(1) One or more persons with search dogs and handlers may constitute a specialized rescue squad using search dogs, under the terms and conditions as specified in writing by the director;
(2) Each handler of a dog shall have a vehicle available for the transportation of the dog and handler to the scene of a search;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 39F.040

  • Rescue: means gaining access, rendering appropriate care, and transporting of a person or persons by whatever means, to a safe environment for appropriate care. See Kentucky Statutes 39F.010
  • Search: means the process of looking for a person or persons whose location is not precisely known, and who may be in distress. See Kentucky Statutes 39F.010
  • Specialized rescue squad: means a rescue squad which performs one (1) or more of the following functions as the primary or sole mission of the organization:
    (a) Cave rescue. See Kentucky Statutes 39F.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(3) Each handler shall meet the training requirements of the statutes and administrative regulations relating to searching with dogs;
(4) The primary dog utilized in responding to the search shall be certified in accordance with the statutes and administrative regulations;
(5) Each handler shall have the equipment required by statute or administrative regulation for searching with dogs; and
(6) No single search dog handler shall engage in general rescue squad activity or specialized rescue squad activity unless he or she is a member of such an organization.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 86, effective July 15, 1998.