65-5001. Credentialing health care personnel; definitions. As used in this act unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein: (a) “Credentialing” or “credentialed” means the formal recognition of professional or technical competence through the process of registration, licensure or other statutory regulation. (b) “Certification” […]
65-5002. Same; credentialing applications; fees. (a) Health care personnel seeking to be credentialed by the state shall submit a credentialing application to the secretary upon forms approved by the secretary. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of $1,000. The secretary shall not accept a credentialing application unless such application is accompanied by […]
65-5003. Same; appointment of technical committee; hearings; evidence; criteria; findings; recommendations and report. (a) A technical committee shall be appointed by the secretary to examine and investigate each credentialing application referred by the secretary. Seven persons shall be appointed to each technical committee and such persons shall be appointed for a term of one year. […]
65-5005. Same; review of reports by secretary; recommendations of secretary; final report to legislature. (a) Within 120 days after receiving the report and recommendations of the technical committee relating to a credentialing application, the secretary shall prepare a final report for the legislature. In preparing the final report, the secretary shall apply the criteria established […]
65-5006. Same; credentialing criteria. (a) The technical committee appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 65-5003 and amendments thereto and the secretary shall apply the following criteria to each credentialing application: (1) The unregulated practice of the occupation or profession can harm or endanger the health, safety or welfare of the public and the potential for such harm […]
65-5007. Same; criteria applicable to levels of credentialing regulation. (a) All recommendations of the technical committee and the secretary which relate to the level or levels of credentialing regulation of a particular group of health care personnel shall be consistent with the policy that the least regulatory means of assuring the protection of the public […]
65-5008. Same; periodic review of credentialing status of health care personnel. The secretary shall periodically schedule for review the credentialing status of health care personnel who are credentialed pursuant to existing laws. The procedures to be followed, the criteria to be applied and the reports to be submitted for credentialing applications filed pursuant to K.S.A. […]
65-5009. Same; records; duties of secretary; rules and regulations; compensation of members of technical committee. (a) The secretary shall provide all necessary professional and clerical services to the technical committee. Records of all official actions and minutes of all business coming before the technical committee shall be kept. The secretary shall be the custodian of […]
65-5010. Same; title of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas act on credentialing. History: L. 1980, ch. 181, § 10; July 1.
65-5011. Application of act to certain credentialing applications. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the review of an application for credentialing commenced prior to the effective date of this act shall be governed by the provisions of this act which apply to that part of the review of such application which was not completed […]
