Section 635.510 - Criteria for classification as juvenile sexual offender - Juvenile sexual offender assessment(1) A child, thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense, shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f).(2)(a) A child, less than thirteen (13) years of age, may be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2).(b) Any child, thirteen (13) years of age or older, may be declared a juvenile sexual offender if the child has been adjudicated guilty of an offense listed in KRS 635.505(2)(g).(3) Upon final adjudication by the juvenile court under subsection (2) of this section, the juvenile court judge shall order a juvenile sexual offender assessment to be conducted on the child by the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment program or by a qualified professional approved by the program which shall recommend whether the child be declared a sexual offender and receive sexual offender treatment. Upon receipt of the findings of the assessment, the juvenile court judge shall determine whether the child shall be declared a juvenile sexual offender, and, if so, shall initiate a referral to the Department of Juvenile Justice treatment program for treatment.Effective:7/12/2006
Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 54, effective7/12/2006. -- Amended 2004, Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 7, effective 7/13/2004. -- Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 9, effective 7/15/2002. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 538, sec. 15, effective 4/13/1998. -- Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 62, effective 7/15/1997. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 7, effective 7/15/1994.