Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Chapter 6 - Office of the Secretary › Section 501 KAR 6:220 - Treatment for sex offenders

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				17.500, 17.550-17.576,
				17.991,
				197.010
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				17.564 authorizes the Sex Offender Risk Assessment
				Advisory Board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the minimum
				requirements for treatment of sex offenders. This administrative regulation
				establishes minimum treatment requirements for providers.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Adjunctive therapy" means additional
			 interventions or programs that enhance gains made in evidence based treatment
			 sessions, directly target criminogenic risk factors, and may include interventions
			 that are considered promising as well as evidence based.
(2) "Approved provider" is defined by
			 KRS
			 17.550(3).
(3) "Board" is defined by
			 KRS
			 17.550(1).
(4) "Criminogenic needs" means factors that if
			 targeted in treatment, can reduce sexual re-offending.
(5) "Department" is defined by
			 KRS
			 197.010(3).
(6) "Dynamic risk factors" means factors that:
(a) If targeted and changed during treatment, can
			 result in a reduction in sexual re-offending; and
(b) Research has proven to reduce sexual
			 recidivism.
(7) "Evidence
			 based standards of care" means standards and practices that:
(a) Are based on the best available clinical
			 scientific research or evidence for treatment of sex offenders;
(b) Take into account the offender's current
			 clinical state and circumstances that may influence treatment gain; and
(c) Are generally accepted.
(8) "Non-criminogenic needs" means factors that if
			 targeted can assist with removing obstacles to effectively targeting criminogenic
			 factors, for example, self-esteem, fear of punishment.
(9) "Responsivity factors" means factors that
			 impact an offender's ability to begin, engage in, and complete treatment and can
			 interfere with the ability of the offender to respond to treatment.
(10) "Risk" means the risk of sexual
			 reoffending.
(11) "Risk assessment tool"
			 means a validated instrument designed to measure risk of sexually
			 reoffending.
(12) "Session" means at
			 least forty-five (45) minutes for an individual session or ninety (90) minutes for a
			 group session.
(13) "Static factors"
			 means factors that do not change but predict future sexual re-offending.
(14) "Stages of change" means the change process
			 occurs gradually over time and includes levels or stages as follows:
(a) Precontemplation, in which the individual does
			 not intend to make a change in the behavior;
(b) Contemplation, in which the individual has an
			 awareness of the problem and may consider the pluses and minuses of
			 change;
(c) Preparation, in which the
			 individual intends to take action within one (1) month and may make small behavioral
			 changes;
(d) Action, in which the
			 individual modifies the problem behavior for one (1) to six (6) months;
			 and
(e) "Maintenance, in which the
			 behavior change extends from six (6) months and the individual works to prevent
			 relapse.