Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-3-4b - Application for licensure based on reciprocity
(a) Each
individual who wishes to be licensed as a professional counselor or a clinical
professional counselor based on reciprocity, as provided by
K.S.A.
65-5807 and amendments thereto, shall submit
an application for licensure in accordance with the provisions of this
regulation.
(b) Each applicant for
licensure as a professional counselor 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. 102-3-2.
(2) The applicant shall forward to the
licensing agency for the jurisdiction in which the applicant is currently
licensed, certified, or registered as a professional counselor 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, registration, or certification to
practice professional counseling issued by the licensing agency;
(B) the date on which the applicant was
initially licensed, registered, or certified as a professional counselor by the
licensing agency and a complete history of each subsequent renewal,
reinstatement, and lapse in licensure, registration, or certification. If an
applicant is seeking licensure based on reciprocity under the provisions of
paragraph (a)(2) of
K.S.A.
65-5807 and amendments thereto, the applicant
shall ensure that documentation covering the five continuous years of
licensure, registration, or certification as a professional counselor that
immediately precede the date of the application is submitted to the board by
the licensing agency for each jurisdiction in which the applicant was licensed,
registered, or certified during that five-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, certification, or registration as a professional counselor in
that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to the standards in Kansas or
verification that the applicant has earned a master's degree in professional
counseling, 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 (a)(2) of
K.S.A.
65-5807, and amendments thereto, rather than
on the basis that the standards for licensure, registration, or certification
are substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure as a professional
counselor 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 professional counseling 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 degree in professional
counseling, 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 degree in professional
counseling.
(c) In addition to complying with the
requirements of subsection (b), each applicant for licensure as a clinical
professional counselor shall demonstrate competence to diagnose and treat
mental disorders by submitting at least two of the following three forms of
documentation:
(1)
(A) A transcript sent directly from a
regionally accredited university or college documenting satisfactory completion
of 15 graduate credit hours supporting diagnosis or treatment of mental
disorders, including the following coursework:
(i) Two graduate semester hours of discrete
coursework in ethics;
(ii) two
graduate semester hours of discrete coursework in psychopathology and
diagnostic assessment, including the study of the latest edition of the
"diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders" and of assessment
instruments that support diagnosis; and
(iii) coursework that addresses
interdisciplinary referrals, interdisciplinary collaborations, and treatment
approaches; or
(B)
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;
(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; or
(3) an
attestation that the applicant has demonstrated competence in diagnosis or
treatment of mental disorders and that is signed by a professional licensed to
practice medicine and surgery, or by a professional licensed psychologist, a
licensed specialist clinical social worker, or another professional licensed to
diagnose and treat mental disorders in independent practice.
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