Kansas Administrative Code

Educational and experience re- quirements. (a) To determine whether an ap- plicant has complied with the requirement that the person has received a baccalaureate or post- baccalaureate degree pursuant to K.S.A. 65-5906, and amendments thereto, consideration shall be given to whet…

Examination requirement. The following shall be the procedures for the examina- tion of applicants: (a) Each applicant for a license shall pass an ex- amination for dietitians approved by the secretary. The minimum passing score for the examination shall be 25. (b) Each applicant…

License renewal. This regulation shall not apply to temporary licenses. (a) Each ap- plicant for renewal of a license shall submit a com- pleted, secretary-approved application form and any requested supporting documentation with the license renewal fee specified in K.A.R. 28-59-…

Reinstatement of license. Each applicant for reinstatement of a license shall meet the following criteria: (a) Submit an application on department- approved forms accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in K.A.R. 28-59-7; and (b) document and verify the accumulation of not l…

Unprofessional conduct. Any of the following acts shall be evidence of unprofes- sional conduct of a licensee, temporary licensee, or applicant: (a) Misrepresenting any professional qualifica- tions or credentials; (b) promoting or endorsing products in a man- ner that is mislead…

Fees. (a) The license application fee shall be $140.00. The license application fee for an initial licensure period of less than 24 months shall be prorated at $5.50 per month for any full or partial month, until the last day of Feb- ruary of the calendar year that is not less th…

Change of name or address. (a) Each licensee shall notify the department of any changes in name or mailing address within 15 days of these changes. (b) Notification of address changes shall be made directly to the department and shall include the name, old mailing address, new ma…

Definitions. (a) “Applicant” means the organization or organizations who submit to the department of health and environment a no- tice of intent and a credentialing application re- questing that a specific profession or occupation becredentialed.Theorganizationororganizations nee…

Notice of intent. (a) Each appli- cant seeking to have a credentialing application re- viewed, according to the provisions of K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 65-5001, et seq., as amended by L. 1988, Ch. 246, Sec. 22, and amendments thereto, shall first submit to the secretary a notice of inten…

Filing of the credentialing ap- plication. (a) Each applicant shall complete the forms of the credentialing application that are printed in the manual for applicants. (b) “Kansas resident” means any person 18 years old or older who resides in Kansas. (c) Each credentialing applic…

Withdrawing a credentialing ap- plication. (a) Each applicant that has withdrawn a credentialing application shall not submit a new notice of intent, application, and application fee for one year after the date the final report of the technical committee has been issued. (b) The …

Selection of a technical commit- tee. (a) A written memorandum requesting nom- inations for individuals to serve on each technical committee shall be distributed by the secretary to: (1) Persons who have asked the department of health and environment to keep them informed of cred…

Technical committee meetings. (a) Each credentialing application shall be re- viewed by a technical committee under the fol- lowing sequential proceedings: (1) Applicant review. A copy of each application shall be mailed by the department of health and environment to the technica…

(Authorized by 1987 Supp. 65- 5009(b); implementing K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 65- 5003; effective May 1, 1987; amended T-88-36, Sept. 17, 1987; amended May 1, 1988; revoked Dec. 5, 1988.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-5009(b), as amended by L. 1986, Ch. 246, Sec. 8; imple- menting K.S.A. 65-5004, as amended by L. 1986, Ch. 246, Sec. 4; effective May 1, 1987; revoked, T-88-36, Sept. 17, 1987; revoked May 1, 1988.)

The standards listed in the “Kansas credentialing review program manual for appli- cants,” May 1987, pages 9-12, as jointly developed by the secretary and the statewide health coor- dinating council, and as in effect May 1, 1987, is hereby adopted by reference. (Authorized by and…

Definitions. (a) “American acad- emy of audiology” means a national professional association for audiologists that provides continu- ing education programs and approves continuing education sponsors in clinical audiology. (b) “American speech-language-hearing asso- ciation” means…

Change of name or address. (a) Each licensee shall notify the department of any name or address change within 15 days of the change. Each licensee who fails to comply with this regulation may be subject to disciplinary action by the department pursuant to K.S.A. 65- 6508, and ame…

Unprofessional conduct. Each of the following acts by a licensee shall be evi- dence of unprofessional conduct: (a) Misrepresenting any professional qualifica- tions or credentials, including any of the follow- ing: (1) Impersonating another licensed profession- al; (2) knowingly…

Qualifications for licensure. (a) To determine whether or not an applicant has completed the educational requirements in the area for which the applicant seeks licensure pur- suant to K.S.A. 65-6505 and amendments there- to, consideration shall be given to whether or not the acad…

Application for a license. (a) Each individual applying for a license shall sub- mit to the department a completed department- approved application form, the required sup- porting documentation showing completion of all qualifications for licensure, and the appropriate fee as spe…

Application for a temporary li- cense. (a) Each applicant who has completed the education and clinical practicum pursuant to K.S.A. 65-6505, and amendments thereto, but has not completed a supervised postgraduate professional experience or examination, or both, shall apply for a …

License renewal. (a) Each appli- cant for renewal of a license shall submit the fol- lowing to the secretary: (1) A completed secretary-approved application form; (2)therequiredsupportingdocumentation;and (3)thelicenserenewalfeeasspecifiedinK.A.R.

Application for person with li- cense issued by another state. (a) Each appli- cant applying for a license who is presently or has been licensed in another state shall submit a com- pleted department-approved application form with the license fee as specified in K.A.R. 28-61-9. (…

Reinstatement of a lapsed li- cense. (a) Each applicant whose license has lapsed shall pay the reinstatement fee and license renewal fee as specified in K.A.R. 28-61-9. (b) Each applicant whose license has lapsed shall, within five years of the most recent expira- tion date, rein…

Assistants. (a) Each speech- language pathology assistant and each audiology assistant shall meet the following criteria: (1) Have received a high school diploma or equivalent; (2) complete a training program conducted by a Kansas-licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologi…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-6503; imple- menting K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 65-6505 and K.S.A. 65-6506; effective Dec. 28, 1992; amended March 16, 2001; amended April 8, 2011.) 1076 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 28-61-4

General provisions. (a) The pro- visions of 40 C.F.R. Parts 350, 355, 370, and 372, dated July 1, 2018, including any notes and appen- dices, unless otherwise specifically stated in this article of the department’s regulations, are hereby adopted by reference. If the same term is…

Definitions. As used in this article of the department’s regulations, each of the fol- lowing terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation: (a) “Commission” has the mean- ing specified in K.S.A. 65-5702, and amendments thereto. (b) “Department” means Kansas departmen…

Submitting notifications and re- ports. (a) Each notification and report required to be submitted to the commission under sections 302 and 311 of the federal act and this article of the department’s regulations shall be completed using the Kansas tier II form, which shall be sub-…

Fees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), each owner or operator of a facility 1084 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 28-66-1 required to report under section 312 of the fed- eral act and K.A.R. 28-65-3 shall pay an annual report fee based upon the sum of the maximum dai…

Definitions. As used in K.A.R. 28- 66-1 through 28-66-4 unless otherwise specified: (a) “Base grant” means state water plan fund monies allocated to the Kansas department of health and environment and awarded to local entities for the purpose of developing and imple- menting a lo…

Base grants. (a) A local entity may apply for a local environmental protection base grant each year on forms provided by KDHE. 1086 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 28-66-2 (b) Base grant amounts shall be subject to the availability of funding. (c) All base grant payments sha…

Target grants. (a) Upon KDHE’s announcement of the availability of target grant funds, a target grant may be requested by a base grant recipient to conduct an approved objective for which the base grant is inadequate, except that the following requests shall be considered ineligi…

Local environmental protection plan. (a) A local environmental protection plan shall be developed annually by the local entity and shall be submitted and approved by KDHE prior to any grant award. The local environmental pro- tectionplanshallcontainthefollowinginformation: (1) A …

Definitions. For purposes of the regulations in this article, the following words, terms and phrases are hereby defined as follows: (a) “Aggregate data” means data which is ob- tained by combining like data in a manner which precludes specific identification of an individual. 108…

Eligible contractors. (a) A con- tractor may be designated to provide data pro- cessing services for the collection of health care information. The contractor may be a public or private organization. Eligible contractors shall provide to the secretary assurances that there are no…

Cooperative agreements. (a) Where the need for cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding facilitate the cost-ef- fectiveness of health care data collection, coopera- tive agreements and memoranda of understanding may be established by the secretary with organiza- tion…

Data validation. (a) All data sub- mitted to the health care database shall be evalu- ated for accuracy and standardization. (b) Any inconsistencies and non-standard re- porting of data submitted to the database shall be documented and reported to the providers of the data. Data …

Health care database; informa- tion collected. Information regarding various health factors shall be obtained. The health fac- tors shall include, but not be limited to: (a) mortality and natality, including accidental causes of death; (b) morbidity; (c) health behavior; (d) disa…

Health care data collection and submission. (a) Data shall be: (1) collected and submitted under uniform parameters established by the secretary and ap- proved by the board; (2) obtained from existing data sources in the public and private sector, where available to min- imize th…

Health care data release and re- release. (a) Data and information received by the secretary and maintained in the health care data- base shall be used for: (1) health policy decisions; (2) health research; (3) consumer information; and (4) epidemiological and other public health…

Electronic access to public use data. (a) Persons or state agencies may be granted electronic access to public use data. Definitions of allowable access for data submitted to the da- tabase shall be established by the secretary and approved by the board. (b) All persons or state …

Confidentiality of the health care database. (a) Data or information that in any manner identifies an individual shall not be released. Researchers demonstrating the need for data containing record identifiers or names of health care providers shall be subject to the re- lease, c…

Fees established. (a) Routine compilations produced by the secretary shall be made available to state agencies, health care pro- 1091 Health Care Database 28-67-9 viders, purchasers, employers, consumers and other interested parties. A fee sufficient to re- cover the costs of pro…

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-6804, as amended by L. 1994, Ch. 90, sec. 3; effective Dec. 19, 1994.)

System security. (a) All health care data shall be maintained on computer systems ad- ministered by CHES. A password system shall be used to limit access to computer files. Passwords shall be changed on a schedule determined by CHES staff, and an individual account shall be de- l…

Definitions. For the purposes of K.A.R. 28-68-1 through K.A.R. 28-68-10, the fol- lowing terms shall be defined as follows. (a) “Appli- cant” means any person or governmental entity that appliestothedry-cleaningfacilityreleasetrustfund. (b) “Contaminated dry-cleaning site” has th…

Registration of facilities.(a)Each owner of any dry-cleaning facility shall annually submit to the department a separate registration for each operating dry-cleaning facility. Each reg- istration shall be submitted on a form prepared by the department. (b) Each owner of a new dry…

Performance standards. (a) Stor- age and disposal of dry-cleaning wastes. (1) Each owner or operator of a dry-cleaning facility that generates hazardous waste shall comply with the provisions specified in K.A.R. 28-31-1 through K.A.R. 28-31-4, with the follow- ing changes: (A) Ex…