{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-199.895","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 199.895","heading":"Evacuation plan required for child -care centers and family child -care","body":"homes -- Annual updating of plan -- Provision of plan to local emergency\nmanagement officials and parents.\n(1) A child -care center licensed under KRS 199.896 and a family child -care home\ncertified under KRS 199.8982 shall have a written plan for evacuation in the event\nof fire, natural disaster, or other threatening situation that may pose a health or\nsafety hazard to the children in the center or home. The plan shall include but not be\nlimited to:\n(a) A designated relocation site and evacuation route;\n(b) Procedures for notifying parents of the relocation and ensuring family\nreunification;\n(c) Procedures to address the needs of individual children including children with\nspecial needs;\n(d) Instructions relating to the training of staff or the reassignment of staff duties,\nas appropriate;\n(e) Coordination with local emergency management officials; and\n(f) A program to ensure that appropriate staff are familiar with the plan's\ncomponents.\n(2) A child-care center and a family child -care home shall update the evacuation plan\nby December 31 each year.\n(3) A child-care center and a family child-care home shall retain an updated copy of the\nplan for evacuation, provide an updated copy to ap propriate local emergency\nmanagement officials, and provide a copy to each parent, custodian, or guardian of\nthe child at the time of the child's enrollment in the program and whenever the plan\nis updated.","path":["KRS Chapter 199"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40523","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:55Z","sha256":"25cb083aab23567ffe5b6e4163e7edb1d44a86b64e251fa6e684c983b50f8047","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-199.8945","next":"us-ky/krs-199.8951"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}