Volume 40 - Issue 16 - April 22, 2021
State of Kansas
Board of Healing Arts
Permanent Administrative Regulations
Article 6.—LICENSES
100-6-2. Education and training requirements. (a) Each applicant for licensure by examination in medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery who graduates from an accredited or unaccredited school of medicine on or after January 1, 2021 shall present to the board proof of completion of at least 36 months of a postgraduate training or residency training program. This program shall have been approved by the council on medical education of the American medical association, the American osteopathic association, or the substantial equivalent, as determined by the board, in the year in which the training took place.
(b) Each applicant for licensure by examination in medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery who graduates from an accredited school of medicine before January 1, 2021 shall present proof of successful completion of at least 12 months of a postgraduate training or residency training program. This program shall have been approved by the council on medical education of the American medical association, the American osteopathic association, or the substantial equivalent, in the year in which the training took place.
(c) Each applicant for licensure by examination in medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery who graduates from an unaccredited school of medicine before January 1, 2021 shall present proof of successful completion of at least 36 months of a postgraduate training program or residency training program. This program shall have been approved by the council on medical education of the American medical association, the American osteopathic association, or the substantial equivalent, as determined by the board, in the year in which the training took place.
(d) Each applicant for licensure by examination in chiropractic who matriculates in chiropractic college on or after January 1, 2000 shall present proof of having received a baccalaureate degree from an accredited school or college. If the baccalaureate degree is granted by a chiropractic school or college, at least 90 semester hours applicable to the baccalaureate degree shall be earned at an accredited school or college, with none of these hours applying to the doctor of chiropractic degree. For purposes of this subsection, an ‘‘accredited school or college’’ shall meet the standards, or substantially equivalent standards as determined by the board, for accreditation of the higher learning commission. (Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2865; implementing K.S.A. 65-2873 and 65-2875; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Feb. 15, 1977; amended May 1, 1979; amended, T-86-44, Dec. 18, 1985; amended May 1, 1986; amended May 23, 1997; amended, T-100-11-5-99, Nov. 5, 1999; amended March 10, 2000; amended May 7, 2021.)
Article 8.—LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT
100-8-3. Endorsement licenses; active practice requirements. (a) Each applicant seeking licensure by endorsement based on licensure and active practice in another state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory shall submit evidence showing that the applicant has been engaged in direct patient care during the 12 months immediately preceding submission of a completed application. This direct patient care shall consist of at least either of the following, or the substantial equivalent as determined by the board:
(1) At least one full day per week, or its equivalent, for at least 50 weeks; or
(2) a total of 400 hours.
(b) The totality of circumstances may be considered by the board in determining whether the applicant has been in active practice, including gaps in practice necessitated by military service or family leave taken due to the birth of a child of the applicant or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care with the applicant.
(c) The following shall not qualify as active practice:
(1) Patient care provided while the applicant is engaged in a training program, residency, or fellowship;
(2) employment that consists solely of research activities that would not otherwise be considered direct patient care; and
(3) employment that consists solely of administrative duties.
(d) An applicant’s practice in any other state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory shall not qualify as active practice during the existence of any of the following conditions:
(1) The applicant’s license is limited, suspended, or revoked in any other state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory or has been surrendered in any other state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory at the time of application.
(2) The applicant’s authority to utilize controlled substances issued by any state, the District of Columbia, another country, a territory, or a federal agency has been surrendered as a result of the applicant’s practice in any other state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory.
(3) The applicant is subject to an agreement for a limitation to or restriction of privileges at any medical care facility as a result of the applicant’s practice in any other state, the District of Columbia, another country, or a territory.
(4) The applicant’s membership on any professional staff or in any professional association or society has been surrendered while under investigation as a result of the applicant’s practice in any other state. (Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2865; implementing K.S.A. 65-2833; effective May 7, 2021.)
Article 15.—LICENSE RENEWAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION
100-15-4. Continuing education standards; definitions. (a) “Continuing education” shall mean an activity designed to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of persons licensed to practice a branch of the healing arts. Each continuing education activity shall have significant intellectual or practical content, shall be relevant to the branch of the healing arts for which the practitioner is licensed, and shall meet at least one of the following content requirements:
(1) Have a direct bearing on patient care;
(2) have a direct bearing on the person’s ability to deliver patient care; or
(3) relate to the teaching, ethical, legal, or social responsibilities of a person licensed to practice the healing arts.
(b) “Category I” continuing education shall mean a continuing education activity that meets the requirements of subsection (a) and is presented by a person qualified by practical or academic experience, using any of the following methods:
(1) Lecture, which shall mean a discourse given before an audience for instruction;
(2) panel discussion, which shall mean the presentation of a number of views by several professional individuals on a given subject, with none of the views considered a final solution;
(3) workshop, which shall mean a series of meetings designed for intensive study, work, or discussion in a specific field of interest;
(4) seminar, which shall mean a directed advanced study or discussion in a specific field of interest;
(5) symposium, which shall mean a conference of more than a single session organized for the purpose of discussing a specific subject from various viewpoints and by various speakers; or
(6) any other structured, interactive, and formal learning method that the board deems to meet the requirements of subsection (a).
(c) “Category II” continuing education shall mean attendance at a lecture, panel discussion, workshop, seminar, symposium, college course, professional publication, in-service training, or professional activity that the board determines does not meet the requirements of category I, but that is in a health-related field indirectly related to healing arts skill and knowledge. Category II continuing education shall include the following:
(1) Clinical consultations with other healing arts practitioners that contribute to a practitioner’s education;
(2) participation in activities to review the quality of patient care;
(3) instructing healing arts and other health care practitioners;
(4) patient-centered discussions with other health care practitioners;
(5) participating in journal clubs;
(6) using searchable electronic databases in connection with patient care activities; and
(7) using self-instructional materials.
(d) “Category III” continuing education shall mean an internet or live continuing education activity that also meets the requirements of either a category I or category II continuing education activity and meets at least one of the following content requirements:
(1) Acute or chronic pain management;
(2) the appropriate prescribing of opioids; or
(3) the use of prescription drug monitoring programs.
(e) Credit for continuing education activities shall be awarded on the basis of one credit for each 50 minutes actually spent in attendance at a continuing education activity.
(f) Each instructor of a healing arts continuing education activity shall be awarded category I continuing education credit at the rate of one credit for each three hours of the instructor’s first-time preparation of the presentation of a category I continuing education activity.
(g) For successful completion of a postbaccalaureate program awarding a degree in an area related to the healing arts, 25 credits of category I continuing education shall be awarded. A copy of the transcript shall be maintained as proof of successful completion of the program.
(h) For successful completion of one year of postgraduate training, 50 credits of category I continuing education credit shall be awarded. (Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2809 and 65-2865; implementing K.S.A. 65-2809; effective July 22, 2005; amended May 7, 2021.)
100-15-5. Continuing education requirement. (a)(1) Each person who is licensed to practice a branch of the healing arts and who is required to submit proof of completion of continuing education as a condition to renewing a license shall certify, on a form provided with the license renewal application, one of the following:
(A) During the 18-month period immediately preceding the license expiration date, the person completed at least 50 credits of continuing education, of which at least one credit shall be in category III, at least 20 credits shall be in category I, and the remaining credits shall be in category II.
(B) During the 30-month period immediately preceding the license expiration date, the person completed at least 100 credits of continuing education, of which at least two credits shall be in category III, at least 40 credits shall be in category I, and the remaining credits shall be in category II.
(C) During the 42-month period immediately preceding the license expiration date, the person completed at least 150 credits of continuing education, of which at least three credits shall be in category III, at least 60 credits shall be in category I, and the remaining credits shall be in category II.
(2) The requirement specified in this subsection shall not apply to any person renewing a license for the first time.
(b) Each person who applies for conversion of an inactive or exempt license to a regular license or for reinstatement of a cancelled license and whose license has been inactive, exempt, or cancelled for a period of less than the two-year period immediately preceding the application for conversion shall certify, on a form provided with the conversion or reinstatement application, that the person completed at least 50 credits of continuing education, of which at least one credit shall be in category III, at least 20 credits shall be in category I, and the remaining credits shall be in category II.
(c) Any licensee may request that the board grant an extension of the time to complete the required continuing education if, during the 12-month period immediately preceding the license expiration date, the person experienced an undue hardship resulting from illness, injury, or other circumstance preventing the timely completion of continuing education. (Authorized by K.S.A. 65-2809 and K.S.A. 65-2865; implementing K.S.A. 65-2809; effective July 22, 2005; amended April 6, 2007; amended May 7, 2021.)
Tucker L. Poling
Executive Director
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