<br><br>15.540 Qualifications for law enforcement telecommunicator -- Information not <br>subject to disclosure. <br>(1) An agency hiring a telecommunicator after July 15, 2006, shall certify to the <br>Department of Criminal Justice Training before admission to the telecommunicator <br>training program that the telecommunicator: <br>(a) Is a citizen of the United States and has reached the age of majority; <br>(b) Is a high school graduate or has received a general equivalency diploma <br>(GED); <br>(c) Has not been convicted of a felony or other crimes involving moral turpitude <br>as determined by submission of each applicant's fingerprints to the <br>information systems section of the Department of Kentucky State Police and <br>to the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, and by such <br>other investigations as required by the hiring agency; <br>(d) Has taken a psychological suitability screening administered or approved by <br>the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to <br>perform the duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its <br>own suitability screening shall certify the results to the department; <br>(e) Has taken a polygraph examination administered or approved by the Kentucky <br>Law Enforcement Council to determine his or her suitability to perform the <br>duties of a telecommunicator. Any agency that administers its own polygraph <br>examination shall certify the results to the department; and <br>(f) Has passed a drug screening administered or approved by the Kentucky Law <br>Enforcement Council. A person shall be deemed to have passed a drug <br>screening if the results are negative for the use of an illegal controlled <br>substance or prescription drug abuse. Any agency that administers its own <br>screening shall certify passing results to the department. <br>(2) Provisions of the Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to 61.884, to the contrary <br>notwithstanding, the applicant's home address, telephone number, date of birth, <br>Social Security number, and results of any background investigation, psychological <br>suitability screening, and polygraph examination conducted under this section shall <br>not be subject to disclosure. <br>Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 30, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended <br>2006 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 315, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. <br><br>