KRS 17.450: Kentucky Missing Child Information Center.

(1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall establish within the cabinet a "Kentucky

Missing Child Information Center," which shall serve as a central repository of and

clearinghouse for information about Kentucky children believed to be missing and

children from other states believed to be missing in Kentucky.

(2) The cabinet shall provide the Missing Child Information Center with computer

equipment and a computer program which shall list and be capable of immediately

retrieving the name and complete descr iption of any missing Kentucky child

referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The cabinet shall design the computer program so as to accept and generate

complete information on a missing child, which information shall be retrievable by

the child's name and date of birth, Social Security number, fingerprint classification,

any number of physical descriptions, including hair and eye color and body marks,

and known associates and locations.

(4) Only law enforcement agencies shall be authorized to ord er missing child

information entered into or retrieved from the missing child information center

computer, except that a parent or guardian may order from the Department of

Kentucky State Police information on his or her child to be entered or retrieved

when another law enforcement agency has refused to enter or retrieve such missing

child information.

(5) The cabinet, through the Kentucky Missing Child Information Center, shall

regularly issue flyers containing physical and situational descriptions of miss ing

children when requested by a law enforcement agency or when determined by the

cabinet.

(6) For purposes of this section, child shall mean any person under eighteen (18) years

of age or any person certified or known to be mentally incompetent or disabled.

(7) A complete written report shall be issued annually by the cabinet, which report shall

include statistical information on the numbers of missing children entered on the

computer and located and recommendations for more accurate and timely reports

and better usage of the computer.

(8) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations in conformance with this

section which provide for the orderly receipt of missing child information and

requests for retrieval of missing child information.

(9) The Department of Kentucky State Police and each city, county, and urban -county

police department and each sheriff's office shall fingerprint children without charge

on forms provided by the cabinet. The completed fingerprint forms shall be

delivered to the chil d's parent or guardian and no copy of the fingerprint form shall

be retained by the police department or sheriff's office.