Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-1-3a - Application for licensure by examination; application for temporary license
(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.
(b) Each applicant shall request the license
application forms from the executive director of the board and at the time of
application shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Submit the following:
(A) The completed application form;
(B) the full payment of the
license application fee specified in K.A.R. 102-1-13; and
(C) references on board-approved forms in
accordance with subsection (d); and
(2) arrange for the applicant's transcripts
covering all applicable graduate college or university coursework to be sent
directly from each academic institution to the board office. Each applicant who
graduated from a college or university outside the United States shall
additionally arrange for all official transcripts, supporting documentation,
and, if applicable, the doctoral dissertation, to be translated and evaluated
for degree equivalency by a source and in a manner that are acceptable to the
board.
(c) Predoctoral
supervised experience. If the applicant seeks credit for one year of
predoctoral supervised experience, the applicant shall submit a completed,
board-approved reference form from an officially designated director or chair
of the predoctoral supervised experience program who has access to the
applicant's supervisory records and can verify the applicant's supervised
experience, supervision hours, and satisfactory completion of the predoctoral
supervised experience program. Supervised experience for which an applicant
received an unsatisfactory rating from the applicant's supervisor and that has
not been adequately remediated to provide the applicant with a final
satisfactory rating at the time of completion of the supervised experience may,
at the board's discretion, be credited toward the supervised experience
requirement.
(d) Postdoctoral
supervised experience. Each applicant who has completed the postdoctoral
supervised experience requirement shall submit the name of each person who
provided postdoctoral supervision and who can address the applicant's
professional conduct, competence, postdoctoral supervised experience, and moral
character. Additionally, the applicant shall submit a completed, board-approved
reference from each person who provided postgraduate supervision to enable the
board to verify and evaluate the extent and quality of the applicant's
supervised postgraduate work experience. Supervised experience for which an
applicant received an unsatisfactory rating from the applicant's supervisor and
that has not been adequately remediated to provide the applicant with a final
satisfactory rating at the time of completion of the supervised experience
shall not be credited toward the supervised experience requirement.
(e) Temporary license procedure. An applicant
who has neither completed the postdoctoral supervised experience requirement
nor passed the required psychology licensure examination shall submit the
following in addition to complying with subsection (b):
(1) A completed temporary license request
form;
(2) verification of the
setting in which the applicant intends to work towards completion of the
postdoctoral supervised experience;
(3) the name and qualifications of the
supervisor or supervisors providing supervision while under temporary license;
(4) upon receipt of notification
of board approval for a temporary license, the temporary license fee specified
in K.A.R. 102-1-13; and
(5) upon
completion of the postgraduate supervised experience, the name of each licensed
psychologist who provided postgraduate supervision and the applicable
supervisory references specified in subsection (c).
(f) If the applicant qualifies for and
obtains a temporary license, the applicant's application shall remain active
until the temporary license or the renewed temporary license expires. If the
applicant does not qualify for a renewal of the temporary license or if a
qualifying applicant fails to apply for and obtain a renewal of the temporary
license, the application shall expire when the original temporary license
expires. Upon expiration, the applicant may submit a new application, the
required fee, and all supporting documents.
(g) A temporary license granted to an
applicant for purposes of completing the supervised postgraduate work
experience requirements may be renewed for one additional two-year period under
an existing application. In order to qualify for a renewal of the temporary
license, the applicant shall perform the following:
(1) Submit a written request for renewal of
the temporary license;
(2) submit
payment of the temporary license fee as specified in K.A.R. 102-1-13; and
(3) provide documentation on
board-approved forms that demonstrates satisfactory progress toward the
completion of the supervised postgraduate work experience requirements
specified in K.A.R. 102-1-5a.
(h) In order to demonstrate satisfactory
progress toward the completion of the supervised postgraduate work experience
requirements set forth in
K.S.A.
74-5316, and amendments thereto, and thus to
qualify for renewal of the temporary license, each applicant shall have
satisfactorily completed the following requirements within the preceding two
years, as applicable:
(1) An applicant
seeking to attain one year of postgraduate supervised experience (1,800 hours)
shall have completed no fewer than 900 clock-hours of qualifying postgraduate
supervised experience.
(2) An
applicant seeking to attain two years of postgraduate supervised experience
(3,600 hours) shall have completed no fewer than 1,800 clock-hours of
qualifying postgraduate supervised experience.
(3) An applicant who has not completed
postdoctoral supervised experience hours at the rate shown in paragraph (h)(1)
or (2) due to exigent circumstances may submit to the board a written request
for an extension. An exigent circumstance shall mean any condition caused by
events beyond the person's control that are sufficiently extreme in nature to
result in either of the following:
(A) The
applicant's inability to complete the postgraduate supervised experience at the
rate normally required; or
(B) the
inadvisability of the applicant's completion of the postgraduate supervised
experience at the rate normally required.
(i) Each applicant for a license to practice
psychology shall be required to satisfactorily pass a nationally administered,
standardized written examination approved by the board, as specified in K.A.R.
102-1-4.
(j) An applicant shall
not be given a judgment on the applicant's eligibility for a temporary license
or license until all application materials are received and all application
procedures are completed.
(k) Upon
receipt of notification from the board that all licensure eligibility
requirements have been satisfied, the applicant shall submit the fee specified
in K.A.R. 102-1-13 for the original period of licensure.
(l) If the applicant fails to obtain
licensure or a temporary license, the applicant's application may remain active
for up to one year. If the applicant has not met the qualifications or has not
completed the application process by the end of one year, the application shall
expire. Upon expiration, the applicant may submit a new application, the
required fee, and all supporting documents.
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