{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-421.570","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 421.570","heading":"Training requirement for victim advocates -- Prohibition against","body":"practicing law.\n(1) For the purposes of this section and KRS 421.575, \"victim advocate\" means an\nindividual at least eighteen (18) years of age and of good moral character, who is\nemployed by, or serves as a volunteer for, a public or private agency, organization,\nor official to counsel and assist crime victims as defined in KRS 421.500, and\nincludes a victim advocate employed by a Commonwealth's attorney pursuant to\nKRS 15.760 and a victim advocate employed by a county attorney pursuant to KRS\n69.350.\n(2) Each victim advocate shall complete training which shall include information\nconcerning the difference between advocacy and the practice of law, and the\nappropriate intervention with crime victims, including victims of domestic violence,\nchild physical and sexual abuse, human trafficking, and rape.\n(3) A victim advocate shall not engage in the practice of law as defined in KRS\n524.130.","path":["KRS Chapter 421"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41850","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:39Z","sha256":"32621043f1d9300db5d2bc9284a31bb371afe751faa7143850353a74bf6f860e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-421.550","next":"us-ky/krs-421.575"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}