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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 42 - Issue 6 - February 9, 2023

State of Kansas

Board of Healing Arts

Notice of Hearing on Proposed Administrative Regulation

A public hearing will be conducted at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, April 13, 2023, in the board room at the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, 800 SW Jackson, Lower Level – Suite A, Topeka, Kansas, to consider a proposed amended regulation related to the expiration date for a resident active license.

This 60-day notice of the public hearing shall constitute a public comment period for the purpose of receiving written public comments on the amended regulation. All interested parties may submit comments prior to the hearing to Courtney Cyzman, General Counsel, at the Board of Healing Arts at the address above or via email to KSBHA_HealingArts@ks.gov. All interested parties will be given a reasonable opportunity to present their views, orally or in writing, concerning the proposed amended regulation during the public hearing. In order to provide all parties with an opportunity to present their views, it may be necessary to request each participant limit any oral presentations to five minutes.

Copies of the proposed amended regulation and the Economic Impact Statement for the proposed amended regulation may be obtained from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, 800 SW Jackson, Lower Level – Suite A, Topeka, KS 66612, on the agency website at http://www.ksbha.org/publicinformation/publicinformation.shtml, by contacting LeeAnn Hunter-Roach at 785-296-4502, or by emailing the agency at KSBHA_HealingArts@ks.gov.

Any individual with a disability may request accommodation in order to participate in the public hearing and may request the proposed amended regulation being considered and the economic impact statement in an accessible format. Requests for accommodation to participate in the hearing should be made at least five working days in advance of the hearing by contacting Sheila Rice at 785-296-8558 or at Sheila.Rice@ks.gov. Individuals with hearing and/or speech disabilities may contact the Kansas Relay Center at 800-766-3777 for communication accommodations. Handicapped parking is located on 8th Street and in the building’s parking garage. From the street, both the west entrance to the building on Jackson Street and the north entrance on 8th Street are accessible.

A summary of the proposed amended regulation and the economic impact follows:

K.A.R. 100-15-1. Expiration dates.

The proposed amendment sets the expiration date for a resident active license. The remaining portions of the regulation remain unchanged and set the expiration date for licenses to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine, and chiropractic.

The agency does not employ an economist. In the lay opinion of agency staff, those who hold a resident active license will be directly affected by the expiration, although with no economic impact unless they renew and pay the applicable renewal fee. Every expiration cycle there is a percentage of licensees who choose not to renew their license for a variety of reasons. In the event a licensee chooses to renew their license the applicable licensure fees under a separate regulation, K.A.R. 100-11-1, will apply.

The Board of Healing Arts is comprised of medical practitioners and members of the public. The proposed amendment was discussed and gained initial approval at an open Board meeting of which members of the public can attend. Further, the agency is in communication with the relevant professional organizations in Kansas and intends to comply with all public hearing requirements involved in the promulgation process.

Susan Gile
Executive Director
Board of Healing Arts

Doc. No. 050870