Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-4-4a - Applications for licensure
(a) Each
applicant for licensure as a master's level psychologist or clinical
psychotherapist shall request the appropriate licensure application form from
the director of the board.
(b)
Each applicant for licensure as a licensed master's level psychologist shall
submit the completed application materials to the board and complete the
following application procedures:
(1) Submit
the full payment of the licensure application fee as provided in K.A.R.
102-4-2 ;
(2) submit, on
board-approved forms, references from three individuals, one of whom shall have
provided direct clinical supervision of the applicant's graduate program
practicum. If the practicum supervisor is unavailable, the graduate program
director or any person who has knowledge of the applicant's practicum
experience on the basis of the applicant's practicum records shall submit the
reference. Except as specified below in paragraph (b)(2)(B), each individual
submitting a reference shall meet all of the following conditions:
(A) Is not related to the applicant;
(B) is authorized by law to
practice master's level psychology or to practice in a related field. However,
this paragraph shall not apply to the individual specified above in paragraph
(b)(2) who submits the reference if the practicum supervisor is unavailable;
and
(C) can address the
applicant's professional conduct, competence, and merit of the public trust;
(3) 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 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
(4) demonstrate satisfactory completion of
graduate educational requirements as specified in K.A.R. 102-4-3a.
(c) Each applicant for licensure
as a clinical psychotherapist shall submit the completed application materials
to the board and complete the following application procedures:
(1) Submit the full payment of the licensure
application fee as provided in K.A.R. 102-4-2 ;
(2) if not previously provided to the board,
submit, on board-approved forms, references from three individuals, one of whom
shall have provided direct clinical supervision of the applicant's graduate
program practicum. If the practicum supervisor is unavailable, the graduate
program director or any person who has knowledge of the applicant's practicum
experience on the basis of the applicant's practicum records shall submit the
reference. Except as specified below in paragraph (c)(2)(B), each individual
submitting a reference shall meet all of the following conditions:
(A) Is not related to the applicant;
(B) is authorized by law to
practice master's level psychology or to practice in a related field. However,
this paragraph shall not apply to the individual specified above in paragraph
(c)(2) who submits the reference if the practicum supervisor is unavailable;
and
(C) can address the
applicant's professional conduct, competence, and merit of the public trust;
(3) demonstrate that
the applicant is licensed by the board as a master's level psychologist or
meets all requirements for licensure as a master's level psychologist;
(4) if not previously provided to
the board, 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 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;
(5) demonstrate satisfactory completion of
the graduate education requirements specified in K.A.R. 102-4-3a ; and
(6) submit each supervisor's
attestation that the applicant has satisfactorily completed the postgraduate
supervised professional experience requirements in accordance with a clinical
supervision training plan approved by the board as specified in K.A.R.
102-4-7a.
(d) The
following provisions shall apply to each applicant for licensure as a master's
level psychologist and to each applicant for licensure as a clinical
psychotherapist:
(1) Upon the board's
determination that the applicant has met the applicable educational
requirements, each applicant shall take the appropriate, nationally
administered, standardized written examination approved by the board in
accordance with K.A.R. 102-4-5.
(2) 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.
(3)
Upon notification from the board that all eligibility requirements have been
satisfied, the applicant shall submit the fee as provided in K.A.R. 102-4-2 for
the original, two-year licensure period.
(4)
(A) If
any of the following conditions applies to the applicant, the applicant's
application shall expire one year from the date on which the application was
submitted to the board or on the date the applicant's temporary license
expires, whichever date is later, except as provided by paragraph (d)(4)(B):
(i) The applicant has not met the
qualifications.
(ii) The applicant
has not submitted a complete application.
(iii) The applicant has not submitted the
original license fee.
(B) Any applicant whose application will
expire under paragraph (d)(4)(A) may request that the application be kept open
for a period of time not to exceed 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.
(C) Upon expiration of the application, the
applicant may submit a new application, the required fee, and all supporting
documents, if the applicant wishes to reapply for licensure.
(e) Any applicant who
is determined by the board to meet the requirements of
K.S.A. 74-5367, 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. 102-4-2. Except as provided in paragraphs (e)(1) and
(e)(2), the temporary license shall remain in effect for 24 months.
(1)
(A)
Except as provided in paragraph (e)(1)(B), the temporary license shall expire
after 12 months if the applicant has not taken the examination at least one
time.
(B) Any applicant who does
not take the examination at least one time during the first 12 months in which
the applicant's temporary license is in effect may request that the temporary
license remain in effect for the full 24 months on the basis that extenuating
circumstances preclude the applicant from taking the examination during the
initial 12-month period. 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 end of the initial 12-month period. If the
request is approved by the board, the applicant's temporary license shall
remain in effect for the remaining 12 months.
(2) Any applicant whose 24-month temporary
license is due to expire may request that the temporary license remain in
effect for a period of time not to exceed 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 temporary license shall remain in effect for the period of
time stipulated by the board in its approval, which shall not exceed six
months.
(f) Any person
who has been engaged in the practice of master's level psychology as a licensed
or registered master's level psychologist in Kansas at any time within the five
years before July 1, 2000, may apply for a license as a clinical
psychotherapist by submitting transition application materials to the board and
completing the following application procedures:
(1) Submit the completed transition
application form;
(2) submit the
full payment of the licensure application fee as provided in K.A.R. 102-4-2 ;
(3) demonstrate that the applicant
held a Kansas license or registration as a master's level psychologist in good
standing at any time during the five years immediately before July 1, 2000; and
(4) demonstrate competence to
diagnose and treat mental disorders by documenting completion of at least two
of the three following requirements:
(A)
(i) Completion of at least nine graduate
semester credit hours of coursework, or their academic equivalent, as
documented on the transcript, which shall address clinical theory, assessment,
and treatment issues, including three semester credit hours, or their academic
equivalent, addressing psychopathology; or
(ii) passage of the competency examination as
specified by K.A.R. 102-4-5a at the time of taking the examination;
(B) three years of clinical
practice, including at least eight hours of client contact per week for at
least nine months of each year in a community mental health center or its
affiliate, a state mental hospital, or any other setting in which the applicant
provided clinical services that included diagnosis or treatment of mental
disorders; or
(C) one attestation,
on a form provided by the board, from a person licensed by the board to
diagnose and treat mental disorders at the independent level or a person
licensed to practice medicine and surgery that the applicant has demonstrated
competence in the diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders.
(g) 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. 74-5367, 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. 74-5367, and amendments thereto.
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