# KRS § 199.015: 199.015 "Code Adam" safety protocol > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.015 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 199.015 - **Heading:** 199.015 "Code Adam" safety protocol - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 199 / Section 199.015 ## Text 199.015 "Code Adam" safety protocol. The "Code Adam" safety protocol is hereby established and shall be implemented by all administrators in state buildings in the following manner: (1) When a parent, tutor, or guardian notifies any employee of a state building that his or her child is lost or missing, the employee shall obtain from the parent, tutor, or guardian a detailed description of the minor, including but not limited to the name, age, color of eyes, height, weight, clothing, and the shoes the child was wearing at the time the child was last seen before becoming lost or missing; (2) From the closest telephone available, the same employee shall alert the state building administrator or the person designated in the state building's "Code Adam" plan, who shall then notify the occupants of the state building through the loudspeaker system or through any other fast and effective means of communication that "Code Adam" has been activated; (3) The employee shall escort the parent, tutor, or guardian to the main door of the state building to help in identifying the child; (4) Persons designated by the administrator shall monitor all state building exits to ascertain that the minor does not leave the state building without the parent, tutor, or guardian. In addition, two (2) or more employees, as may be necessary, shall be assigned to search the parking areas of the state building. This process shall not entail the closing or locking of any door of the state building; (5) Any child, or person with a child, leaving the state building shall be asked to go through the main exit previously designated by the administrator. If, once there, the child or person wishes to leave the state building, he or she shall be allowed to do so after it has been determined that the minor who is leaving is not the child being searched for and that the person with the minor is the parent, tutor, or guardian of the child, and the person presents a government-issued photo identification; (6) After "Code Adam" has been announced through the state building's loudspeaker system or through any other fast and effective means of communication, the employees shall search throughout the entire state building, and at least two (2) employees, or more as deemed necessary, shall be assigned to each floor to certify that the minor is not present. Employees who are directly serving a member of the public at that time and employees who have been previously excluded by the administrator shall not be compelled to participate in the search; (7) If the minor is found unharmed and appears to have been simply lost or missing in the state building, the child shall be immediately taken to the parent, tutor, or guardian; (8) If the minor is found in the company of any person other than the child's parent, tutor, or guardian, any reasonable means shall be taken to delay the exit of the child and the person with whom the child was found from the state building until a peace officer arrives, the child and the person with whom the child is found both are properly identified, and the circumstances of the situation are determined; (9) If the minor is not found within a ten (10) minute period, the state building administrator shall notify a state or local law enforcement agency that a child is lost or missing and provide the information then known about the lost or missing child. The law enforcement agency shall respond to the scene and shall take control of the incident. The law enforcement agency may request that the local search and rescue coordinator provide additional resources to search for the lost or missing child. The law enforcement agency and the local dispatch center shall take the actions required by KRS 17.450, 17.460, and 39F.180; lost or missing child. The law enforcement agency shall respond to the scene and shall take control of the incident. The law enforcement agency may request that the local search and rescue coordinator provide additional resources to search for the lost or missing child. The law enforcement agency and the local dispatch center shall take the actions required by KRS 17.450, 17.460, and 39F.180; (10) Upon the location of the lost or missing child or the arrival of a peace officer from the law enforcement agency which was notified of the lost or missing child, whichever occurs earlier, the state building administrator shall cause an announcement of the ending of the "Code Adam" by the state building loudspeaker or other fast and effective means of communication; and (11) Upon the ending of the "Code Adam," the state building administrator shall prepare three (3) copies of a report of the incident, which shall: (a) Be sent within three (3) working days to the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police; and (b) Be kept in the administrative files of the state building for a period of three (3) years from the date of the incident. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 199.011 199.011 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.011.md) - [KRS § 199.013 199.013 "State building" defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.013.md) - [KRS § 199.015 199.015 "Code Adam" safety protocol](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.015.md) - [KRS § 199.017 199.017 Finance and Administration Cabinet to implement "Code Adam" program -- Training -- Signs -- Drills -- Annual report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.017.md) - [KRS § 199.019 199.019 Exemption from "Code Adam" program for agency or building not visited by children -- Expiration of exemption](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.019.md) - [KRS § 199.420 199.420 Administrative functions of secretary -- Personnel -- Compensation and other benefits -- Administrative costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.420.md) - [KRS § 199.430 199.430 Witnesses and evidence -- Confidential treatment of information and records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.430.md) - [KRS § 199.440 199.440 Destruction of records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.440.md) - [KRS § 199.461 199.461 Monthly regional, county, and statewide caseload average for social service workers -- Requirement of report if average in excess of specified quantity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.461.md) - [KRS § 199.462 199.462 Criminal background investigation of applicant to provide foster care, relative caregiver services, fictive kin placement, or adoptive home, and of applicant's adult household members -- Request for conviction information -- Form and fee for request -- Disapproval of placement on sole basis of disability of prospective caregiver prohibited -- Background investigation at annual reevaluation authorized -- Administrative regulation -- Rap back system](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.462.md) - [KRS § 199.464 199.464 Course for foster parents on prevention and recognition of pediatric abusive head trauma](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.464.md) - [KRS § 199.466 199.466 Background check of child abuse and neglect records at request of parent or legal guardian employing individual to care for minor child](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.466.md) - [KRS § 199.467 199.467 Adoption of goals by secretary as to maximum number of children in foster care each fiscal year](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.467.md) - [KRS § 199.470 199.470 Petition for adoption of child -- Parties -- Residence requirement -- Approval of secretary -- Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.470.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVII_C199_S199.015. 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