Establishment and Maintenance of Central Registries for Child Abuse or Neglect Reports - Kentucky

Establishment

Citation: Admin. Reg. Tit. 922, § 1:470

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall maintain a central registry.

Purpose

This issue is not addressed in the statutes and regulations reviewed.

Contents

Citation: Admin. Reg. Tit. 922, § 1:470

The central registry shall include the name of each individual who has been found by the cabinet to have abused or neglected a child on or after October 1, 1998, and who waived the right to appeal a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect in accordance with 922 KAR 1:480; 922 KAR 1:320; or 922 KAR 1:330, § 11 or whose substantiated incident was upheld upon appeal.

Maintenance

Citation: Admin. Reg. Tit. 922, § 1:470

Each name shall remain on the central registry for at least 7 years and be removed from the central registry after 7 years if the following conditions are met: 

• No additional incident of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated by the cabinet since the time of the incident for which the individual's name was placed on the registry.
• Cabinet records indicate that the incident for which the individual's name was placed on the registry did not relate to any of the following: 
  • Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child 
  • A child fatality related to abuse or neglect 
  • A near fatality related to abuse or neglect 
• Involuntary termination of parental rights