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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-3a - Application for licensure by examination; application for temporary license

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(a)
(1) Any person who has completed the required
					education and postgraduate supervised experience may apply for a license to
					practice psychology and for approval to take the psychology licensure
					examination. This person may also apply for a temporary license to practice
					psychology under supervision as specified in K.A.R. 102-1-5a, pending
					satisfactory passage of the psychology licensure examination, as specified in
					K.A.R. 102-1-4.
(2) Any person who
					has completed only the educational requirements may apply for a temporary
					license to practice psychology while attaining the required postdoctoral
					supervised experience.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-4 - Examinations

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(a) Prior to
					the issuance of a license, each applicant for licensure shall have passed an
					examination. The pass criterion score shall be 70 percent correct. Each
					applicant shall be notified of the results in writing.
(b) The standard examination shall be a
					written examination. A written examination may be waived and an oral
					examination procedure substituted when:
(1) A
					license has been revoked or suspended and re-licensure is requested; or
(2) an applicant is unable to take
					the written examination because one or more physical handicaps preclude
					completion of the written examination, or may severely affect the applicant's
					performance.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-5a - Supervised experience and supervisor qualifications

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(a) Supervised experience. Each applicant for
			 licensure as a psychologist shall demonstrate satisfactory completion of two years
			 of supervised experience in the practice of psychology, one year of which may be
			 predoctoral supervised experience and at least one year of which shall be
			 postdoctoral supervised experience, unless the applicant meets the requirements in
			 paragraph (b)(2).
(b) Predoctoral
			 supervised experience.
(1) The year of predoctoral
			 supervised experience shall meet the internship requirements specified in
			 K.A.R.
			 102-1-12(b)(11).
(2) This year of predoctoral supervision may be
			 completed on a postdoctoral basis if the applicant completes the predoctoral
			 supervision while successfully completing a program that meets both of the following
			 requirements:
(A) Prepares the applicant to
			 practice in an area of emphasis that is different from the area of emphasis that the
			 applicant originally completed when the applicant received the doctoral degree;
			 and
(B) substantially complies with the
			 program requirements of
			 K.A.R.
			 102-1-12.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-6 - Licensure action by the board

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(a) Each
					applicant shall be licensed when the applicant has met all qualifications for
					licensure.
(b) Licensure of an
					applicant shall require a majority vote of the board.
(c) Any member of the board who has a
					conflict of interest shall disqualify himself or herself from voting. This
					disqualification shall not affect the existence of a quorum.
(d) Licensure action by the board shall be
					reported in the board minutes with a listing of the relevant sections of the
					law under which the candidate qualified. If the board denies an application,
					the reasons for the denial shall be reported.
(e) Each denied applicant shall be informed
					in writing of the reasons for the applicant's denial and of the applicant's
					right to a hearing. Action of the board shall be considered completed when the
					notification has been received by the applicant. Any applicant may request a
					hearing or reconsideration of the application by submitting a written
					statement, detailing the basis for the request, with the executive secretary
					within 30 days of receipt of the notification. The applicant may submit
					additional material in the request for reconsideration. If a request for a
					hearing or reconsideration is not made within the 30 day period, the
					application shall expire.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-8 - Renewal and reinstatement

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(a) To be
					considered for license renewal pursuant to
					K.S.A.
					74-5319 and amendments thereto, each licensed
					psychologist shall submit the following to the board:
(1) The completed renewal form provided by
					the board;
(2) the renewal fee
					required by
					K.S.A.
					74-5319 and amendments thereto, as set forth
					in K.A.R. 102-1-13(a)(3); and
(3)
					evidence satisfactory to the board that the psychologist has completed the
					required number of continuing education hours as specified in K.A.R. 102-1-15.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-8a - Renewal audit

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(a) A
					random audit of the continuing education documentation for 10 percent of the
					psychologist licenses expiring during each license renewal period shall be
					conducted by the board.
(b) Each
					licensee selected for the random audit shall be notified in writing after the
					board has received the psychologist's renewal application form required by
					K.A.R. 102-1-8.
(c) Upon board
					notification, each renewal applicant for a psychologist license shall submit
					the following to the board within 30 days after the license expiration date:
(1) The completed renewal audit forms;
					and
(2) the original continuing
					education documents that validate all continuing education units claimed for
					credit during the current renewal period.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-10a - Unprofessional conduct

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Each of the following shall be considered unprofessional
						conduct:
(a) Practicing psychology in
					an incompetent manner, which shall include the following acts:
(1) Misrepresenting professional competency
					by offering to perform services that are inconsistent with the licensee's
					education, training, or experience;
(2) performing professional services that are
					inconsistent with the licensee's education, training, or experience; and
(3) without just cause, failing to
					provide psychological services that the licensee is required to provide under
					the terms of a contract;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-11 - Supervision of unlicensed assistants

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(a) To utilize
					unlicensed assistants for psychological services, the licensed psychologist
					shall:
(1) Provide direct and continuing
					administrative and professional supervision to the unlicensed assistant;
(2) be vested with administrative
					control over the functioning of unlicensed assistants to maintain ultimate
					responsibility for the welfare of every client or patient;
(3) have sufficient contact with all clients
					or patients in order to plan effective and appropriate service and define
					procedures. The licensed psychologist shall also be available to the patient or
					client for emergency consultation and intervention;
(4) provide the unlicensed assistant with
					only work assignments which are commensurate with the skills of that assistant;
(5) plan all procedures to be used
					by the unlicensed assistant and inform the assistant of those plans;
(6) provide space for unlicensed assistants
					in the same physical setting as themselves, unless otherwise approved and
					authorized by the board;
(7) make
					all public announcements of fees and services. The licensed psychologist shall
					be solely responsible for all correspondence with other professionals;
(8) set and collect all fees;
(9) countersign all requests for
					payments for services performed by the unlicensed assistant. By so doing a
					psychologist shall be deemed to have established a supervisory relationship
					pursuant to this section;
(10)
					have not more than three full-time unlicensed assistants in the licensed
					psychologist's employ, if the licensed psychologist is in independent practice;
(11) establish and maintain a
					level of supervisory contact sufficient to insure the welfare of clients or
					patients seen by the unlicensed assistant and provide the board with
					documentation attesting to that level of supervision for board review and
					approval;
(12) notify the board
					within 45 days of those individuals who are serving as unlicensed assistants.
					This notification shall be on forms approved by the board and shall include the
					name, the education of, and duties assigned to each unlicensed assistant;
(13) be responsible for all
					psychological services performed by the unlicensed assistant, and be solely
					responsible for interpretation of psychological assessments on all patients or
					clients; and
(14) not be under a
					supervisory agreement with the board. This provision may be waived by the board
					upon application for review by the proposed supervisor.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-12 - Educational requirements

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(a)
					Definitions.
(1) "Core faculty member" means
					an individual who is part of the program's teaching staff and who meets the
					following conditions:
(A) Is an individual
					whose education, training, and experience are consistent with the individual's
					role within the program and are consistent with the published description of
					the goals, philosophy, and educational purpose of the program;
(B) is an individual whose primary
					professional employment is at the institution in which the program is housed;
					and
(C) is an individual who is
					identified with the program and is centrally involved in program development,
					decision making, and student training as demonstrated by consistent inclusion
					of the individual's name in public and departmental documents.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-13 - Fees

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(a) Each applicant for licensure as a psychologist
			 shall pay the appropriate fee as follows:
(1)
			 Application for a license, $175;
(2)
			 original license, $50;
(3) renewal,
			 $150;
(4) duplicate license,
			 $20;
(5) community-based psychologist
			 license, $50;
(6) psychology
			 interjurisdictional compact (PSYPACT) home state privilege to practice fee,
			 $25;
(7) reinstatement temporary
			 license, $25
(8) temporary license,
			 $50;
(9) temporary license renewal fee,
			 $50;
(10) temporary permit for an
			 out-of-state licensed independent psychologist, $200; or
(11) temporary permit for an out-of-state licensed
			 independent psychologist extension, $200.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-14 - Psychological group service

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Agencies, associations, or other groups providing psychological
						services shall include the name or names of the licensed psychologist or
						psychologists providing or supervising the services on psychological reports,
						insurance forms, or other official documents and advertisements.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-16 - Use of computerized psychological tests

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(a) To utilize
					computers in any aspect of psychological testing, the licensed psychologist
					shall:
(1) conform to the professional
					standards for testing, as adopted by the American Psychological Association in
					the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests, 1985, which is hereby
					adopted by reference;
(2)
					specifically consider each of the following issues in testing each client:
(A) whether a particular test is appropriate
					for a particular client;
(B)
					whether the computerized version of a test is appropriate for use by a
					particular client;
(C) the
					evaluation, validity and reliability of the decision rules underlying
					interpretive statements and their supporting research;
(D) whether the integration of findings is
					correct; and
(E) whether the
					conclusions and recommendations are appropriate.
(3) not use the results of a computerized
					test in decision-making about clients or make such results part of official
					client records unless such results are signed by the licensed psychologist
					utilizing the test;
(4) be
					involved in a direct, supervisory, or consultative relationship to the client
					or to those persons using test findings for decision-making regarding the
					client;
(5) assume the same degree
					of responsibility for the validity and reliability of interpretive statements
					and soundness of inferences, judgments, and recommendations based on
					computer-generated test results as would be assured if the psychologist had
					personally examined the client; and
(6) make an explicit statement on the report
					as to whether the psychologist has seen or examined the client in person.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-17 - Licensee consult with physician when determining symptoms of mental disorders

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(a) "Consult,"
					as used in
					K.S.A.
					74-5302 and amendments thereto, shall be
					defined as contact made by the licensee with the appropriate medical
					professional indicated in subsection (b), for the purpose of promoting a
					collaborative approach to the client's care. This contact may or may not be
					intended to accomplish confirmation of diagnosis. The timing of this action by
					the licensee shall be managed in a way that enhances the progress of
					assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. This consult may or may not be completed
					in the initial session of service delivery.
(b) The consult with a client's physician or
					psychiatrist may occur through documented face-to-face contact, documented
					telephonic contact, or other documented communication by the licensee with the
					physician, the physician's assistant, or designated nursing staff. When
					initiating this contact, the licensee shall not be responsible for the medical
					professional's response or for the client's compliance with any related
					intervention made by the medical professional.
(c) If a licensee is practicing in a setting
					or contract arrangement that involves a person licensed to practice medicine
					and surgery for review of mental health treatment, a physician consult may be
					completed through medical involvement completed in accordance with the
					established procedure of the setting or contract arrangement.
(d) If a licensee is practicing in a licensed
					community mental health center or its affiliate, or other agency of the state
					or licensed by the state for providing mental health, rehabilitative, or
					correctional services, a physician consult shall not be required beyond the
					procedures for medical involvement as established by the qualifying agency.
(e) In order to maintain patient
					confidentiality and informed consent, the licensee shall obtain either a
					written consent to consult with the patient's physician or a written waiver
					declining the consultation.
(f)
					Independent diagnosis may be achieved by the licensee consulting with another
					mental health practitioner in order to establish a diagnosis.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-18 - Designation of referral source for use in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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The "diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,"
				fifth edition, published by the American psychiatric association, shall be
				designated as the manual to diagnose and treat mental
				disorders.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-19 - Services rendered to individuals located in this state

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Except as authorized by
						K.S.A.
						74-5316,
						K.S.A.
						74-5344, and K.S.A. 74-5345, and amendments
						thereto, each person, regardless of the person's location, who engages in
						either of the following activities shall be deemed to be engaged in the
						practice of psychology in this state and shall be required to have a license,
						issued by the board, to practice psychology as a licensed psychologist:
(a) performs any act included in subsection
					(a) of K.S.A. 74-5302, and amendments
					thereto, on or for one or more individuals located in this state; or
(b) represents oneself to be a psychologist
					available to perform any act included in subsection (a) of
					K.S.A.
					74-5302, and amendments thereto, on or for
					one or more individuals located in this state.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 1 - CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Section 102-1-20 - Unprofessional conduct regarding recordkeeping

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(a) Failure of
					a psychologist to comply with the recordkeeping requirements established in
					this regulation shall constitute unprofessional conduct.
(b) Content of psychological records. Each
					licensed psychologist shall maintain a record for each client or patient that
					accurately reflects the licensee's contact with the client or patient and the
					results of the psychological service provided. Each licensee shall have
					ultimate responsibility for the content of the licensee's records and the
					records of those persons under the licensee's supervision. The record may be
					maintained in a variety of media, if reasonable steps are taken to maintain
					confidentiality, accessibility, and durability. Each record shall be completed
					in a timely manner and shall include the following information for each client
					or patient who is a recipient of clinical psychological services:
(1) Adequate identifying data;
(2) the date or dates of services the
					licensee or the licensee's supervisee provided;
(3) the type or types of services the
					licensee or the licensee's supervisee provided;
(4) initial assessment, conclusions, and
					recom-mendations;
(5) a plan for
					service delivery or case dis-position;
(6) clinical notes of each session; and
(7) sufficient detail to permit
					planning for continuity that would enable another psychologist to take over the
					delivery of services.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-1a - Definitions

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Each of the following terms, as used in this article of the board's
				regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Approved-provider status" means that the
			 provider has been approved by the board to provide any continuing education program.
			 Approved-provider status may be granted for a one-year probationary period to new
			 applicants. After completion of the probationary year, any approved provider may
			 reapply for approval every three years.
(b) "Client" means an individual, a family, or a
			 group that receives social work services.
(c) "Client-therapist relationship" means a
			 professional relationship in which an LMSW or LSCSW is engaged in the diagnosis and
			 treatment of a mental disorder of the client.
(d) "Clinical practicum" means a formal component
			 of the academic curriculum in a graduate-level social work educational program that
			 engages the student in supervised clinical social work practice including direct
			 client contact and that provides opportunities to apply classroom learning to actual
			 practice situations in the field setting.
(e) "Clinical social work practice" means the
			 professional application of social work theory and methods to the treatment and
			 prevention of psychosocial problems, disability, or impairment, including emotional
			 and mental disorders. Clinical social work practice shall include the following:
(1) Assessment;
(2) diagnosis;
(3) treatment, including psychotherapy and
			 counseling;
(4) client-centered
			 advocacy;
(5) consultation;
(6) evaluation; and
(7) interventions directed to interpersonal
			 interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and life support and management
			 issues.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-2a - Application for licensure

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(a) Each
					applicant for licensure as a social worker shall request license application
					forms from the director of the board and shall indicate the level of license
					desired.
(b) Each applicant for a
					baccalaureate social work license or a master social work license shall submit
					the completed application materials to the board and complete the following
					application procedures:
(1) Submit the full
					payment of the license application fee as provided in K.A.R. 102-2-3;
(2) submit, on board-approved
					forms, two professional references. Each individual submitting a reference
					shall meet all of the following conditions:
(A) Is not related to the applicant;
(B) is licensed, or academically
					eligible for licensure, as a social worker at or above the applicant's intended
					level of licensure. Under extenuating circumstances, references from
					individuals other than social workers may be accepted by the board; and
(C) can address the applicant's
					professional conduct, competence, and merit of the public trust;
(3) submit, on a board-approved
					form, a third professional reference from an individual who meets all of the
					following conditions:
(A) Is not related to
					the applicant; and
(B) except as
					provided in paragraphs (b)(3)(B)(i) and (b)(3)(B)(ii), has served as the
					applicant's social work field education program supervisor.
(i) If the field education program supervisor
					is unavailable, the director of the field education program or any person who
					has knowledge of the applicant's field education program experience based on
					the applicant's field education program records shall submit the reference.
(ii) If the applicant's field
					education program supervisor is not licensed or academically eligible for
					licensure at or above the applicant's intended level of licensure, the
					applicant shall submit a reference from the faculty field liaison for the
					applicant's social work field education program in addition to the reference
					from the social work field education program supervisor;
(4) arrange for the applicant's
					academic social work transcript or other official proof that the applicant has
					received the required degree and completed a qualified social work program to
					be provided directly to the board by the academic institution. 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; and
(5) demonstrate
					satisfactory completion of educational requirements as specified in K.A.R.
					102-2-6.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-2c - Applicants for LBSW or LMSW license; waiver of examination requirement on the basis of reciprocity

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(a) Each
					applicant for licensure as an LBSW or LMSW who wishes to be exempted from the
					requirement for an examination 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 LBSW or LMSW shall request from the board the application forms
					for licensure without examination based on reciprocity. 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 a form
					provided by the board to the licensing agency for the state in which the
					applicant is currently licensed or registered to practice social work at the
					level of an LBSW or LMSW. The licensing agency shall provide the following
					documentation on the form:
(A) Verification
					that the applicant currently holds a valid license or registration to practice
					social work at the level of an LBSW or an LMSW issued by the licensing agency;
(B) the date on which the
					applicant was initially licensed or registered to practice social work at the
					level of an LBSW or LMSW by the licensing agency and a complete history of each
					subsequent renewal, reinstatement, and lapse in licensure or registration;
(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) verification that the requirements for
					licensure or registration to practice social work at the level of an LBSW or
					LMSW in that state are substantially the same requirements as the requirements
					in Kansas.
The completed form shall be returned to the board by the
						licensing agency and shall not be forwarded to the applicant.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-3 - Fees

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(a) Each applicant for a new social work license
			 shall pay the appropriate application fee as follows:
(1) Licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW):
			 $50;
(2) licensed master social worker
			 (LMSW): $50;
(3) licensed specialist
			 clinical social worker (LSCSW): $50;
(4)
			 community-based social work license: $50;
(5) temporary candidacy baccalaureate social work
			 license: $50;
(6) temporary candidacy
			 baccalaureate social work license extension: $50;
(7) temporary candidacy master social work
			 license: $50;
(8) temporary candidacy
			 master social work license extension: $50;
(9) temporary license fee: $50;
(10) temporary permit for an out-of-state licensed
			 independent clinical social worker: $200; and
(11) temporary permit for an out-of-state licensed
			 independent clinical social worker extension: $200.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-4a - Continuing education for licensees

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(a) During each
					two-year renewal period, each licensee shall complete 40 units of documented
					and board-approved continuing education oriented to the enhancement of a social
					worker's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge during each two-year
					renewal period. Continuing education units accumulated in excess of the 40-unit
					requirement shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.
(b) As part of the 40 continuing education
					units required for each renewal cycle, each applicant for renewal or
					reinstatement of a license shall complete a program on professional ethics
					consisting of not less than a total of three units. Each ethics program shall
					meet the following requirements:
(1) Fall
					within one of the types of continuing education experiences listed in
					subsection (e), except for those identified in paragraphs (e)(5), (6), (7),
					(8), (12), and (13);
(2) focus on
					ethical issues of the behavioral sciences; and
(3) be clearly related to the enhancement of
					social work practice, values, skills, and knowledge.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-5 - Documentation for continuing education

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A copy of any of the following signed forms of documentation
						shall be accepted as proof of completion of a continuing education program:
(a) A course grade for an academic
					credit course;
(b) a statement of
					hours attended for an audited academic course;
(c) a statement of attendance from the
					provider of an institute, symposium, workshop, or seminar;
(d) the article or book chapter, and
					verification of publication or written presentation at a professional meeting.
					These materials shall be submitted to the board for evaluation and
					certification of the number of hours of credit to be allowed;
(e) the academic course syllabus and
					verification that the course was presented;
(f) a letter from the board giving approval
					for retroactively approved continuing education credit;
(g) written verification from the university
					practicum instructor that the licensee provided supervision of undergraduate or
					graduate students;
(h) supervisory
					documents, pursuant to K.A.R. 102-2-12, for supervision of specialty license
					applicants;
(i) the self-directed
					learning project, submitted on board-approved forms. This material shall be
					submitted to the board for evaluation and certification of the number of units
					of credit to be allowed;
(j) a
					description of the media format, content title, presenter or sponsor, content
					description, run time, and activity date when videotapes, audiotapes,
					computerized interactive learning modules, or telecasts were utilized for
					continuing education purposes; or
(k) a letter of appointment to the board of
					the professional organization, or a letter from the chairperson of the board of
					the professional organization outlining the licensee's participation in the
					organization.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-6 - Program approval

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(a) Definitions. The following terms shall be
			 defined as follows:
(1) "Core faculty member" means
			 an individual who is part of the program's teaching staff and who meets the
			 following conditions:
(A) Is an individual whose
			 education, training, and experience are consistent with the individual's role within
			 the program and are consistent with the published description of the goals,
			 philosophy, and educational purpose of the program;
(B) is an individual whose primary professional
			 employment is at the institution in which the program is housed; and
(C) is an individual who is identified with the
			 program and is centrally involved in program development, decision making, and
			 student training as demonstrated by consistent inclusion of the individual's name in
			 public and departmental documents.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-7 - Unprofessional conduct

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Any of the following acts by a licensee or an applicant for a
						social work license shall constitute unprofessional conduct:
(a) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a
					license for oneself or another by means of fraud, bribery, deceit,
					misrepresentation, or concealment of a material fact;
(b) except when the information has been
					obtained in the context of a confidential relationship, failing to notify the
					board, within a reasonable period of time, that any of the following conditions
					apply to any person regulated by the board or applying for a license or
					registration, including oneself:
(1) Had a
					professional license, certificate, permit, registration, certification, or
					professional membership granted by any jurisdiction, professional association,
					or professional organization that has been limited, conditioned, qualified,
					restricted, suspended, revoked, refused, voluntarily surrendered, or allowed to
					expire in lieu of or during investigatory or disciplinary proceedings;
(2) has been subject to any other
					disciplinary action by any credentialing board, professional association, or
					professional organization;
(3) has
					been demoted, terminated, suspended, reassigned, or asked to resign from
					employment, or has resigned from employment, for some form of misfeasance,
					malfeasance, or nonfeasance;
(4)
					has been convicted of a felony; or
(5) has practiced the licensee's or
					registrant's profession in violation of the laws or regulations regulating the
					profession;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-8 - Supervision

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(a) Supervision of nonlicensed social work service
			 providers who participate in the delivery of social work services.
(1) Social work consultation shall not meet the
			 supervision requirements for any nonlicensed social work service provider.
(2) Each licensee supervising one or more
			 nonlicensed individuals who participate in the delivery of social work services
			 shall specifically delineate the duties of each nonlicensed individual and provide a
			 level of supervision that is consistent with the training and ability of the
			 nonlicensed social work service provider.
(3) Each licensee supervising one or more
			 nonlicensed persons who participate in the delivery of social work services shall
			 develop a written agreement. The agreement shall consist of specific goals and
			 objectives, the means to attain the goals, and the manner in which the goals relate
			 to the overall objective for supervision of the nonlicensed social work service
			 provider. The licensee shall maintain the following documentation associated with
			 the written agreement:
(A) A copy of the written
			 agreement signed by both the licensee and the nonlicensed person;
(B) a summary of the types of clients and
			 situations dealt with at each supervisory session;
(C) a written explanation of the relationship of
			 the goals and objectives of supervision to each supervisory session; and
(D) the length of time spent in each supervisory
			 session.
(4) The supervisor
			 shall provide no fewer than four hours of supervision per month for each
			 supervisee.
(5) The supervisor shall not
			 have a dual relationship with the supervisee.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-9 - Examinations

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(a) Each
					applicant for licensure by the board shall take an examination approved by the
					board. The pass criterion score shall be as follows:
(1) At the criterion reference cutoff score
					for those applicants who take the board-approved, national standardized
					examination; or
(2) at one
					standard deviation below the national mean for those applicants who took the
					examination offered by the educational testing service or the professional
					examination testing service.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-11 - Renewal and reinstatement

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(a) To be
					considered for license renewal, each licensee shall submit the completed
					renewal application forms, the supporting continuing education documents, and
					the renewal fee as prescribed in K.A.R. 102-2-3 to the board.
(b) At the time of renewal, each licensee
					shall submit a continuing education reporting form listing the required number
					of units of continuing education completed as required in K.A.R. 102-2-4a and
					K.A.R. 102-2-5.
(c) At the time of
					renewal, each applicant for renewal or reinstatement of a license shall submit,
					in a format approved by the board, evidence of having completed the required
					ethics training program.
(d) As
					part of the required continuing education, each applicant for renewal or
					reinstatement of a licensee as a licensed master social worker or a licensed
					specialist clinical social worker, shall submit, in a format approved by the
					board, evidence of having completed the required continuing education units
					related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
(e) If the licensee does not submit a
					completed application for renewal in a timely manner, including all supporting
					documents and the required fee, the license may be reinstated after the board
					receives the following:
(1) A completed
					reinstatement application;
(2) the
					required renewal fee, plus a penalty equal to the renewal fee; and
(3) proof satisfactory to the board of
					compliance with the continuing education requirements.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-11a - Renewal audit

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(a) A
					random audit of the continuing education documentation for 10 percent of the
					social worker licenses expiring each month shall be conducted by the
					board.
(b) Each licensee selected
					for the random audit shall be notified in writing after the board has received
					the social worker's renewal application form required by K.A.R.
					102-2-11.
(c) Upon board
					notification, each renewal applicant for a social worker license shall submit
					the following to the board within 30 days after the license expiration date:
(1) The completed renewal audit forms;
					and
(2) the original continuing
					education documents that validate all continuing education units claimed for
					credit during the current renewal period.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-12 - Licensed specialist clinical social work licensure requirements

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(a)
			 In order for an applicant who earns a degree before July 1, 2003 to qualify for
			 licensure as a licensed specialist clinical social worker, the applicant shall meet,
			 as a part of or in addition to the educational requirements specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-6306 and amendments thereto, the following
			 educational requirements:
(1) Satisfactory
			 completion of at least three graduate academic hours in a discrete academic course
			 whose primary and explicit focus is upon psychopathology and the diagnosis and
			 treatment of mental disorders classified in the diagnostic manuals commonly used as
			 a part of accepted social work practice;
(2) satisfactory completion of a graduate-level,
			 clinically oriented social work practicum that meets the following requirements:
(A) Is taken after completion of the
			 graduate-level, clinically focused academic courses that are prerequisite to
			 entering the clinical practicum;
(B) is
			 an integrated, conceptually organized academic experience and is not an
			 after-the-fact tabulation of clinical experience;
(C) occurs in a practice setting that, by its
			 nature and function, clearly supports clinical social work practice and consistently
			 provides opportunities for the supervised application of clinical social work
			 practice knowledge, skills, values, and ethics; and
(D) provides training and close supervision in a
			 wide range of clinical social work practice activities with a population of clients
			 presenting a diverse set of problems and backgrounds.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-13 - Licensee consult with physician when determining symptoms of mental disorders

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(a) Each
					licensed specialist clinical social worker or licensed master social worker who
					has a client with symptoms of a mental disorder shall, upon the signed consent
					of the client, consult with the client's physician or psychiatrist, except when
					a client requests in writing that consultation with a physician be waived.
(b) The consult with a client's
					physician or psychiatrist may occur through face-to-face contact, telephonic
					contact, or correspondence by the licensee with the physician, the physician's
					assistant, or designated nursing staff. When initiating this contact, the
					licensee shall not be responsible for the medical professional's response, or
					for the client's compliance with any related intervention made by the medical
					professional.
(c) If a licensee is
					practicing in a setting or contract arrangement that involves a person licensed
					to practice medicine and surgery for review of mental health treatment, a
					physician consult may be completed through medical involvement completed in
					accordance with the established procedure of the setting or with the contract
					arrangement.
(d) If a licensee is
					practicing in a licensed community mental health center or its affiliate, an
					agency of the state, or an agency licensed by the state to provide mental
					health, rehabilitative, or correctional services, a physician consult shall not
					be required beyond the procedures for medical involvement as established by the
					qualifying agency.
(e) If a
					licensee is offering services that do not include diagnosis and treatment of a
					mental disorder, a physician consult shall not be required.
(f) If a client requests in writing that
					consultation with a physician be waived, a physician consultation shall not be
					required if the waiver signed by the client is included in the client's record.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-14 - Designation of referral source for use in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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The "diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,"
				fifth edition, published by the American psychiatric association, shall be
				designated as the manual to diagnose and treat mental
				disorders.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 2 - LICENSING OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Section 102-2-15 - Services rendered to individuals located in this state

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Except as authorized by
						K.S.A.
						65-6303, and amendments thereto, each person,
						regardless of the person's location, who engages in either of the following
						activities shall be deemed to be engaged in social work practice in this state
						and shall be required to have a license, issued by the board, to practice
						social work as a LBSW, a LMSW, or a LSCSW, as appropriate:
(a) performs any act included in subsection
					(b) of K.S.A. 65-6302, and amendments
					thereto, on or for one or more individuals located in this state; or
(b) represents oneself to be a social worker
					available to perform any act included in subsection (b) of
					K.S.A.
					65-6302, and amendments thereto, on or for
					one or more individuals located in this state.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 3 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS; FEES › Section 102-3-1a - Definitions

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Each of the following terms, as used in this article of the board's
				regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Board" means behavioral sciences regulatory
			 board.
(b) "Client" means a person who
			 is a direct recipient of professional counseling services.
(c) "Clinical professional counselor practice"
			 means the professional application of professional counseling theory and methods to
			 the treatment and prevention of psychosocial dysfunction, disability, or impairment,
			 including behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders. Clinical professional
			 counseling shall include the following:
(1)
			 Assessment;
(2) diagnosis of mental
			 disorders;
(3) planning and treatment,
			 which may include psychotherapy and counseling;
(4) treatment intervention directed to
			 interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and life management
			 issues;
(5) consultation; and
(6) evaluation, referral, and
			 collaboration.