<br><br>15A.220 Requirements for secure juvenile detention facilities -- Decertification. <br>(1) Each person or organization operating a facility shall register with the Department <br>of Juvenile Justice and shall comply with the regulations issued pursuant to KRS <br>15A.210. <br>(2) Each organization operating or seeking to operate or expand a facility shall: <br>(a) Apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice in a period of time set by <br>administrative regulation prior to the scheduled opening of the facility; <br>(b) Permit inspection of the facility by the Department of Juvenile Justice not less <br>than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled opening of the facility; and <br>(c) Supply to the Department of Juvenile Justice not less than thirty (30) days <br>prior to the scheduled opening of the facility all data, plans, and other <br>materials required by the Department of Juvenile Justice. <br>(3) No facility shall operate except with the approval of the Department of Juvenile <br>Justice. <br>(4) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall have the authority, upon thirty (30) days' <br>written notice to the county judge/executive and jailer of any county that operates a <br>juvenile detention facility and is located within an area served by a state-operated <br>juvenile detention facility, to decertify any juvenile detention facility and that <br>facility shall, at the expiration of the thirty (30) day period, cease detaining <br>juveniles. <br>Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended <br>1998 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 350, sec. 132, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, <br>sec. 174, effective July 1, 1987. <br><br>