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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311A.027 (2026)

Residence requirement prohibited for response providers and licensed

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ambulance services -- Response within specified time.

(1) No public agency, tax district, or other publicly funded emergency medical service first response provider or licensed ambulance service shall have a residence requirement for an employee of or volunteer for the organization.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not preclude an employer or agency specified in subsection (1) of this section from having a requirement for response to a specified location within a specified time limit for an employee or volunteer who is off duty but who is on call to respond for work. Effective: June 24, 2003 History: Repealed and reenacted 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2003. -- Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. Formerly codified as KRS 311.657.

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Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2025 · leading case: Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. 2025).
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Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. 2025). · cites it 27× “KRS 311A.027 was not intended to apply to firefighters.”
Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 12× “Specifically, Appellant asserted that KRS 311A.027(1), which provides that no “emergency medical service first response provider” may have an employee residency requirement, preempts the ordinance establishing a residency requirement for Paducah fire department employees.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311A.027(1) — 2 cases
Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. 2025). “KRS 311A.027 was not intended to apply to firefighters.”
Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Specifically, Appellant asserted that KRS 311A.027(1), which provides that no “emergency medical service first response provider” may have an employee residency requirement, preempts the ordinance establishing a residency requirement for Paducah fire department employees.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 311A.027(2) — 2 cases
Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Specifically, Appellant asserted that KRS 311A.027(1), which provides that no “emergency medical service first response provider” may have an employee residency requirement, preempts the ordinance establishing a residency requirement for Paducah fire department employees.”
Nathan Torian, Individually, & as a Rep. of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons Comprising the Unincorporated Labor Org., the Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 168 v. City of Paducah, Kentucky (Ky. 2025). “KRS 311A.027 was not intended to apply to firefighters.”
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