{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15a.220","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15A.220","heading":"Requirements for secure juvenile detention facilities -- Decertification.","body":"(1) Each person or organization operating a facility shall register with the Department\nof Juvenile Justice and shall comply with the regulations issued pursuant to KRS\n15A.210.\n(2) Each organization operating or seeking to operate or expand a facility shall:\n(a) Apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice in a period of time set by\nadministrative regulation prior to the scheduled opening of the facility;\n(b) Permit inspection of the facility by the Department of Juvenile Justice not less\nthan thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled opening of the facility; and\n(c) Supply to the Department of Juvenile Justice not less than thirty (30) days\nprior to the scheduled opening of the facility all data, plans, and other\nmaterials required by the Department of Juvenile Justice.\n(3) No facility shall operate except with the approval of the Department of Juvenile\nJustice.\n(4) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall have the authority, upon thirty (30) days'\nwritten notice to the county judge/executive and jailer of any  county that operates a\njuvenile detention facility and is located within an area served by a state -operated\njuvenile detention facility, to decertify any juvenile detention facility and that\nfacility shall, at the expiration of the thirty (30) day period,  cease detaining\njuveniles.","path":["KRS Chapter 15A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1057","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:35Z","sha256":"78da88e8bc9598b65671bf7cdb3b7591480c107df3c4c4e3e4a1c6d6fce03d1b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15a.210","next":"us-ky/krs-15a.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}