65-5801. Citation of act. K.S.A. 65-5801 through 65-5818, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-5819, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the professional counselors licensure act. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 1; L. 2019, ch. 55, § 8; May 9.
65-5802. Definitions. As used in the professional counselors licensure act: (a) “Board” means the behavioral sciences regulatory board created by K.S.A. 74-7501 and amendments thereto. (b) “Practice of professional counseling” means assisting an individual or group for a fee, monetary or otherwise, through counseling, assessment, consultation and referral and includes the diagnosis and treatment of […]
65-5803. Licensure required prior to certain acts and representations; violations misdemeanor. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling or represent that such person is a licensed professional counselor, licensed counselor or professional counselor without having first obtained a license as a professional counselor under the professional counselors licensure act. (b) On […]
65-5804a. Application for licensure; requirements; practice of licensed clinical professional counselor; approval of colleges or universities, criteria; temporary license. (a) Applications for licensure as a professional counselor shall be made to the board on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. Each application shall be accompanied by the fee fixed under K.S.A. […]
65-5806. Licensure; expiration and renewal; continuing education; reinstatement of suspended or revoked license; notice of change of address. (a) An applicant who meets the requirements for licensure pursuant to this act, has paid the license fee provided for by K.S.A. 65-5808, and amendments thereto, and has otherwise complied with the provisions of this act shall […]
65-5807. Licensure of individuals registered, certified or licensed in another jurisdiction. (a) The board may issue a license to an individual who is currently registered, certified or licensed to practice professional counseling in another jurisdiction if the board determines that: (1) The standards for registration, certification or licensure to practice professional counseling in the other […]
65-5807a. Temporary permit to practice; requirements; fees; expiration, extension. (a) Upon written application and board approval, an individual who is licensed to engage in the independent clinical practice of professional counseling at the clinical level in another jurisdiction, who is in good standing in that other jurisdiction and who has engaged in the clinical practice […]
65-5808. Fees. (a) The board may fix the following fees, and any such fees shall be established by rules and regulations adopted by the board: (1) For application for licensure as a professional counselor, not more than $100; (2) for an original license as a professional counselor, not more than $175; (3) for a temporary […]
65-5809. Refusal to issue, suspension, limitation, refusal to renew, condition or revocation of license; grounds; procedure; licensure of applicant with felony conviction, requirements. (a) The board may refuse to issue, renew or reinstate a license, may condition, limit, revoke or suspend a license, may publicly or privately censure a licensee or may impose a fine […]
65-5810. Confidential communications; exceptions. (a) The confidential relations and communications between a licensed professional counselor and such counselor’s client are placed on the same basis as provided by law for those between an attorney and an attorney’s client. (b) The confidential relations and communications between a licensed clinical professional counselor and such counselor’s client are […]
65-5812. Construction of act. Nothing in the professional counselors licensure act shall be construed: (a) To apply to the activities and services of qualified members of other professional groups including, but not limited to, attorneys, physicians, psychologists, masters level psychologists, marriage and family therapists, registered nurses or social workers, others performing counseling not for a […]
65-5816. Invalidity of part. If any part or parts of the professional counselors licensure act are held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional part or parts. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § […]
65-5817. Disclosures to client at beginning of client-therapist relationship; documentation. A licensee under the professional counselors licensure act, at the beginning of a client-therapist relationship, shall inform the client of the level of such licensee’s training and the title or titles and license or licenses of such licensee. As a part of such obligation, such […]
65-5818. Postgraduate clinical supervision of professional counselors; requirements. On and after July 1, 2017, all licensees providing postgraduate clinical supervision for those working toward clinical licensure must be board-approved clinical supervisors. (a) Applications for a board-approved clinical supervisor shall be made to the board on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. […]
65-5819. Provisional licensure as professional counselor; remedial requirements prescribed by board; professional title. (a) If, in evaluating any applicant for licensure as a professional counselor, the board finds that the applicant is deficient in the qualifications or in the quality of the applicant’s educational experience required by K.S.A. 65-5804a or 65-5807, and amendments thereto, as […]
