DCBS Authority to Operate
Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS)
Laws that spell out the foundation of program requirements.
Kentucky Administrative Regulations (KAR)
Legal operation of a program that defines how the KRS is carried out.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
Step by step instructions or interpretation of KRS and KAR. They act as guidelines for employee work process to achieve efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance.
KRS and KAR can be found on the Kentucky General Assembly website. You can bookmark this site now, we will return to this site in a later course to look at specific KRS and KAR’s relevant to guardianship.
Please note that some CHFS and DCBS program services are also governed by local, federal, and other applicable regulations and policies.