Chapter 74, STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-5606. Creation of commission; members. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training which shall consist of 12 members which shall include: (1) The superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol, or the superintendent's designee; (2) …

74-5607. Powers and duties of commission; compensation and expenses; meetings; rules and regulations, firearms; fingerprinting. (a) In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law, the commission shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 77-415 et seq., an…

74-5607a. Certification for full-time and part-time law enforcement officers; annual training; provisional certificate. (a) The commission shall not issue a certification as a full-time police officer or law enforcement officer unless such officer has been awarded a certificate a…

74-5608a. Certification of persons completing training in other jurisdictions; waiver of courses. (a) The commission may, in the exercise of discretion, award a certificate to any person who has been duly certified under the laws of another state or territory if, in the opinion o…

74-5609a. Tuition; reimbursement of tuition. (a) The law enforcement training center is authorized to charge tuition for each railroad policeman, each employee of a tribal law enforcement agency, each horsethief reservoir benefit district law enforcement officer and each school l…

74-5611. Annual report to attorney general of persons attending training center. The director of police training shall annually report to the attorney general of the state of Kansas the names of all persons who attended law enforcement training center during each training year. H…

74-5611a. Central registry; purpose; confidentiality and disclosure of records; required reports; immunity from liability. (a) (1) The commission shall establish and maintain a central registry of all Kansas police officers or law enforcement officers. (2) The purpose of the regi…

74-5616. Eligibility for appointment as officer; certification by commission required; conditioning, suspension, revocation or denial of certification, reprimand or censure; emergency proceedings; judicial review; investigations. (a) No person shall be appointed as a full-time la…

74-5617. Requirement to hold permanent or provisional certification, penalties; violations of act. (a) Every candidate for appointment to a position as a police officer or law enforcement officer shall hold permanent or provisional certification. (b) For the purpose of determinin…

74-5619. Law enforcement training center fund abolished, moneys transferred to and liabilities imposed on the state general fund; Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund. (a) (1) On July 1, 2024: (A) The director of accounts and reports shall transfer all…

74-5620. Local law enforcement training reimbursement fund; expenditures. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the local law enforcement training reimbursement fund. All expenditures from the local law enforcement training fund shall: (1) Be distributed to municipali…

74-5621. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, …

74-5622. Certification; active status, time period, lapse, reinstatement; revocation, reinstatement. (a) Certification by the commission will remain active for a period of five years after leaving employment as a law enforcement officer. Certification which has lapsed due to more…

74-5623. Affiliation with the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system. (a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 74-4971, and amendments thereto, on or after the effective date of this act, the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training shall affilia…

74-5701. Establishment of committee; membership; meetings; compensation and expenses. (a) There is hereby established the Kansas criminal justice information system committee to be composed of the following persons or their designated representative: (1) The secretary of administ…

74-5702. Same; purposes, powers and duties. (a) The committee shall establish, maintain, upgrade and enhance the criminal justice information system, by adoption, management and enforcement of a minimum standard of computerized information. Such minimum standards shall be establi…

74-5703. Same; outlet or terminal required in each county; additional outlets and terminals; costs; exceptions; acceptance and use of funds. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish, maintain and equip at least one outlet or terminal within the county as p…

74-5704. Criminal justice information system committee; rules, regulations and policies. The committee shall: (a) Adopt and enforce rules, regulations and policies that are necessary for the establishment, maintenance, upgrading and operation of the statewide criminal justice inf…

74-5705. Upgrading of single terminal in county; cost. The committee may require the board of county commissioners of any county in which there is located only one outlet or terminal to upgrade such outlet or terminal at the expense of such county. History: L. 1970, ch. 343, § 4;…

74-5706. Provision for additional outlets and upgrading existing outlets in county with more than one outlet; determination of cost. The committee may provide for additional outlets or terminals in any county and for upgrading any outlet or terminal in a county in which there is …

74-5707. Criminal justice information system line fund. There is hereby created in the state treasury the criminal justice information system line fund. All moneys credited to the criminal justice information system line fund shall be used by the Kansas bureau of investigation fo…

74-5801. Board of examiners for hearing instruments, establishment. There is hereby established the Kansas board of examiners in fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments constituted as provided in this act and hereinafter called the "board." History: L. 1968, ch. 164, § 1; L…

74-5802. Same; appointment of members; qualifications; terms; vacancies; removal. (a) The governor shall appoint a board of examiners of hearing instrument dispensers, consisting of five persons. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the board unless such per…

74-5803. Same; meetings. The board shall meet at least once each year at a place and time determined by the chairman. The board shall also meet at such other times and places as are specified by the chairman to carry out the purposes of this act. History: L. 1968, ch. 164, § 3; J…

74-5804. Same; records; quorum; meetings open to public. The board shall keep a record in which shall be registered the name, residence, place of business, date of issuance of license, renewals, revocations, suspensions or other disciplinary action of every person authorized unde…

74-5805. Same; annual organization; compensation and expenses; fees, disposition; fee fund. At the first meeting of the board in every year it shall elect from its own membership a chairman and vice-chairman. The board shall appoint one of its own members or some other person to …

74-5806. Same; powers and duties; rules and regulations. The board is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to administer and enforce the provisions of this act and it is hereby granted such specific powers as are necessary for the purpose of administering and enforcing the s…

74-5807. Same; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The "board" means the Kansas board of examiners in fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments. (b) "License" means an authorization to practice the fitting and dispensing of hearing ins…

74-5808. Same; certain acts prohibited; display of license or certificate. (a) No person shall engage in the sale of or practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments or display a sign or in any other way advertise or hold oneself out as a person who practices the dispens…

74-5809. Same; purchase agreement required; contents. Any person who practices the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids shall provide to each purchaser of a hearing instrument, a purchase agreement which shall contain the licensee's printed name, signature, address of regular pl…

74-5810. Same; certain persons exempt from act. (a) This act shall not apply to: (1) A person while such person is engaged in the practice of fitting hearing aids if such person's practice is part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education or part…

74-5810a. Board of examiners; fees established by rules and regulations; limitations. (a) The board is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations fixing the amount of fees for the following items and to charge and collect the amounts so fixed subject to the following limita…

74-5811. Qualifications for license applicants; fee required. An applicant for a license shall submit an application on a form provided by the board and shall pay the license application fee provided for in K.S.A. 74-5810a, and amendments thereto and shall show to the satisfactio…

74-5812. Examination of applicant; temporary license; fee, term, condition; revocation or suspension of temporary license; discipline of temporary licensee. (a) An applicant for a license who is notified by the board that such applicant has fulfilled the requirements of K.S.A. 74…

74-5813. Same; examination. The examination provided in K.S.A. 74-5812 shall consist of: (a) Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments. (1) Basic physics of sound. (2) The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hear…

74-5814. Licensure; fee and audiometric equipment test documentation required; reciprocity. (a) The board shall issue a license to each applicant who (1) satisfactorily passes the examination, or (2) is currently licensed as an audiologist under K.S.A. 65-6501 et seq., and amendm…

74-5815. Same; notification of place of practice; notification of change of supervisor; board to keep records. (a) A person who holds a license shall notify the board in writing of the business name and address of the place or places where such person engages or intends to engage…

74-5816. Renewal of license; notification of renewal; fees; audiometric equipment test documentation; grace period; reinstatement of license. (a) The executive officer of the board shall send a written notice of renewal to every person holding a valid license to practice the fitt…

74-5818. Denial, revocation, suspension or conditioning of license. An applicant or any person licensed under this act may have the license denied, revoked, suspended or conditioned for a fixed period to be determined by the board for any of the following causes: (a) Conviction o…

74-5819. Prohibited practices. No person may: (a) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license. (b) Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualification to practice the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids. (c) Alter mater…

74-5820. Hearing on suspension, revocation or other disciplinary action of license; notice. Before any license may be suspended, revoked or other disciplinary action taken, the board shall give the licensee notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the provisions o…

74-5821. Annual education requirement; denial of license; renewal or reinstatement of license. In addition to the payment of the license renewal fee, each licensee applying for the renewal or reinstatement of a license shall furnish to the executive officer of the board satisfact…

74-5822. Severability. In case for any reason any paragraph or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court of last resort, and shall be held by such court to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other paragraph or provision of th…

74-5823. Citation of act. This act and the act of which this section is amendatory shall be known and may be cited as the "hearing instrument act." History: L. 1968, ch. 164, § 23; L. 2006, ch. 115, § 22; July 1.

74-5824. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor for the first offense, and a class B misdemeanor for the second or subsequent offense. History: L. 1968, ch. 164, § 24; L. 1999, ch. 75, § 4; July 1.

74-5825. Fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments; inactive license; renewal or conversion of inactive license; fees; rules and regulations. (a) There is hereby created a designation of inactive license. The board is authorized to issue an inactive license to any licensee wh…

74-5826. Violations of act; administrative fine; remedies; censure; revocation of license. (a) The board, in addition to any other penalty authorized under this act may assess an administrative fine, after notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the Kansas admini…

74-5911. Kansas advisory council on intergovernmental relations abolished; transfer of records and property. The Kansas advisory council on intergovernmental relations is hereby abolished. All records and property of the council shall be transferred to and become the property of …

74-6209. Governor's committee on criminal administration abolished. On July 1, 1982, the governor's committee on criminal administration, established by K.S.A. 74-6201a, and the offices of the executive director and the deputy directors of the governor's committee on criminal adm…

74-6210. Conflicts as to disposition of powers, duties, functions, balances of appropriations resolved by governor. Whenever any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, duty or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any transfer or othe…