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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 438.280 to 438.290:
(1) “Alarm system” means electronic equipment and devices designed to act as a personal emergency response system;
(2) “Personal emergency response system” means an alarm system that is:
(a) Installed in the residence of a customer;
(b) Monitored by an alarm systems company;
(c) Designed only to permit the customer to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency on the part of the customer so that the personal emergency response system provider may dispatch appropriate aid; and
(d) Not part of a combination of alarm systems that includes a burglar alarm or fire alarm;
(3) “Personal emergency response system provider” means a person who sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to a personal emergency response system, but shall not include:
(a) A 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center;
(b) A public or private agency called by the 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center to render aid or services to the customer who sent the alarm to the personal emergency response system provider; or
(c) Any person on the customer's contact list;
(4) “Customer” means both:
(a) The person in whose residence the personal emergency response system is installed; and
(b) The person with whom a personal emergency response system provider has contracted for the provision of personal emergency response services; and
(5) “Responder” means:
(a) A person, if any, designated by the customer; and
(b) The 911 center, public safety answering point, or communications center in the jurisdiction from which an alarm was received, that is to be called by the personal emergency response system provider in the event the customer requires aid from a responder.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XL. Crimes and Punishments § 438.280.Definitions for KRS 438.280 to 438.290 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xl-crimes-and-punishments/ky-rev-st-sect-438-280/
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