Chapter 65 — PUBLIC HEALTH

65-5721. Commission on emergency planning and response; establishment; members; terms, compensation and expenses. (a) There is hereby established the commission on emergency planning and response. (b) The membership of the commission on emergency planning and response shall consi…

65-5722. Same; powers and duties. The commission on emergency planning and response shall have the following functions, powers and duties: (a) Carry out all requirements of the federal emergency planning and community right-to-know act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 11001-11005, and amendmen…

65-5723. Emergency response commission abolished; powers and duties transferred; orders and directives continued in effect until superseded. The state emergency response commission created by K.S.A. 65-5703 is hereby abolished. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all …

65-5724. Commission on emergency planning and response successor to emergency response commission; force and effect of acts. Except as otherwise provided by this order, the commission on emergency planning and response established by this order shall be the successor in every way…

65-5725. Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment transferred to adjutant general. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, all of the powers, duties, and functions of the secretary of health and environment relating to provision of support for the oversigh…

65-5726. Rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded. All rules and regulations, orders, and directives of the secretary of health and environment relating to those duties, functions, and powers transferred to the adjutant general by K.S.A. 6…

65-5727. Adjutant general successor to secretary of health and environment; force and effect of acts. Except as otherwise provided by this order, the adjutant general shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties, and functions of the secretary of health and environme…

65-5728. Duties and powers of adjutant general and secretary of health and environment transferred to commission on emergency planning and response; rules and regulations and orders and directives continued in effect until superseded. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this orde…

65-5729. Commission on emergency planning and response successor to powers and duties; force and effect of acts. Except as otherwise provided by this order, the commission on emergency planning and response established by this order shall be the successor in every way to the powe…

65-5730. Transfer of property and records; resolution of conflicts. (a) The adjutant general and the secretary of health and environment shall engage in consultations with the purpose of reaching agreement regarding the disposition of all property, all property rights, and record…

65-5731. Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings. No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any state agency, or program mentioned in this order, or by or against any officer o…

65-5732. Kansas right-to-know fee fund, creation of; secretary of health and environment; administration and uses of fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Kansas right-to-know fee fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of health and environment. …

65-5733. State interoperability advisory committee; organization; duties. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Advisory committee" means the state interoperability advisory committee; (2) "coordinator" means the statewide interoperability coordinator; (3) "executive subcomm…

[Repealed or reserved.]

65-5801. Citation of act. K.S.A. 65-5801 through 65-5818, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2025 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, c…

65-5802. Definitions. As used in the professional counselors licensure act: (a) "Assessment" means selecting, administering, scoring and interpreting instruments designed to describe an individual's aptitudes, abilities, achievements, interests and personal characteristics. (b) "…

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 wi…

65-5804. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 243, § 14; L. 1988, ch. 263, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 245, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 4; L. 1999, ch. 108, § 1; Repealed, L. 2001, ch. 154, § 11; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Statutory requirements for standard of…

65-5804a. Application for licensure; requirements; practice of licensed clinical professional counselor; approval of colleges or universities, criteria; temporary license; community-based professional counselor license. (a) Applications for licensure as a professional counselor s…

65-5805. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 5; Repealed, L. 2006, ch. 61, § 6; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

65-5806. Licensure; expiration and renewal; continuing education; reinstatement of expired, suspended or revoked license; notice of change of address. (a) An applicant who meets the requirements for licensure pursuant to the professional counselors licensure act, has paid the lic…

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 t…

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 jurisdictio…

65-5808. Fees. (a) The board may collect 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 coun…

65-5808a. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 286, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 8; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 7; L. 2016, ch. 92, § 37; L. 2021, ch. 88, § 16; L. 2023, ch. 17, § 2; Repealed, L. 2024, ch. 100, § 16; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINA…

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 …

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) Th…

65-5811. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 11; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 11; L. 1996, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 108, § 2; Repealed, L. 2001, ch. 154, § 11; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF…

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 …

65-5812a. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 12; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 12; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 10; Repealed, L. 2001, ch. 211, § 18; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Se…

65-5813. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 13; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 153, § 44; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

65-5814. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 14; L. 1988, ch. 263, § 3; Repealed, L. 1996, ch. 153, § 44; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived S…

65-5815. History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 15; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 13; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 166; Repealed, L. 2016, ch. 92, § 101; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Ses…

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 unco…

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 t…

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 …

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 …

65-5825. Counseling compact; facilitating interstate practice of licensed professional counselors. This section shall be known and may be cited as the counseling compact. SECTION 1—PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional c…

65-5901. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the dietitians licensing act. History: L. 1988, ch. 228, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Arch…

65-5902. Definitions. For the purposes of this act: (a) "Secretary" means the secretary for aging and disability services. (b) "Department" means the Kansas department for aging and disability services. (c) "Licensed dietitian" means a person licensed under this act. (d) "Dieteti…

65-5903. Persons authorized to practice dietetics or make certain representations limited; violations misdemeanor; action to enjoin violation authorized. (a) Beginning one year after the date the rules and regulations first adopted under this act become effective, only a person l…

65-5904. Rules and regulations for implementation of act. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act including, but not limited to, setting standards for approval of courses of study under this act, setting standards for approval of…

65-5905. Contracts to obtain information about courses of study authorized. The secretary may contract with investigative agencies, commissions or consultants to assist the secretary in obtaining information about courses of study to be approved by the secretary under K.S.A. 65-5…

65-5906. Requirements for licensure; licenses issued for two years. (a) No person shall be granted a license as a dietitian unless such person has: (1) Filed an application and paid the required application fee; (2) received a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree with a maj…

65-5907. Temporary license; requirements; expiration; renewal. (a) A temporary license to practice as a dietitian may be issued by the secretary upon the filing of an application, payment of the required application fee and submission of evidence of successful completion of the e…

65-5908. Waiver of requirements; when authorized. For one year beginning on the date the rules and regulations first adopted under this act become effective, the secretary shall waive the examination requirement and grant a license to a person who pays the renewal fee and who: (a…

65-5909. Renewal of license; requirements; procedure; reinstatement of lapsed license. (a) Licenses may be renewed upon payment of the required renewal fee and successful completion of not more than 15 hours of continuing education during the licensure period as specified by the …

65-5910. Licensure of person licensed in another state. The secretary may license, without examination, any person who is duly licensed in another state if the standards for licensure in such other state are not less than the standards for licensure under this act. History: L. 19…

65-5911. Denial, refusal to renew, suspension or revocation of license; grounds; procedure; reinstatement. (a) The secretary may deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke a license where the licensee or applicant: (1) Has obtained, or attempted to obtain, a license by means of fra…

65-5912. Construction of act; exemptions. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require any insurer or other entity regulated under chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or any other law of this state to provide coverage for or indemnify for the services provided by…