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KS Stat § 65-6409 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6409 Construction of act.

65-6409. Construction of act. Nothing in the marriage and family therapists licensure act shall be construed:(a) To prevent marriage and family therapy practice by students or interns or individuals preparing for the practice of marriage and family therapy to practice under qualified supervision of a professional, recognized and approved by the board, in an educational institution or agency so long as they are designated by titles such as "student," "trainee," "intern" or other titles clearly indicating training status;(b) to authorize the practice of psychology, medicine and surgery, professional counseling, masters level psychology or licensed social work;(c) to apply to the activities and services of a rabbi, priest, minister, clergy person or organized ministry of any religious denomination or sect, including a Christian-Science practitioner, unless such person or individual who is a part of the organized ministry is a licensed marriage and family therapist; or(d) to apply to the activities and services of qualified members of other professional groups including, but not limited to, attorneys, physicians, psychologists, masters level psychologists, professional counselors, registered nurses or social workers performing services consistent with the laws of this state, their training and the code of ethics of their profession, so long as they do not represent themselves as being a marriage and family therapist; or(e) to prevent qualified persons from doing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions and callings provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of services as being a marriage and family therapist.History: L. 1991, ch. 114, § 9; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 24; Jan. 1, 1997.
KS Stat § 65-6410 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6410 Confidential information and communications; exceptions.

65-6410. Confidential information and communications; exceptions. (a) A person licensed under the marriage and family therapists licensure act and employees and professional associates of the person shall not be required to disclose any information that the person, employee or associate may have acquired in rendering marriage and family therapy services, unless:(1) Disclosure is required by other state laws;(2) failure to disclose the information presents a clear and present danger to the health or safety of an individual;(3) the person, employee or associate is a party defendant to a civil, criminal or disciplinary action arising from the therapy, in which case a waiver of the privilege accorded by this section is limited to that action;(4) the client is a defendant in a criminal proceeding and the use of the privilege would violate the defendant's right to a compulsory process or the right to present testimony and witnesses in that person's behalf; or(5) a client agrees to a waiver of the privilege accorded by this section, and in circumstances where more than one person in a family is receiving therapy, each such family member agrees to the waiver. Absent a waiver from each family member, a marriage and family therapist shall not disclose information received from a family member.(b) Nothing in this section or in this act shall be construed to prohibit any person licensed under the marriage and family therapist licensure act from testifying in court hearings concerning matters of adult abuse, adoption, child abuse, child neglect, or other matters pertaining to the welfare of children or from seeking collaboration or consultation with professional colleagues or administrative superiors, or both, on behalf of a client. There is no privilege under this section for information which is required to be reported to a public official.History: L. 1991, ch. 114, § 10; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 25; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 23; July 1, 2000.
KS Stat § 65-6411 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6411 Fees.

65-6411. Fees. (a) The board may fix the following fees, and any such fees shall be established by rules and regulations adopted by the board:(1) For application for licensure as a marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $150;(2) for temporary licensure as a marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(3) for original licensure as a marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(4) for renewal for licensure as a marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(5) for application for licensure as a clinical marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(6) for original licensure as a clinical marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(7) for renewal for licensure as a clinical marriage and family therapist, not to exceed $175;(8) for reinstatement of a license, not to exceed $175;(9) for replacement of a license, not to exceed $20;(10) for renewal penalty, an amount equal to the renewal of license;(11) for a wallet card license, not to exceed $5; and(12) for application for approval as a board-approved clinical supervisor, not to exceed $50.(b) Fees paid to the board are not refundable.History: L. 1991, ch. 114, § 11; L. 1993, ch. 19, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 26; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 27; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 24; L. 2016, ch. 92, § 49; L. 2019, ch. 55, § 15; L. 2021, ch. 88, § 24; May 6.
KS Stat § 65-6413 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6413 Disclosure to client at beginning of client-therapist relationship; documentation.

65-6413. Disclosure to client at beginning of client-therapist relationship; documentation. A licensee under the marriage and family therapists licensure act, at the beginning of a client-therapist relationship, shall inform the client of the level of such licensee's training and the title or titles and license or licenses of such licensee. As a part of such obligation, such licensee shall disclose whether such licensee has a master's degree or a doctoral degree. If such licensee has a doctoral degree, such licensee shall disclose whether or not such doctoral degree is a doctor of medicine degree or some other doctoral degree. If such licensee does not have a medical doctor's degree, such licensee shall disclose that the licensee is not authorized to practice medicine and surgery and is not authorized to prescribe drugs. As a part of such disclosure, such licensee shall advise the client that certain mental disorders can have medical or biological origins, and that the client should consult with a physician. Documentation of such disclosures to a client shall be made in the client's record.History: L. 1999, ch. 117, § 21; July 1, 2000.
KS Stat § 65-6414 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6414 Postgraduate clinical supervision of marriage and family therapists; requirements.

65-6414. Postgraduate clinical supervision of marriage and family therapists; requirements. On and after July 1, 2017, all licensees providing postgraduate clinical supervision for those working toward clinical licensure must be board-approved clinical supervisors.(a) Applications for board-approved clinical supervisor shall be made to the board on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. Each application shall be accompanied by the fee fixed under K.S.A. 65-6411, and amendments thereto.(b) Each applicant for board-approved clinical supervisor shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant:(1) (A) Is currently licensed as a clinical marriage and family therapist and has practiced as a clinical marriage and family therapist for two years beyond the supervisor's licensure date; or(B) be a person who is licensed at the graduate level to practice in one of the behavioral sciences, and whose authorized scope of practice permits the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and shall have at least two years of professional experience in the independent practice of clinical marriage and family therapy beyond the date of licensure at this level;(2) does not have any disciplinary action that would prohibit providing clinical supervision; and(3) (A) has completed the minimum number of semester hours of coursework related to the enhancement of supervision skills approved by the board; or(B) has completed the minimum number of continuing education hours related to the enhancement of supervision skills approved by the board.(c) Each board-approved clinical supervisor shall complete, as part of the continuing education required under K.S.A. 65-6407, and amendments thereto, at least three hours of continuing education related to the enhancement of supervisory skills, and at least one such hour must focus on ethics in supervision.History: L. 2016, ch. 92, § 50; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6415 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 64 - Marriage And Family Therapists|65-6415 Provisional licensure as marriage and family therapist; remedial requirements prescribed by board; professional title.

65-6415. Provisional licensure as marriage and family therapist; remedial requirements prescribed by board; professional title. (a) If, in evaluating any applicant for licensure as a marriage and family therapist, the board finds that the applicant is deficient in the qualifications or in the quality of the applicant's educational experience required by K.S.A. 65-6404 or 65-6406, and amendments thereto, as applicable, or by rules and regulations adopted by the board, the board may require the applicant to fulfill remedial or other requirements, as the board may prescribe.(b) A person who is completing requirements prescribed by the board under subsection (a) may apply to the board for provisional licensure as a marriage and family therapist on a form and in a manner prescribed by the board. The board may issue a provisional license to practice marriage and family therapy. A provisional license shall expire upon the earlier of the date that the board issues or denies a license to practice marriage and family therapy or 12 months after the date of issuance of the provisional license. No provisional license shall be renewed, and no provisional license shall be issued again, upon any subsequent application for the same license level.(c) A person practicing marriage and family therapy with a provisional license may not use the title "licensed marriage and family therapist" or "licensed clinical marriage and family therapist" or the initials "LMFT" or "LCMFT," independently. The word "licensed" may be used by such person only when preceded by the word "provisional."History: L. 2019, ch. 55, § 3; May 9.
KS Stat § 65-6502 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6502 Speech-language pathology and audiology board established; duties; composition; appointment of members.

65-6502. Speech-language pathology and audiology board established; duties; composition; appointment of members. (a) There is hereby established a speech-language pathology and audiology board. Such board shall be advisory to the secretary for aging and disability services in all matters concerning standards, rules and regulations and all matters relating to this act.(b) The board shall be composed of five persons appointed by the secretary who have been residents of this state for at least two years. Two members shall be licensed, or initially eligible for licensure, as speech-language pathologists; one member shall be licensed, or initially eligible for licensure, as an audiologist; one member shall be a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery; and one member shall be a member of the general public who is not a health care provider. The secretary may make appointments from a list submitted by professional organizations representing speech pathologists and audiologists.(c) Members of the board attending meetings of such board or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board shall be paid amounts provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.(d) Board members shall be appointed for a term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that of the initial appointments, which shall be made within 60 days after the effective date of this act, two members first appointed, as specified by the secretary, shall serve on the board for terms of one year and thereafter, upon expiration of such one-year terms, successors shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointments. The chairperson of the board shall be elected annually from among the members of the board. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the board by reason other than the expiration of a term of office, the secretary shall appoint a successor of like qualifications for the remainder of the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed to serve more than three successive two-year terms.(e) Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner as original appointments for the unexpired portion of the term. The secretary may terminate the appointment of any member for cause which in the opinion of the secretary reasonably justifies such termination.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 100, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 279; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6503 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6503 Duties of secretary for aging and disability services.

65-6503. Duties of secretary for aging and disability services. (a) The secretary shall:(1) Issue to each person who has met the education and training requirements listed in K.S.A. 65-6505, and amendments thereto, and such other reasonable qualifications as may be established by rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary, the appropriate license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist;(2) establish by rules and regulations the methods and procedures for examination of candidates for licensure;(3) appoint employees necessary to administer this act and fix their compensation within the limits of appropriations made for that purpose;(4) keep a record of the board's proceedings and a register of all applicants for and recipients of licenses; and(5) make all such reasonable rules and regulations as deemed necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act.(b) All rules and regulations, orders and directives of the secretary of health and environment concerning speech-language pathologists and audiologists in existence on the effective date of this act shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be duly adopted rules and regulations, orders and directives of the secretary for aging and disability services until revised, amended, revoked or nullified pursuant to law.(c) All records of the department of health and environment concerning speech-language pathologists and audiologists in existence on the effective date of this act are hereby transferred to the secretary for aging and disability services.(d) Whenever a reference or designation is made to the department of health and environment concerning speech-language pathologists or audiologists by a contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary for aging and disability services.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 100, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 280; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6504 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6504 Unlawful acts and representations; persons licensed under act not authorized to engage in dispensing and fitting hearing aids and not engaged in practice of healing arts; self representation.

65-6504. Unlawful acts and representations; persons licensed under act not authorized to engage in dispensing and fitting hearing aids and not engaged in practice of healing arts; self representation. (a) On or after September 1, 1992, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology in the state of Kansas unless such person has been issued a valid license pursuant to this act or is specifically exempted from the provisions of this act. It shall be unlawful for any person to hold oneself out to the public as a "speech pathologist," "speech therapist," "speech correctionist," "speech clinician," "language pathologist," "voice therapist," "voice pathologist," "logopedist," "communicologist," "aphasiologist," "phoniatrist," "audiologist," "audiometrist," "hearing therapist," "hearing clinician," "hearing aid audiologist," or any variation, unless such person is licensed under this act as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.(b) No person licensed under this act shall be authorized to engage in the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing aids as defined under K.S.A. 74-5807, and amendments thereto, unless such person is also licensed or holds a certificate of endorsement under the hearing aid act to engage in the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing aids.(c) Persons licensed under this act to engage in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology shall not be deemed to be engaged in the practice of the healing arts when practicing under and in accordance with this act.(d) Persons licensed under this act to engage in the practice of audiology with doctorate degrees shall use the appropriate words or letters, such as "AuD," "PhD," "EdD" and "ScD," when using the letters or term "Dr." or "Doctor" to identify themselves.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 4; L. 2010, ch. 118, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6505 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6505 Qualifications for licensure.

65-6505. Qualifications for licensure. (a) Speech-language pathologists or audiologists shall meet the following qualifications for licensure under this act:(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), possession of at least a master's degree or equivalent in speech-language pathology or audiology from an educational institution with standards consistent with those of the state universities of Kansas approved by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations;(2) completion of supervised clinical practicum experiences from an educational institution or its cooperating programs the content of which shall be consistent with the standards of the state universities of Kansas and delineated in the rules and regulations;(3) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), completion of a postgraduate professional experience pursuant to rules and regulations; and(4) passage of an examination in speech-language pathology or audiology pursuant to rules and regulations.(b) Any individual seeking licensure as an audiologist on or after January 1, 2012, shall possess at least a doctorate degree or equivalent in audiology from an educational institution with standards consistent with those of the state universities of Kansas approved by the secretary pursuant to rules and regulations. Any individual who possesses at least a master's degree or equivalent in audiology prior to January 1, 2012, shall be deemed to have met the educational requirement of subsection (a)(1) for licensure as an audiologist.(c) Any applicant who possesses an audiology clinical doctoral degree shall be exempt from the requirements in subsection (a)(3).History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 5; L. 1995, ch. 260, § 6; L. 2010, ch. 118, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6507 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6507 Contracts to obtain information about courses of study and clinical practicum experience.

65-6507. Contracts to obtain information about courses of study and clinical practicum experience. The secretary may contract with investigative agencies, commissions or consultants to assist the secretary in obtaining information about courses of study and supervised clinical practicum experiences to be approved by the secretary under K.S.A. 65-6505 and amendments thereto.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 7; Jan. 1, 1992.
KS Stat § 65-6508 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6508 Denial, revocation, suspension or limitation of license; grounds.

65-6508. Denial, revocation, suspension or limitation of license; grounds. The secretary shall deny, revoke, suspend or limit the license provided for in this act for any of the following reasons:(a) Making a false statement on an application for a license, or any other document required by the secretary;(b) engaging or attempting to engage, or representing oneself as so entitled, to perform procedures not authorized in the license;(c) demonstrating incompetence or making consistent negligent errors in tests or procedures;(d) engaging in dishonorable, unethical or unprofessional conduct, as defined by rules and regulations;(e) providing professional services while mentally incompetent, under the influence of alcohol or narcotic or controlled substance that is in excess of therapeutic amounts or without valid medical indication;(f) violating or aiding and abetting in a violation of any provisions of this act or any of the rules or regulations adopted under this act; or(g) having been convicted of a crime found by the secretary to have a direct bearing on whether one should be entrusted to serve the public in the capacity of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 8; L. 1995, ch. 260, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6509 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6509 Administrative proceedings; judicial review.

65-6509. Administrative proceedings; judicial review. Proceedings under this act shall be conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act. Judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions under this act shall be in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 9; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 168; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-6510 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 65 - Speech-language Pathologists And Audiologists|65-6510 Penalty for violation of act.

65-6510. Penalty for violation of act. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and each day in violation of this act shall be considered a separate offense.History: L. 1991, ch. 177, § 10; Jan. 1, 1992.