2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 64 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
65-6405a Temporary permit; requirements; fees; expiration, extension.
65-6405a. Temporary permit; requirements; fees; expiration, extension. (a) Upon written application and board approval, an individual who is licensed to engage in the independent clinical practice of marriage and family therapy at the clinical level in another jurisdiction and who is in good standing in that other jurisdiction may engage in the independent practice of clinical marriage and family therapy as provided by K.S.A. 65-6401 et seq., and amendments thereto, in this state for no more than 15 days per year upon receipt of a temporary permit to practice issued by the board.
(b) Any clinical marriage and family therapy services rendered within any 24-hour period shall count as one entire day of clinical marriage and family therapy services.
(c) The temporary permit to practice shall be effective on the date of approval by the board and shall expire December 31 of that year. Upon written application and for good cause shown, the board may extend the temporary permit to practice no more than 15 additional days.
(d) The board may charge a fee of a maximum of $200 for a temporary permit to practice and a fee of a maximum of $200 for an extension of a temporary permit to practice as established by rules and regulations of the board.
(e) A person who holds a temporary permit to practice clinical marriage and family therapy in this state shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the board and shall be bound by the statutes and regulations that govern the practice of clinical marriage and family therapy in this state.
(f) In accordance with the Kansas administrative procedures act, the board may issue a cease and desist order or assess a fine of up to $1,000 per day, or both, against a person licensed in another jurisdiction who engages in the independent practice of clinical marriage and family therapy in this state without complying with the provisions of this section.
(g) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the marriage and family therapists licensure act.
History: L. 2007, ch. 13, § 3; July 1.
