421.570 Training requirement for victim advocates -- Prohibition against practicing law. (1) For the purposes of this section and KRS 421.575, "victim advocate" means an individual at least eighteen (18) years of age and of good moral character, who is employed by, or serves as a volunteer for, a public or private agency, organization, or official to counsel and assist crime victims as defined in KRS 421.500, and includes a victim advocate employed by a Commonwealth's attorney pursuant to KRS 15.760 and a victim advocate employed by a county attorney pursuant to KRS 69.350. (2) Each victim advocate shall complete training which shall include information concerning the difference between advocacy and the practice of law, and the appropriate intervention with crime victims, including victims of domestic violence, child physical and sexual abuse, human trafficking, and rape. (3) A victim advocate shall not engage in the practice of law as defined in KRS 524.130. Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 19, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 317, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 189, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996.
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