Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-2-2a - Application for licensure
(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.
(c) Each
applicant for a specialist clinical 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 licensed specialist clinical social worker. 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) served in one
of the following roles:
(i) served as the
applicant's employment supervisor at the worksite for the applicant's
supervised postgraduate work experience; or
(ii) served as the applicant's employment
supervisor during the applicant's most recent employment in a position
requiring social work licensure;
(4) submit the supervisory attestation form
and other supportive documentation on board-approved forms as required by
K.A.R. 102-2-12 ;
(5) if not
previously provided, arrange for the applicant's academic social work
transcript or other official proof that the applicant has received the required
degree and competed 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
(d) The
examination required for licensure as a social worker may be waived only as
provided in K.A.R. 102-2-9.
(e)
Any applicant who is determined by the board to meet the requirements of
K.S.A. 65-6309, and amendments thereto, may be
granted a temporary license if the applicant submits a written request for a
temporary license on a form approved by the board and the temporary license fee
as provided in K.A.R. 102-2-2. Except as provided in subsection (f), the
temporary license shall remain in effect for six months.
(f) Any applicant whose six-month temporary
license is due to expire may request that the temporary license remain in
effect for a period of time not to exceed an additional six months on the basis
of extenuating circumstances. The applicant shall submit a written request to
the board with a detailed explanation of the extenuating circumstances that are
the basis of the applicant's request. The written request shall be submitted no
later than 30 days before the temporary license expires. If the request is
approved by the board, the temporary license shall remain in effect for the
period of time stipulated by the board in its approval, which shall not exceed
six months.
(g)
(1) If either of the following conditions
applies to an applicant, the applicant's application shall expire one year from
the date on which it was submitted to the board or on the date on which the
applicant's temporary license expires, whichever date is later, except as
provided by paragraph (g)(2):
(A) The
applicant has not met the qualifications.
(B) The applicant has not submitted a
complete application.
(2) Any applicant whose application will
expire under paragraph (g)(1) may request that the application be kept open for
a period of time not to exceed an additional six months on the basis of
extenuating circumstances. The applicant shall submit a written request to the
board with a detailed explanation of the extenuating circumstances that are the
basis of the applicant's request. The written request shall be submitted no
later than 30 days before the application expires. If the request is approved
by the board, the application shall remain open for the period of time
stipulated by the board in its approval, which shall not exceed six months.
(3) Upon expiration of an
application, the applicant may submit a new application, fee, and all
supporting documents.
(h) An applicant or prospective applicant
shall not be given a judgment on the applicant's eligibility for licensure
until the board receives all application materials and the applicant completes
all application procedures.
(i)
For purposes of this regulation, the term "extenuating circumstances" means any
condition caused by events beyond a person's control that is sufficiently
extreme in nature to result in either of the following:
(1) The person's inability to comply with the
requirements of this regulation within the timeframes established by this
regulation or
K.S.A. 65-6309, and amendments thereto; or
(2) the inadvisability of
requiring the applicant to comply with the requirements of this regulation
within the timeframes established by this regulation and
K.S.A. 65-6309, and amendments thereto.
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