Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 5 - LICENSING OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › Section 102-5-4b - Application for licensure based on reciprocity

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
					individual who wishes to be licensed as a marriage and family therapist or a
					clinical marriage and family therapist based on reciprocity, as provided by
					K.S.A.
					65-6406 and amendments thereto, shall submit
					an application for licensure in accordance with the provisions of this
					regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
					licensure as a marriage and family therapist shall request the application
					forms for licensure by reciprocity from the board. Each applicant shall ensure
					that the application materials are submitted to the board as follows:
(1) The applicant shall submit the completed
					application form and shall submit payment in full of the application for a
					license fee, as provided in K.A.R. 102-5-2.
(2) The applicant shall forward to the
					licensing agency for the jurisdiction in which the applicant currently
					licensed, certified, or registered as a marriage and family therapist a form
					provided by the board on which the licensing agency is to provide the following
					documentation:
(A) Verification that the
					applicant currently holds a valid license, registration, or certification to
					practice marriage and family therapy issued by the licensing agency;
(B) the date on which the applicant was
					initially licensed, registered, or certified as a marriage and family therapist
					by the licensing agency and a complete history of each subsequent renewal,
					reinstatement, and lapse in licensure, registration, or certification. If an
					applicant is seeking licensure based on reciprocity under the provisions of
					paragraph (a)(2) of
					K.S.A.
					65-6406 and amendments thereto, the applicant
					shall ensure that documentation covering the five continuous years of
					licensure, registration, or certification as a marriage and family therapist
					that immediately precede the date of the application is submitted to the board
					by the licensing agency for each jurisdiction in which the applicant was
					licensed, registered, or certified during that five-year period;
(C) a complete history of any disciplinary
					action of a serious nature brought by the licensing agency against the
					applicant. For purposes of this regulation, "disciplinary action of a serious
					nature" means the revocation or suspension of a license, registration, or
					certification issued by the licensing board or the voluntary surrender of a
					license, registration, or certification in lieu of the completion of an
					investigation or final disciplinary action; and
(D) either verification that the standards
					for licensure, certification, or registration as a marriage and family
					therapist in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to the standards in
					Kansas or verification that the applicant has earned a master's degree in
					marriage and family therapy, the date on which the applicant earned the degree,
					and the name of the university or college granting the degree.
The completed form shall be returned to the board by the
						licensing agency and shall not be forwarded to the applicant.
(3) If the applicant is seeking
					licensure based on reciprocity under the provisions of paragraph (a)(2) of
					K.S.A.
					65-6406, and amendments thereto, rather than
					on the basis that the standards for licensure, registration, or certification
					are substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure as a marriage and
					family therapist in Kansas, the applicant shall ensure that following
					additional documentation is submitted:
(A) An
					attestation by the applicant that the applicant engaged in the professional
					practice of marriage and family therapy an average of at least 15 hours per
					week for nine months during each of the five years immediately preceding the
					date of application for licensure based on reciprocity; and
(B) if the licensing agency does not provide
					verification that the applicant holds a master's degree in marriage and family
					therapy, an original transcript sent directly from the university or college
					granting the degree that identifies all applicable graduate coursework and the
					date on which the applicant was granted a master's degree in marriage and
					family therapy.