1. (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. (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;
3. (3) Each handler shall meet the training requirements of the statutes and administrative regulations relating to searching with dogs;
4. (4) The primary dog utilized in responding to the search shall be certified in accordance with the statutes and administrative regulations;
5. (5) Each handler shall have the equipment required by statute or administrative regulation for searching with dogs; and
6. (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.