KRS 194A.550: Training requirements for staff of agencies providing shelter services for

victims.

(1) The secretary for health and family services shall promulgate administrative

regulations under KRS Chapter 13A setting forth the requirements for initial

training courses and continuing education courses for staff of agencies providing

protective shelter services for victims of domestic violence. The components of the

training shall include the dynamics of domestic violence, effects of domestic

violence on adult an d child victims, legal remedies for protection, lethality and risk

issues, model protocols for addressing domestic violence, available community

resources and victims services, and reporting requirements. The training shall be

developed in consultation wit h legal, victim services, victim advocacy, and mental

health professionals with an expertise in domestic violence.

(2) Each agency providing protective shelter services for victims of domestic violence

shall develop and provide initial training courses and , at least once every two (2)

years, continuing education courses which comply with the requirements developed

pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, for staff of the agency.