Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 3 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS; FEES › Section 102-3-4b - 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 a professional counselor or a clinical
					professional counselor based on reciprocity, as provided by
					K.S.A.
					65-5807 and amendments thereto, shall submit
					an application for licensure in accordance with the provisions of this
					regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
					licensure as a professional 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 shall submit payment in full of the application for a
					license fee, as provided in K.A.R. 102-3-2.
(2) The applicant shall forward to the
					licensing agency for the jurisdiction in which the applicant is currently
					licensed, certified, or registered as a professional counselor 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, registration, or certification to
					practice professional counseling issued by the licensing agency;
(B) the date on which the applicant was
					initially licensed, registered, or certified as a professional 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 under the provisions of
					paragraph (a)(2) of
					K.S.A.
					65-5807 and amendments thereto, the applicant
					shall ensure that documentation covering the five continuous years of
					licensure, registration, or certification as a professional 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;
(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, certification, or registration as a professional counselor in
					that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to the standards in Kansas or
					verification that the applicant has earned a master's degree in professional
					counseling, 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 (a)(2) of
					K.S.A.
					65-5807, and amendments thereto, rather than
					on the basis that the standards for licensure, registration, or certification
					are substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure as a professional
					counselor 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 professional counseling 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 degree in professional
					counseling, 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 degree in professional
					counseling.