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Publications iconKansas Administrative Regulations

Agency 102

Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

Article 2.—Licensing of Social Workers

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102-2-3. Fees. (a) Each applicant for a new social work license shall pay the appropriate application fee as follows:
(1) Licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW): $50;
(2) licensed master social worker (LMSW): $50;
(3) licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW): $50;
(4) community-based social work license: $50;
(5) temporary candidacy baccalaureate social work license: $50;
(6) temporary candidacy baccalaureate social work license extension: $50;
(7) temporary candidacy master social work license: $50;
(8) temporary candidacy master social work license extension: $50;
(9) temporary license fee: $50;
(10) temporary permit for an out-of-state licensed independent clinical social worker: $200; and
(11) temporary permit for an out-of-state licensed independent clinical social worker extension: $200.
(b) Each applicant for an expedited application shall pay $100, in addition to the application fee of $50.
(c) Each applicant for a new social work license shall pay the appropriate original license fee as follows:
(1) Licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW): $100;
(2) licensed master social worker (LMSW): $150; and
(3) licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW): $150.
(d) Each applicant for license renewal shall pay the applicable fee as follows:
(1) Licensed associate social worker (LASW): $50;
(2) licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW): $50;
(3) licensed master social worker (LMSW): $75; and
(4) licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW): $100.
(e) Each applicant for a reinstatement temporary license shall pay the applicable fee as follows:
(1) Licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW): $50;
(2) licensed master social worker (LMSW): $50; and
(3) licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW): $50.
(f) Each applicant for license reinstatement after the date of the license's expiration, if the license has been expired less than one-year, shall pay, in addition to the renewal fee, the applicable penalty fee as follows:
(1) Licensed associate social worker (LASW): $50;
(2) licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW): $50;
(3) licensed master social worker (LMSW): $75; and
(4) licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW): $100.
(g) Each applicant for a license renewal after the license's expiration date, if the license has been expired for one-year or more, shall pay the renewal fee listed in subsection (d).
(h) The fee for a replacement license shall be $20, and the fee for a replacement wallet card license shall be $2.
(i) Each provider of continuing education programs shall pay the applicable fee as follows:
(1) One-year, provisional approved provider application fee: $100;
(2) three-year approved provider renewal fee: $250; and
(3) single-program provider fee: $50.
(j) Fees paid to the board shall not be refundable. (Authorized by 2023 Sub for SB 131, sec. 2, K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-6309a, K.S.A. 65-6314, as amended by 2023 Sub for SB 131, sec. 13, and K.S.A. 74-7507; implementing 2023 Sub for SB 131, sec. 2, K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-6309a, K.S.A. 65-6313, as amended by 2023 Sub for SB 131, sec. 12, and K.S.A. 65-6314, as amended by 2023 Sub for SB 131, sec. 13; effective May 1, 1982; amended, T-86-20, July 1, 1985; amended May 1, 1986; amended, T-87-10, July 1, 1986; amended May 1, 1987; amended, T-102-10-17-89, Oct. 17, 1989; amended, T-102-11-29-90, Nov. 29, 1990; amended Jan. 21, 1991; amended June 12, 1995; amended Aug. 4, 1995; amended Aug. 4, 2000; amended March 8, 2002; amended July 1, 2005; amended, T-102-7-2-07, July 2, 2007; amended Nov. 30, 2007; amended April 2, 2010; amended March 8, 2019; amended, T-102-7-17-23, July 17, 2023; amended Nov. 17, 2023.)
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