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KRS 17.470: Notification by Department of Kentucky State Police of missing and

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  1. KRS Chapter 17

recovered children.

(1) Upon receipt of a report of a missing child who was born in the Commonwealth, the

Department of Kentucky State Police shall notify within forty -eight (48) hours the

state registrar of vital statistics for the Commonwealth of the disappearance of such

child and shall provide to the state registrar identifying information about the

missing child. Upon learning of the recovery of a missing child, the Department of

Kentucky State Police shall notify the state registrar.

(2) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall provide the commissioner of

education with a list of the names of all missing children and children who have

been recovered along with, if available, th e last known school of enrollment. The

commissioner of education shall provide the information to schools as required in

KRS 156.495.

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