State Records Retention Schedules

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• Accountancy, Board of (Approved June 1992)
• Agricultural Policy, Governor's Office of (updated December 2006)
• Agriculture, Department of (Approved October 1975) |
• Alcoholic Beverage Control (Approved December 2006)
• Architects, Board of (Approved April 1980)
  
• Attorney General (Approved June 2000)
• | Auctioneers, Board of (Approved June 2002)
• Auditor of Public Accounts (Approved March 2001) |
• Barbering, Board of (Approved December 1990)
• Budget Director, Office of the State (Approved September 1992)
  
• Charitable Gaming, Office of (Approved December 1999)
• | Children with Special Health Care Needs, Commission for (Approved June 2008)
• Chiropractic Examiners, Board of (Approved December 2007 – Updated June 2008)
• Claims, Board of (Approved December 2006)
  
• Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney (Approved September 1989)
• Corrections, Department of (Updated June 2007)
• Crime Victims Compensation Board (Approved December 2006)
  
• Criminal Justice Training, Department of (Approved July 1982)
  
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Commission on the (Approved September 2005)
• | Dentistry, Board of (Approved September 1996) |
• Drug Control Policy, Office of (Approved September 2008)
• Economic Development (Approval dates vary)
• Education, Department of (Approved April 1981 – Updated June 2008)
  
• Education Professional Standards Board (Approved April 1981) |
• Educational Television Authority, Kentucky (Approved September 1995)
• Election Finance, Registry of (Approved September 1988)
• |Elections, Board of (Approved September 1978)
  
• Electronic and Related Records, General Schedule for (updated March 2006)
• Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Board of (Approved September 1977)
• Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of (Approved June 1978)
• Environmental Education Council (Approved June 2006)
  
• Environmental Protection, Department for (Approved June 2006) |
• Executive Branch Ethics Commission (Approved December 1994) |
• Fair Board (Approved February 1977)
  
• Finance and Administration Cabinet (Approved September 1983) |
• Financial Institutions, Department of (Approved September 1999) |
• Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of (Approved March 2009)
  
• General Schedule for State Agencies (Updated December 2008) (Approved December 2003)
• Governor's Office (Approved March, 1994) |
• Governor’s Scholars Program (Approved March 1984)
  
• Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, Board of (Approved March 2009)
• Higher Education Assistance Authority (Approved December 1991)
  
• Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, Kentucky (Approved December 1999)
• |Historical Society (Approved January 1976)
• Horse Park (Approved March 1989)
  
• Horse Racing Authority (Approved December 2006)
• | Housing Corporation, Kentucky (Approved December 2005)
  
• Human Rights Commission (Approved June 1978)
  
• Insurance, Office of (Approved June 2005)
• Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (Updated December 2006)
• Juvenile Justice, Department of (Approved December 2008)
• Kentucky State Treasury (Approved September 1989)
• Labor Cabinet (Approved September 1998)
• Landscape Architects, Board of (Approved June 1978)
  
• Legislative Ethics Commission (Approved September 1994)
• Legislative Research Commission (Approved December 1988)
• Libraries and Archives, Department for (Updated December 2008) (Approval Dates vary)
  
• Local Government, Department for (Approved June 12, 2008)
• Lottery Corporation (Approved December 1990)
• Medicaid Services, Department For (Approved June 1991)
  
• Medical Licensure, Board of (Approved March 13, 2008)
• Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Department for (Approved June 2006)
  
• Military Affairs, Department of (Approved October 1982 – Updated June 2008)
• Natural Resources, Department for (Approval dates vary by Division)
  
• Nursing, Board of (Approved March 2006) |
• Occupations and Professions, Division of (Approval date varies by Board)
  
• Office of the Ombudsman, Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Approved March 13, 2008)
• Optometric Examiners, Board of (Approved March 2007)
  
• Parole Board (Approved December 1994) |
• Personnel Board (Approved September 1995)
• Personnel Cabinet (Approved June 1995)
  
• Pharmacy, Board of (Approved June 1994)
• Physical Therapy, Board of (Approved March 2008)
• Podiatry, Board of (Approved September 1977)
• Postsecondary Education, Council on (Approved June 1977)
  
• Public Advocacy, Department of (Approved September 1980)
• Public Health, Department for (Approved June 2006)
• Public Service Commission (Approved December 1980)
  
• | Retirement Systems, Kentucky (Approved June 1988)
  
• Revenue, Department of (Approved March 2000 - Updated March 2009) |
• Secretary of State (Approved June 1996) |
• State Police (Approved January 1983 - updated March 2009) |
• State University Model (updated June 2009) The State University Model Records Retention Schedule applies to Kentucky’s public universities and to KCTCS institutions. Certain universities have posted versions of this schedule on their respective websites reflecting differences in nomenclature for certain scheduled records. Retention periods should not differ. If university personnel have questions, they should contact the appropriate records officer on their campus. |
• Tax Appeals, Board of (Approved June 1991)
  
• Teachers’ Retirement System (Approved March 1981)
  
• Transportation Cabinet (Approved April 1981 – Updated March 13, 2008)
• Travel, Department of (Approved June 1980)
  
• Veterans' Affairs (Approved December 2001)
• | Workforce Investment, Department for (Approval dates vary)