Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-4b - Continuing education approval for providers

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
					application to become an approved provider, as defined in K.A.R. 102-2-1a(a),
					or a single-program provider, as defined in K.A.R. 102-2-1a(x), shall be
					submitted on forms provided by the board and shall include the nonrefundable
					fee prescribed in K.A.R. 102-2-3.
(b) Approved providers.
(1) Each applicant for approved-provider
					status shall submit the application form and application fee for
					approved-provider status at least three months before the first scheduled
					program.
(2) Each applicant for
					approved-provider status shall submit an organizational plan that includes a
					written statement of purpose documenting that social work practice, values,
					skills, and knowledge are the bases for the provider's educational goals and
					objectives and administrative procedures.
(3) Each approved provider shall designate a
					person who meets the educational requirements for licensure to be responsible
					for the development of the program.
(4) Each approved provider shall develop
					these systems:
(A) A system for maintaining
					records for a period of at least three years; and
(B) a system for selection and evaluation of
					instructors, participant performance requirements, and provision of accessible
					and adequate space.
(5)
					Each approved provider shall maintain for at least three years a summary of
					each individual program offered that documents the following information:
(A) The relationship of the program to the
					enhancement of social work practice, values, skills, or knowledge;
(B) the learning objectives for the program
					and the relationship between the program content and the objectives;
(C) the licensing levels for which the
					program is designed and any program prerequisites;
(D) the relationship of the format and
					presentation methods to the learning objectives and the content, and the size
					and composition of the participant group;
(E) the qualifications of the instructor in
					the subject matter;
(F) the means
					of program evaluation;
(G) the
					program agenda. The agenda shall clearly indicate all coffee and lunch breaks;
					and
(H) the dates the program was
					given.
(6) Upon board
					approval of the application and payment of the initial application fee, a
					provider shall be provisionally approved for one year.
(7) At least 60 days before the end of the
					year of provisional approved-provider status and at least 60 days before the
					end of each succeeding three-year period of approved-provider status, each
					approved provider seeking renewal shall submit an application to the board.
					Each application for renewal of approved-provider status shall include the
					documentation required in paragraph (b)(5) for each program offered during that
					period of approved-provider status. Upon a determination by the board that the
					approved provider has provided sufficient documentation as specified in
					paragraph (b)(5) and upon payment of the approved-provider renewal fee
					established in K.A.R. 102-2-3, approved-provider status shall be granted for a
					new three-year period.
(8) Any
					approved provider may be evaluated and monitored by the board by random contact
					of social work participants attending programs sponsored by the approved
					provider.
(9) Approved-provider
					status may be withdrawn by the board if the provider violates this regulation
					or if quality programs are not maintained to the board's satisfaction.