(1) The Division of Forestry may exempt any person certified by the Kentucky Prescribed Fire Council’s Burn Boss Program from the requirements of this chapter, except that fires set under this section shall be in accordance with KRS § 149.375 and shall not be conducted under a local burn ban or under a red flag warning day as determined by the National Weather Service.
(2) Persons exempted under this section who set prescribed fires shall give notification of the burn to the Division of Forestry at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the burn, and notify adjacent landowners and local emergency dispatch the day of the burn.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Created 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016.