Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2794
         
By Committee on Appropriations
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to
10             licensure; concerning temporary license requirements; authorizing
11             certain fees; amending K.S.A. 74-5316 and repealing the existing
12             section.
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14       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15           Section 1. K.S.A. 74-5316 is hereby amended to read as follows:
16       74-5316. (a) The board may grant a license without examination, valid for
17       a period not to exceed 90 days in one calendar year, to a nonresident
18       psychologist who could be licensed in this state and who is temporarily
19       employed to come into the state to render psychological services, the fee
20       for which shall be $15.
21           (b) Upon application, the board may issue temporary licenses to per-
22       sons who have met all qualifications for licensure under provisions of this
23       act, except passage of the required examination, pursuant to K.S.A. 74-
24       5310, and amendments thereto, who must wait for completion of the next
25       examination, who have paid the required application, examination and
26       temporary license fees and who have submitted documentation as re-
27       quired by the board, under the following:
28           (1) The temporary license shall expire upon receipt and recording of
29       the temporary licensee's second examination score by the board if such
30       temporary licensee fails the examination after two attempts or upon the
31       date the board issues or denies the temporary licensee a license to practice
32       psychology if such temporary licensee passes the examination;
33           (2) such temporary licensee shall take the next license examination
34       subsequent to the date of issuance of the temporary license unless there
35       are extenuating circumstances approved by the board;
36           (3) the board shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing continuing
37       education requirements for temporary licensees, including, but not limited
38       to, a requirement that temporary licensees shall complete a minimum of
39       25 contact hours of continuing education during the one-year period of
40       temporary licensure, which shall include a minimum of three hours in
41       psychology ethics;
42           (4) no person may work under a temporary license except under the
43       supervision of a licensed psychologist as prescribed in rules and regula-

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  1       tions adopted by the board; and
  2           (5) the fee for such temporary license shall be fixed by rules and reg-
  3       ulations adopted by the board and shall not exceed $200.
  4           (c) Upon application, the board may issue temporary licenses not to
  5       exceed one year to persons who have met all qualifications for licensure
  6       under provisions of this act, except completion of the postdoctoral super-
  7       vised work experience pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of K.S.A. 74-5310,
  8       and amendments thereto, who have paid the required application and
  9       temporary license fees and who have submitted documentation as re-
10       quired by the board, under the following:
11           (1) The temporary license shall expire at the end of the one-year pe-
12       riod after issuance or if such temporary licensee is denied a license to
13       practice psychology;
14           (2) the temporary license may be renewed for one additional one-year
15       period after expiration;
16           (3) temporary licensees shall take the license examination pursuant to
17       subsection (a)(4) of K.S.A. 74-5310, and amendments thereto, subsequent
18       to the date of issuance and prior to expiration of the temporary license
19       unless there are extenuating circumstances approved by the board;
20           (4) temporary licensees shall be working toward the completion of the
21       postdoctoral supervised work experience prescribed in subsection (a)(4)
22       of K.S.A. 74-5310, and amendments thereto;
23           (5) the board shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing continuing
24       education requirements for temporary licensees, including, but not limited
25       to, a requirement that temporary licensees shall complete a minimum of
26       25 contact hours of continuing education during the one-year period of
27       temporary licensure, which shall include a minimum of three hours in
28       psychology ethics;
29           (6) no temporary licensee may work under a temporary license except
30       under the supervision of a licensed psychologist as prescribed in rules and
31       regulations adopted by the board; and
32           (7) the fee for a renewal of the temporary license shall be fixed by
33       rules and regulations adopted by the board and shall not exceed $200 per
34       issuance.
35           (d) A person practicing psychology with a temporary license may not
36       use the title ``licensed psychologist'' or the initials ``LP'' independently.
37       The word ``licensed'' may be used only when preceded by the word ``tem-
38       porary'' such as temporary licensed psychologist, or the initials ``TLP''.
39           (e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of
40       article 53 of chapter 74 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amend-
41       ments thereto.
42           (f) As used in this section, ``temporary licensee'' means any person
43       practicing psychology with a temporary license pursuant to subsection

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  1       (b) or (c) of this section.
  2           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 74-5316 is hereby repealed.
  3           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
  4       publication in the statute book.
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