Kentucky Statutes 438.280 – Definitions for KRS 438.280 to 438.290
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As used in KRS § 438.280 to KRS § 438.290:
(1) “Alarm system” means electronic equipment and devices designed to act as a personal emergency response system;
(2) “Personal emergency response system” means an alarm system that is: (a) Installed in the residence of a customer;
(b) Monitored by an alarm systems company;
(c) Designed only to permit the customer to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part of the customer so that the personal emergency response system provider may dispatch appropriate aid; and
(d) Not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm;
(3) “Personal emergency response system provider” means a person who sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to a personal emergency response system, but shall not include:
(a) A 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center;
(b) A public or private agency called by the 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center to render aid or services to the customer who sent the alarm to the personal emergency response system provider; or
(c) Any person on the customer’s contact list; (4) “Customer” means both:
(a) The person in whose residence the personal emergency response system is installed; and
(b) The person with whom a personal emergency response system provider has contracted for the provision of personal emergency response services; and
(5) “Responder” means:
(a) A person, if any, designated by the customer; and
(b) The 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center in the jurisdiction from which an alarm was received, that is to be called by the personal emergency response system provider in the event the customer requires aid from a responder.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 7, provides that KRS § 438.280 to KRS § 438.290 “…shall be known and may be cited as the Christine Talley Act.”
(1) “Alarm system” means electronic equipment and devices designed to act as a personal emergency response system;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 438.280
- Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2) “Personal emergency response system” means an alarm system that is: (a) Installed in the residence of a customer;
(b) Monitored by an alarm systems company;
(c) Designed only to permit the customer to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part of the customer so that the personal emergency response system provider may dispatch appropriate aid; and
(d) Not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm;
(3) “Personal emergency response system provider” means a person who sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to a personal emergency response system, but shall not include:
(a) A 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center;
(b) A public or private agency called by the 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center to render aid or services to the customer who sent the alarm to the personal emergency response system provider; or
(c) Any person on the customer’s contact list; (4) “Customer” means both:
(a) The person in whose residence the personal emergency response system is installed; and
(b) The person with whom a personal emergency response system provider has contracted for the provision of personal emergency response services; and
(5) “Responder” means:
(a) A person, if any, designated by the customer; and
(b) The 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center in the jurisdiction from which an alarm was received, that is to be called by the personal emergency response system provider in the event the customer requires aid from a responder.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 7, provides that KRS § 438.280 to KRS § 438.290 “…shall be known and may be cited as the Christine Talley Act.”