KRS 635.510: Criteria for classification as juvenile sexual offender -- Juvenile sexual

offender assessment.

(1) A child, thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of the commission of the

offense, shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child ha s been

adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f).

(2) (a) A child, less than thirteen (13) years of age, may be declared a juvenile sexual

offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS

635.505(2).

(b) Any child, thirteen (13) years of age or older, may be declared a juvenile

sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in

KRS 635.505(2)(g).

(3) Upon final adjudication by the juvenile court under s ubsection (2) of this section,

the juvenile court judge shall order a juvenile sexual offender assessment to be

conducted on the child by the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment program or

by a qualified professional approved by the program which shal l recommend

whether the child be declared a sexual offender and receive sexual offender

treatment. Upon receipt of the findings of the assessment, the juvenile court judge

shall determine whether the child shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender, and,

if so, shall initiate a referral to the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment

program for treatment.