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156.483   Restrictions  on  employing  violent  offenders  or  persons  convicted  of  sex crimes -- Criminal record check on job applicants. (1)  The State Department of Education shall not employ, in a position which involves supervisory  or  disciplinary  power  over  a  minor,  any  person  who  is  a  violent 
offender or has been convicted of a sex crime defined in KRS 17.165 as a felony. 
The  Department  of  Education  may  employ,  at  its  discretion,  persons convicted of 
sex crimes classified as a misdemeanor. The Department of Education shall request 
all  conviction  information  for  any  applicant  for  employment  from  the  Justice  and 
Public Safety Cabinet prior to employing the applicant. (2)  Each application form, provided by the Department of Education to the applicant, shall  conspicuously  state  the  following:  "FOR  THIS  TYPE  OF  EMPLOYMENT, 
STATE LAW REQUIRES A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK AS A CONDITION 
OF EMPLOYMENT." (3)  Any  request  for  records  under  subsection  (1)  of  this  section  shall  be  on  a  form approved by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the cabinet may charge a fee 
to  be  paid  by  the  applicant  in  an  amount  no  greater  than  the  actual  cost  of 
processing the request. (4)  The provisions of this section shall apply after July 15, 1988, to all applicants for initial employment in a position which involves supervisory or disciplinary power 
over a minor. Effective:  June 26, 2007 
History:  Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 164, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 166, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1988 Ky. 
Acts ch. 345, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988.