Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-2-2b - Application for licensure based on reciprocity
(a) Each
individual who wishes to be licensed as an LSCSW based on reciprocity, as
provided by
K.S.A. 65-6309 and amendments thereto, shall submit
an application for licensure in accordance with the provisions of this
regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
licensure as an LSCSW 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. 102-2-3.
(2) The applicant shall forward to the
licensing agency for the state in which the applicant is currently licensed as
to practice social work at the clinical level 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 to practice social work at the clinical level issued by
the licensing agency;
(B) the date
on which the applicant was initially licensed to practice social work at the
clinical level by the licensing agency and a complete history of each
subsequent renewal, reinstatement, and lapse in licensure. If an applicant is
seeking licensure based on reciprocity under the provisions of paragraph (b)(2)
of K.S.A. 65-6309 and amendments thereto, the applicant
shall ensure that the documentation covering the five continuous years of
licensure to practice social work at the clinical level that immediately
precede the date of application is submitted to the board by the licensing
agency for each state in which the applicant was licensed during that five-year
period. If the applicant has not passed a national clinical examination
approved by the board, the applicant shall ensure that documentation covering
the 10 continuous years of licensure that immediately precede the date of
application is submitted to the board by the licensing agency for each state in
which the applicant was licensed during that 10-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 to practice social work at the clinical level in that state are
substantially equivalent to the standards in Kansas or verification that the
applicant has earned a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an
accredited graduate social work program, 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 (b)(2) of
K.S.A. 65-6309, and amendments thereto, rather than
on the basis that the standards for licensure to practice social work at the
clinical level are substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure as
an LSCSW 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 social work at the clinical level 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 or doctoral degree in social
work from an accredited graduate social work program, 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 or doctoral degree in social work.
(c) In addition to
complying with the requirements of subsection (b), each applicant for licensure
as an LSCSW shall demonstrate competence to diagnose and treat mental disorders
by submitting the following forms of documentation:
(1) If the applicant has passed a national
clinical examination approved by the board, verification from either the
licensing agency or the testing service that the applicant passed a national
clinical examination approved by the board, including the applicant's score on
the exam and the passing score established for the exam; and
(2) one or both of the following types of
documentation, which shall cover periods of time totaling at least three years:
(A) An attestation by a supervisor or other
designated representative of the applicant's employer that the applicant has at
least three years of clinical practice, including at least eight hours of
client contact per week during nine months or more of each year, in a community
mental health center or its affiliate, a state mental hospital, or another
employment setting in which the applicant engaged in clinical practice that
included diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders; or
(B) an attestation by the applicant that the
applicant engaged in a minimum of three years of independent clinical practice
that included diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders, as well as supporting
documentation in the form of a published job description, a description of the
applicant's practice in a public information brochure, a description of
services in an informed consent document, or other similar published statements
demonstrating that the applicant has engaged in independent clinical practice
for a minimum of three years.
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