KRS 439.3101: Administrative regulations requiring supervision and treatment in

accordance with evidence-based practices.

(1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations that require the

supervision and treatment of supervised individuals in accorda nce with evidence -

based practices.

(2) The administrative regulations shall, at a minimum, include:

(a) The administration of a validated risk and needs assessment on all supervised

individuals at regular intervals to determine their criminal risk factors and to

identify intervention targets;

(b) Use of assessment scores and other objective criteria throughout the period of

community supervision to determine the risk level and program needs of each

supervised individual;

(c) Caseload size guidelines that ar e based on supervised individuals' risk levels

and take into account department resources and employee workload and

prioritization of supervision and program resources for supervised individuals

who are at higher risk to reoffend;

(d) Definitions of various risk levels to apply to supervised individuals during the

period of community supervision;

(e) Development of a case plan for each individual who is assessed to be

moderate-to-high risk based on the risk and needs assessment, that targets the

criminal risk factors identified in the assessment, is responsive to individual

characteristics, and provides supervision of offenders according to that case

plan;

(f) Implementation of swift, certain, proportionate, and graduated sanctions that a

probation and parol e officer shall apply in response to a supervised

individual's noncompliant behaviors; and

(g) Establishment of protocols and standards that assess the degree to which

policies, procedures, programs, interventions, and practices relating to

offender recidivism reduction, whether utilized by the department or contract

or referral agencies, are evidence-based.