Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIX. Public Safety and Morals § 235.285. Personal watercraft;  use for towing;  prohibitions on use without personal flotation device or self-circling capability;  general prohibitions of vessel operation;  exceptions;  supervision of minors

(a) The personal watercraft is equipped with a lanyard-type engine cutoff switch;  and

(b) The lanyard is attached to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device of the operator.

(a) Weave through congested watercraft traffic in a way that endangers human life, human physical safety, or property;

(b) Follow a watercraft that is towing an individual on water skis, a surfboard, or a water sport device in a way that endangers human life, human physical safety, or property;

(c) Jump the wake of another watercraft in a way that endangers human life, human physical safety, or property;

(d) Cut between a boat and the individual or individuals being towed by the boat;

(e) Cross paths with another watercraft when visibility around the other watercraft is so obstructed as to endanger human life, human physical safety, or property;  or

(f) Steer a personal watercraft or motorboat toward an object or individual in the water and turn sharply at close range in a way that endangers human life, human physical safety, or property.

(7)  (a) A person under twelve (12) years of age shall not operate a personal watercraft or motorboat over ten (10) horsepower on the public waters of the Commonwealth.

(b) Effective January 1, 1999, a person twelve (12) years of age through seventeen (17) years of age shall not operate a personal watercraft or motorboat over ten (10) horsepower on the public waters of the Commonwealth unless the person is in possession of a safe boating certificate or is accompanied, on board, by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older or in possession of a safe boating certificate.

(c) While operating a motorboat or a personal watercraft over ten (10) horsepower on the public waters of the Commonwealth, nonresidents twelve (12) years of age through seventeen (17) years of age shall have in their possession a Kentucky safe boating certificate or a recognized and equivalent boat operator licensing or safe boating certificate from another state or country.

(a) A performer engaged in a professional exhibition;  or

(b) A person participating in a regatta, a race, a marine parade, a tournament, or an exhibit that is held in compliance with administrative regulations adopted by the department.