KRS 15.540: Qualifications for public safety telecommunicator -- Information not subject

to disclosure -- Training requirements.

(1) An agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator shall certify to the Kentucky Law

Enforcement Council within one hundred twen ty (120) days after the hire date that

the applicant:

(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has reached the age of majority;

(b) 1. Is a high school graduate, regardless of whether the school is accredited

or certified by a governing body, provided tha t the education received

met the attendance and curriculum standards of Kentucky law at the

time of graduation, as determined by the Kentucky Department of

Education; or

2. Possesses a High School Equivalency Diploma;

(c) Has not been convicted of a felony or other crimes involving moral turpitude

as determined by submission of each applicant's fingerprints to the

information systems section of the Department of Kentucky State Police and

to the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, and by such

other investigations as required by the hiring agency;

(d) Has taken a psychological suitability screening administered or approved by

the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to

perform the duties of a telecommunicato r. Any agency that administers its

own suitability screening shall certify the results to the department;

(e) Has taken a polygraph examination administered or approved by the

Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to

perform the duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its

own polygraph examination shall certify the results to the department; and

(f) Has passed a drug screening administered or approved by the Kentucky Law

Enforcement Council. A person shall be deemed to have passed a drug

screening if the results are negative for the use of an illegal controlled

substance or prescription drug abuse. An y agency that administers its own

screening shall certify passing results to the department.

(2) Provisions of the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, to the contrary

notwithstanding, the applicant's home address, telephone number, date of birth,

Social Security number, and results of any background investigation, psychological

suitability screening, and polygraph examination conducted under this section shall

not be subject to disclosure.

(3) An agency that provides CJIS data using a CJIS terminal to l aw enforcement

agencies and is seeking to hire a telecommunicator after July 15, 2024, shall certify

the applicant through the CJIS online training program before the applicant can

deliver CJIS data to law enforcement.

(4) An agency that does not have a CJ IS terminal but receives CJIS data from an

agency holding its originating agency identifier shall complete the CJIS security

and privacy training before the applicant can deliver CJIS data to law enforcement.

(5) If a public safety telecommunicator's only function is a call -taker at an agency that

has a CJIS terminal, the telecommunicator shall not be required to complete the

CJIS online program but shall complete the CJIS security and privacy training.