Kentucky Confidentiality Laws
Rape Crisis/Sexual Assault Counselor
Ky. R. Evid. 506 (West 2013): Counselor-client privilege
(B) A sexual assault counselor, who is a person engaged in a rape crisis center, as defined in KRS Chapter 421, who has undergone forty (40) hours of training and is under the control of a direct services supervisor of a rape crisis center, whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice, counseling, or assistance to victims of sexual assault;
Updated 3/2018
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 211.608 (West 2013): Confidentiality of rape crisis center client’s records
All client records, requests for services, and reports that directly or indirectly identify a client or former client of a rape crisis center are confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person except as provided by law. The cabinet shall have access to client records, requests for services, and reports relating to any rape crisis center for the limited purpose of monitoring the center, and the cabinet shall promulgate an administrative regulation in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A that will set forth the process by which access to these documents will be gained, the nature of the monitoring that will take place, and the measures to be used to ensure confidentiality of the people identified in the records.
Credits
HISTORY: 2000 c 142, § 4, eff. 7-14-00
KRS § 211.608, KY ST § 211.608
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 7 of the 2018 Regular Session
Updated 3/2018