, a
photograph, aliases used, residence, electronic mail address and any instant
messaging, chat, or other Internet communication name identities, a brief
description of the crime or crimes committed, and other information the cabinet
determines, by administrative regulation, may be useful in the identification of
registrants;
(7) "Residence" means any place where a person sleeps. For the purposes of this
statute, a registrant may have more than one (1) residence. A registrant is
required to register each residence address;
(8) "Sex crime" means:
(a) A felony offense defined in KRS Chapter 510, or KRS 530.020,
530.064(1)(a), 531.310, 531.320, or 531.335;
(b) A felony attempt to commit a felony offense specified in paragraph (a) of
this subsection; or
(c) A federal felony offense, a felony offense subject to a court-martial of the
United States Armed Forces, or a felony offense from another state or a
territory where the felony offense is similar to a felony offense specified in
paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(9) "Sexual offender" means any person convicted of, pleading guilty to, or
entering an Alford plea to a sex crime as defined in this section, as of the date
the verdict is entered by the court;
(10) "Sexually violent predator" means any person who has been subjected to
involuntary civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, or a similar
designation, under a state, territory, or federal statutory scheme;
(11) "The board" means the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board created
under KRS 17.554;
(12) "Victim" has the same meaning as in KRS 421.500;
(13) "DNA sample" or "deoxyribonucleic acid sample" means a blood or swab
specimen from a person, as prescribed by administrative regulation, that is
required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to KRS 17.170 or 17.510, that shall
be submitted to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory for
law enforcement identification purposes and inclusion in law enforcement
identification databases; and
(14) "Authorized personnel" means an agent of state government who is properly
trained in DNA sample collection pursuant to administrative regulation.
Effective:July 15, 2014


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