Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 7 - LICENSING OF ADDICTION COUNSELORS › Section 102-7-4b - 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 an addiction counselor or a clinical addiction counselor based on
					reciprocity, pursuant to  L. 2011, ch. 114,  sec. 13   and amendments thereto,
					shall submit an application for licensure in accordance with this
					regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
					licensure as an addiction counselor 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 payment in full of the application for a license fee, as
					specified in K.A.R. 102-7-2 .
(2)
					The applicant shall forward to the licensing agency for the jurisdiction in
					which the applicant is currently licensed, certified, or registered as an
					addiction counselor a form provided by the board on which the licensing agency
					is to provide the following information directly to the board:
(A) Verification that the applicant currently
					holds a valid license, registration, or certification to practice addiction
					counseling issued by the licensing agency;
(B) the date on which the applicant was
					initially licensed, registered, or certified as an addiction counselor 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 pursuant to  L. 2011, ch. 114,  sec. 13   (a)(2) and amendments thereto, the applicant shall ensure that
					documentation covering the five years of continuous licensure, registration, or
					certification as an addiction counselor 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; and
(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" shall mean 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.
(3) The applicant either shall provide
					verification that the standards for licensure, certification, or registration
					as an addiction counselor in that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to
					the standards in Kansas or shall meet the following requirements:
(A)
(i)
					Demonstrate completion of a baccalaureate or master's degree in addiction
					counseling as specified in K.A.R. 102-7-3 ; or
(ii) demonstrate completion of a
					baccalaureate or master's degree in a related field that included all required
					addiction counseling coursework requirements as specified in K.A.R. 102-7-3 ;
					and
(B) arrange for the
					applicant's transcripts covering all applicable college or university
					coursework to be sent directly from each academic institution to the board
					office. Each applicant who graduated from a college or university outside the
					United States also shall arrange for the applicant's transcript to be
					translated and evaluated for degree equivalency by a source and in a manner
					that are acceptable to the board.
(4) The applicant shall submit an attestation
					that the applicant engaged in the professional practice of addiction counseling
					an average of at least 15 hours each week for nine months during each of the
					five years immediately preceding the date of application for licensure based on
					reciprocity.