CHAPTER 59
HOUSE BILL No. 2372
An Act concerning the board of behavioral sciences; marriage
and family therapists and
psychologists; amending K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 65-6406 and 74-5310 and
repealing the ex-
isting sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2001 Supp.
65-6406 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-6406. The board shall issue a license to an individual
who is
currently registered, certified or licensed to practice marriage
and family
therapy in another jurisdiction if the board determines that the
standards
for registration, certification or licensure to practice marriage
and family
therapy in the other jurisdiction are at least equivalent
to or exceed sub-
stantially the equivalent of the requirements of the
marriage and family
therapists licensure act and rules and regulations of the board. An
appli-
cant for a license under this section shall pay an application fee
established
by the board under K.S.A. 65-6411 and amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-5310
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 74-5310. (a) The board shall issue a license as a
psychologist to
any person who pays an application fee prescribed by the board, not
in
excess of $150 and an original license fee not in excess of $200,
which
shall not be refunded, who either satisfies the board as to such
person's
training and experience after a thorough review of such person's
creden-
tials or and who passes a satisfactory
examination in psychology. Any per-
son paying the fee must also submit evidence verified by oath and
satis-
factory to the board that such person: (1) Is at least 21 years of
age; (2)
is of good moral character; (3) has received the doctor's degree
based on
a program of studies in content primarily psychological from an
educa-
tional institution having a graduate program with standards
consistent
with those of the state universities of Kansas, or the substantial
equivalent
of such program in both subject matter and extent of training; and
(4)
has had at least two years of supervised experience, a significant
portion
of which shall have been spent in rendering psychological services
satis-
fying the board's approved standards for the psychological service
con-
cerned.
(b) The board shall adopt rules and
regulations establishing the cri-
teria which an educational institution shall satisfy in meeting the
require-
ments established under item (3) of subsection (a). The board may
send
a questionnaire developed by the board to any educational
institution for
which the board does not have sufficient information to
determine
whether the educational institution meets the requirements of item
(3)
of subsection (a) and rules and regulations adopted under this
section.
The questionnaire providing the necessary information shall be
com-
pleted and returned to the board in order for the educational
institution
to be considered for approval. The board may contract with
investigative
agencies, commissions or consultants to assist the board in
obtaining in-
formation about educational institutions. In entering such
contracts the
authority to approve educational institutions shall remain solely
with the
board.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 65-6406
and 74-5310 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 9, 2002.
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