Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 4 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH › Section 28-4-564 - Personnel requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28,
			 July 11, 2024
(a) Early
			 intervention services shall be provided by qualified personnel.
(b) Qualified personnel shall meet
			 state-approved or state-recognized certification, licensing, registration, or
			 other comparable requirements that apply to the area in which the individual is
			 providing early intervention services.
(1)
			 Each audiologist shall be licensed by the Kansas department for aging and
			 disability services.
(2) Each
			 clinical professional counselor shall be licensed by the Kansas behavioral
			 sciences regulatory board.
(3) Each
			 marriage and family therapist shall be licensed by the Kansas behavioral
			 sciences regulatory board.
(4) Each
			 nurse shall be licensed as a registered professional nurse by the Kansas board
			 of nursing.
(5) Each nutritionist
			 shall be a dietitian licensed by the Kansas department for aging and disability
			 services.
(6) Each occupational
			 therapist shall be licensed by the Kansas board of healing arts.
(7) Each orientation and mobility specialist
			 shall meet the following requirements:
(A)
(i) Have at least a bachelor's degree with an
			 orientation and mobility endorsement, from an accredited university or college;
			 or
(ii) have a bachelor's degree
			 from an accredited university or college in any field of study and verification
			 of orientation and mobility certification from an accredited university or
			 college; and
(B) have
			 completed 350 hours of supervised practice as an orientation and mobility
			 specialist that includes direct service hours, related telephone calls,
			 meetings, observations, and report writing. The practice shall be supervised by
			 a certified orientation and mobility specialist.
(8) Each physician, including each
			 pediatrician, shall be licensed by the Kansas board of healing arts and
			 board-certified in the specialty area.
(9) Each physical therapist shall be licensed
			 by the Kansas board of healing arts.
(10) Each psychologist shall be licensed by
			 the Kansas behavioral sciences regulatory board or licensed as a school
			 psychologist by the Kansas state board of education.
(11) Each family service coordinator shall
			 have a bachelor's degree in education, health studies, nutrition, social
			 welfare, or the human services field and have at least six months of experience
			 in early childhood development. Each individual working as a family service
			 coordinator before June 1, 2013 shall be deemed to have met the education and
			 experience requirements of this paragraph.
(12) Each social worker shall be licensed by
			 the Kansas behavioral sciences regulatory board.
(13) Each special educator and each special
			 instruction provider shall be licensed by the Kansas state board of education
			 in early childhood special education or in early childhood unified
			 education.
(14) Each
			 speech-language pathologist shall be licensed by the Kansas department for
			 aging and disability services.
(15)
			 Each teacher of the hearing-impaired shall be licensed as a teacher of the
			 hearing-impaired by the Kansas state board of education.
(16) Each teacher of the blind and visually
			 impaired shall be licensed as a teacher of the blind and visually impaired by
			 the Kansas state board of education.