KRS § 64.185 — KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 64 / Section 64.185
64.185 Coroners and deputies -- Compensation schedules -- Continuing education -- Expense allowance -- Training requirements -- Limitation on number of deputy coroners
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64.185 Coroners and deputies -- Compensation schedules -- Continuing education -

- Expense allowance -- Training requirements -- Limitation on number of

deputy coroners.

(1) (a) Coroners shall receive out of the county, consolidated local government,

charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local

government treasury, whichever is appropriate, the monthly compensation the

fiscal court of each county shall fix, subject to the following minimums:

County Monthly Minimum

Population Compensation

1. 10,000 or less $200

2. 10,001 to 20,000 300

3. 20,001 to 40,000 350

4. 40,001 to 60,000 400

5. 60,001 to 100,000 450

6. 100,001 to 150,000 800

7. 150,001 or more 1,000

(b) Coroners who hold a current certificate of continuing education, issued jointly

by the Department of Criminal Justice Training, Justice and Public Safety

Cabinet, and the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner, Justice and

Public Safety Cabinet, and who have completed the course described in

subsection (4)(b) of this section, shall be paid the following minimum

monthly compensation set forth in this subsection in recognition of the

training:

County Monthly Minimum

Population Compensation

1. 10,000 or less $400

2. 10,001 to 20,000 500

3. 20,001 to 40,000 650

4. 40,001 to 60,000 750

5. 60,001 to 100,000 850

6. 100,001 to 150,000 1,100

7. 150,001 or more 1,300

(2) Deputy coroners who hold a current certificate of continuing education, as

described in subsection (1)(b) of this section, and have completed the course

described in subsection (4)(b) of this section, shall receive out of the county,

consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county

government, or unified local government treasury, whichever is appropriate, the

monthly compensation the fiscal court of each county shall fix, subject to the

following minimums:

County Monthly Minimum

Population Compensation

(a) 10,000 or less $200

(b) 10,001 to 20,000 250

(c) 20,001 to 40,000 275

(d) 40,001 to 60,000 300

(e) 60,001 to 100,000 400

(f) 100,001 to 150,000 900

(g) 150,001 or more 1,100

(3) The fiscal court of any county, or the legislative body of a consolidated local

government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local

government may compensate coroners and deputy coroners an additional amount of

up to three hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense allowance.

(4) (a) The initial course of continuing education required under subsection (1)(b) of

this section shall consist of a forty (40) hour basic training course prescribed

by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. Annually thereafter the coroner shall

attend and successfully complete at least eighteen (18) hours of approved

training in order to be compensated in accordance with subsection (1)(b) of

this section.

(b) Within three (3) years of initially assuming office, in order to be compensated

in accordance with subsections (1)(b) and (2) of this section, a coroner or

deputy coroner shall attend and complete a course of at least four (4) hours

provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training that shall include

instruction on the grieving process and best practices for providing a notice of

death to a spouse or next of kin and may include instruction on other similar

topics. A coroner or deputy coroner that has completed the course shall not be

required to retake the course.

(5) If a deputy coroner assumes the office of coroner after receiving the training

stipulated in this section, the deputy coroner shall be compensated in accordance

with the compensation schedule set forth in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(6) The number of deputy coroners in a county shall not exceed one (1) for each

twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, or fraction thereof, according to the most

recent federal census, but every coroner may, subject to the approval of the

legislative body of the county, consolidated local government, charter county

government, urban-county government, or unified local government, appoint

additional deputy coroners, regardless of population.