40.317 Veterans' benefits regional administrators and field representatives -- Duties. No later than June 30, 2008, the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs shall employ no fewer than five (5) veterans' benefits regional administrators and no fewer than twenty (20) veterans' benefits field representatives. (1) The duties of a veterans' benefits regional administrator shall include but not be limited to supervision of veterans' benefits field representatives in an assigned region and representation of veterans in administrative hearings and before the Board of Veterans' Appeals. (2) The duties of a veterans' benefits field representative shall include but not be limited to providing assistance to veterans and their dependents with initiation, preparation, documentation, and adjudication of claims to benefits under federal, state, or local laws. Effective: April 25, 2006 History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. XXVIII, sec. 13, effective April 25, 2006.