Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-2b - 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 LSCSW based on reciprocity, as
					provided by
					K.S.A.
					65-6309 and amendments thereto, shall submit
					an application for licensure in accordance with the provisions of this
					regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
					licensure as an LSCSW 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. 102-2-3.
(2) The applicant shall forward to the
					licensing agency for the state in which the applicant is currently licensed as
					to practice social work at the clinical level 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 to practice social work at the clinical level issued by
					the licensing agency;
(B) the date
					on which the applicant was initially licensed to practice social work at the
					clinical level by the licensing agency and a complete history of each
					subsequent renewal, reinstatement, and lapse in licensure. If an applicant is
					seeking licensure based on reciprocity under the provisions of paragraph (b)(2)
					of K.S.A.
					65-6309 and amendments thereto, the applicant
					shall ensure that the documentation covering the five continuous years of
					licensure to practice social work at the clinical level that immediately
					precede the date of application is submitted to the board by the licensing
					agency for each state in which the applicant was licensed during that five-year
					period. If the applicant has not passed a national clinical examination
					approved by the board, the applicant shall ensure that documentation covering
					the 10 continuous years of licensure that immediately precede the date of
					application is submitted to the board by the licensing agency for each state in
					which the applicant was licensed during that 10-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 to practice social work at the clinical level in that state are
					substantially equivalent to the standards in Kansas or verification that the
					applicant has earned a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an
					accredited graduate social work program, 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 (b)(2) of
					K.S.A.
					65-6309, and amendments thereto, rather than
					on the basis that the standards for licensure to practice social work at the
					clinical level are substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure as
					an LSCSW 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 social work at the clinical level 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 or doctoral degree in social
					work from an accredited graduate social work program, 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 or doctoral degree in social work.