Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.554 (2026)

Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board -- Risk assessment

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procedure. (1) A Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board is hereby created. The board shall approve providers who shall conduct comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluations and treatment. (2) The board shall develop a comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluation that shall be used by approved providers in assessing the risk of recommitting a sex crime by a sex offender, the threat posed to public safety, amenability to sex offender treatment, and the nature of the required sex offender treatment. The evaluation shall be based upon, but not limited to the following factors: (a) Criminal history; (b) Nature of the offense; (c) Conditions of release that minimize risk; (d) Physical conditions that minimize risk; (e) Psychological or psychiatric profiles; (f) Recent behavior that indicates an increased risk of recommitting a sex crime; (g) Recent threats or gestures against persons or expressions of an intent to commit additional offenses; and (h) Review of the victim impact statement. Effective: April 11, 2000 History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 21, effective April 11, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 142, effective July 15, 1998.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2001–2015 · leading case: Douglas v. Commonwealth, 83 S.W.3d 462 (Ky. 2001).

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Douglas v. Commonwealth, 83 S.W.3d 462 (Ky. 2001). “In connection with the 1998 amendments to the Sex Offenders Registration Statutes, a Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board was established in KRS 17.554 et. seq. KRS 17.556(10) attaches the Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board to the Department of Corrections.”

Keelan Walton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2015). · cites it 3× “Furthermore, Major Bill Billings testified at the sentencing hearing regarding Appellant's behavior while incarcerated.”

Chavez Cortez Byrd v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2015). · cites it 3× “Furthermore, Major Bill Billings testified at the sentencing hearing regarding Appellant's behavior while incarcerated.”

Keelan Walton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2015). · cites it 3× “Furthermore, Major Bill Billings testified at the sentencing hearing regarding Appellant's behavior while incarcerated.”

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