197.420 Department of Corrections to administer program -- Treatment in inpatient and outpatient environments -- Transfer -- Staff -- Data collection.
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<![CDATA[197.420 Department of Corrections to administer program -- Treatment in inpatient and outpatient environments -- Transfer -- Staff -- Data collection. (1) The department shall have the sole authority and responsibility for establishing by regulation the design of the specialized program created in KRS 197.400 to <br>197.440. (2) The program shall include diagnostic and treatment services in both inpatient and outpatient environments: <br>(a) "Diagnostic services" shall include social and family histories, medical history, educational development, interpersonal development, criminal <br>history, psychological screening, and pre-release evaluation; (b) "Treatment services" shall include individualized treatment plans to include individual, group, marital, and family counseling; psychoeducational courses <br>to include sex education and victim personalization; and social skills <br>development to include assertiveness training, stress management, and <br>aggression management; and (c) The department shall have the authority and responsibility for establishing other educational and work programs necessary to complement treatment <br>program objectives. (3) The department may transfer sexual offenders sentenced to its custody to the program and shall adopt administrative regulations concerning the transfer of sexual <br>offenders. (4) All sexual offenders participating in the program may be housed separately from all other incarcerated inmates but shall be housed in accordance with the department's <br>standard classification system. (5) The treatment staff of the program shall minimumly consist of the following staff: (a) A program director who has at least a master's degree in a recognized mental health field and six (6) years' clinical experience or a doctoral degree in a <br>recognized mental health field and four (4) years' clinical experience. The <br>director shall decide program policies and supervise all staff; (b) A clinical psychologist or a master's degree level psychologist for each two hundred (200) participants. At least one (1) clinical psychologist shall be a <br>member of the staff at all times; and (c) A counselor for each fifty (50) participants. (6) The department shall establish a system of data collection and program evaluation so as to allow study of participating sexual offenders and their offenses and to <br>measure the impact of the program on recidivism. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 65, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 478, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. ]]>