2006 Kansas Code - 74-5806

      74-5806.   Same; powers and duties; rules and regulations. The board is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to administer and enforce the provisions of this act and it is hereby granted such specific powers as are necessary for the purpose of administering and enforcing the same. In addition thereto the board shall have the power:

      (a)   To employ agents, attorneys and inspectors under such rules and regulations as it may prescribe in accordance with the provisions of this act, but no state officer shall be eligible for employment by the board.

      (b)   To make all necessary disbursements, to carry out the provisions of this act, including payment for the premium on the bond of the secretary-treasurer, stationery supplies, to purchase and maintain or rent audiometric equipment and facilities necessary to carry out the examination of applicants for license, the printing and circulating to all holders of hearing aid licenses in the state, and issue a yearbook which shall contain the names and addresses of all holders of hearing aid licenses in the state.

      (c)   To appoint representatives to conduct or supervise the examination of applicants for license.

      (d)   To designate the time and place for examining applicants for licenses.

      (e)   The board shall preserve an accurate record of all meetings and proceedings of the board including complete minutes of all prosecutions and violations of this act, and of examinations held under the provisions hereof. Such records shall be kept in the office of the board and made accessible to the public.

      (f)   To administer oaths; take testimony upon granting, revoking or suspending certificates of registration.

      (g)   To grant all certificates of registration and endorsement as to it shall seem just and proper and to revoke any such certificate granted for any of the causes specified in K.S.A. 74-5816.

      (h)   Each witness who appears before said board at its request, other than a state officer or employee, shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record which shall be audited and paid upon the presentation of proper vouchers sworn to by such witnesses and approved by the president and secretary of said board.

      (i)   To make rules and regulations for the procedure and conduct and government of applicants for certificates of registration and endorsement, and licensed and registered hearing aid dispensers, and to prescribe by rules and regulations a code of ethics for the practitioner of the hearing aid art within this state, which said rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

      (j)   To require, in its discretion, the periodic inspection and calibration of audiometric testing equipment and to carry out the periodic inspection of facilities of all persons who practice the fitting or selling of hearing aids.

      History:   L. 1968, ch. 164, § 6; July 1.