KRS 15.530: Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590.

For the purposes of KRS 15.530 to 15.590:

(1) "CJIS" means the Criminal Justice Information System;

(2) "CJIS-full access course" means an online training program administered and

approved by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency;

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice

Training;

(4) "Full-time public safety telecommunicator academy" means a training course of at

least one hundred sixty (160) hours approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement

Council and delivere d by one (1) of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council -

approved academies in the state;

(5) "Public safety telecommunicator" or "telecommunicator" means any public

employee, sworn or civilian, who functions as a public safety dispatcher, 911

telecommunicator, or 911 call taker, whose duties and responsibilities include:

(a) Answering, receiving, transferring, or dispatching functions related to 911

calls, as the primary or secondary public safety answering point or emergency

communication center;

(b) Dispatching law enforcement officers, fire rescue services, emergency

medical services, emergency management, and other public safety services to

the scene of an emergency; or

(c) Providing real-time information from federal, state, and local crime databases;

and

(6) "Telecommunicator overview training" means a forty (40) hour online course

approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.