65-2895. Institutional license; qualifications; rights and restrictions; term of license. (a) There is hereby created an institutional license that may be issued by the board to a person who:
(1) Is a graduate of an accredited school of medicine or osteopathic medicine or a school which the graduates have been licensed in another state or states that have standards similar to Kansas;
(2) has completed at least two years in a postgraduate training program in the United States approved by the board; and
(3) who is employed as provided in this section.
(b) Subject to the restrictions of this section, the institutional license shall confer upon the holder the right and privilege to practice medicine and surgery and shall obligate the holder to comply with all requirements of such license.
(c) The practice privileges of institutional license holders are restricted and shall be valid only during the period in which:
(1) The holder is employed by any institution within the Kansas department for aging and disability services, employed by any institution within the department of corrections or employed pursuant to a contract entered into by the Kansas department for aging and disability services or the department of corrections with a third party, and only within the institution to which the holder is assigned; and
(2) the holder has been employed for at least three years as described in subsection (c)(1) and is employed to provide mental health services in Kansas in the employ of a Kansas licensed community mental health center, or one of its contracted affiliates, or a federal, state, county or municipal agency, or other political subdivision, or a contractor of a federal, state, county or municipal agency, or other political subdivision, or a duly chartered educational institution, or a medical care facility licensed under K.S.A. 65-425 et seq., and amendments thereto, in a psychiatric hospital licensed under K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto, or a contractor of such educational institution, medical care facility or psychiatric hospital, and whose practice, in any such employment, is limited to providing mental health services, is a part of the duties of such licensee's paid position and is performed solely on behalf of the employer; or
(3) the holder was issued an institutional license prior to May 9, 1997, and is providing mental health services pursuant to a written protocol with a person who holds a Kansas license to practice medicine and surgery other than an institutional license.
(d) An institutional license shall be canceled on the date established by rules and regulations of the board that may provide for renewal throughout the year on a continuing basis. In each case in which an institutional license is renewed for a period of time of more or less than 12 months, the board may prorate the amount of the fee established under K.S.A. 65-2852, and amendments thereto. The request for renewal shall be on a form provided by the board and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee that shall be paid not later than the renewal date of the license. An institutional license may be renewed for an additional one-year period if the applicant for renewal meets the requirements under subsection (c), has submitted an application for renewal on a form provided by the board, has paid the renewal fee established by rules and regulations of the board of not to exceed $500 and has submitted evidence of satisfactory completion of a program of continuing education required by the board. In addition, an applicant for renewal who is employed as described in subsection (c)(1) shall submit with the application for renewal a recommendation that the institutional license be renewed signed by the superintendent of the institution to which the institutional license holder is assigned.
(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person who was issued an institutional license prior to the effective date of this section from having the institutional license reinstated by the board if the person meets the requirements for an institutional license described in subsection (a).
(f) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.
History: L. 1969, ch. 299, § 20; L. 1976, ch. 273, § 38; L. 1985, ch. 216, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 239, § 5; L. 1987, ch. 240, § 11; L. 1988, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 196, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 142, § 10; L. 2000, ch. 141, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 55, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 260; L. 2014, ch. 131, § 36; L. 2015, ch. 46, § 7; L. 2017, ch. 33, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
65-2803 Prerequisite to practice a profession regulated by the board; exceptions; penalties.
65-2804 Attainment of legal age required prior to receiving permanent license.
65-2806 Form and type of license.
65-2807 License presumptive evidence of right to practice.
65-2811 Issuance of temporary permits; postgraduate permits.
65-2812 State board of healing arts; membership; appointment.
65-2813 State board of healing arts; qualifications of members.
65-2814 Same; terms of members; vacancies.
65-2817 Same; removal from office by governor, when.
65-2819 Same; seal; rules; oath; meetings.
65-2823 Same; compensation and expenses of members.
65-2824 Application for examination, contests; fees; documents and affidavits.
65-2825 Accredited schools; list.
65-2826 Where and when examinations held.
65-2827 List of eligible applicants prior to examinations.
65-2828 Rules and regulations designating examinations and passing grade; reexamination.
65-2831 Issuance of license; record.
65-2832 Preservation of examination results; availability.
65-2833 Endorsement licenses; requirements; rules and regulations.
65-2835 Certificate of standing; application; fee.
65-2838a Non-disciplinary resolution; procedure.
65-2840c Review committees; establishment; composition; expenses.
65-2846 Costs of proceedings; assessment of costs incurred.
65-2847 Same; costs due state; uncollectible, paid by board.
65-2849 Hearing of cause in district court; precedence.
65-2850 Same; appeal bond of licensee.
65-2851a Administrative proceedings; procedure, review and civil enforcement.
65-2852 Fees; collection by board.
65-2855 Fees; disposition of; healing arts fee fund.
65-2857 Injunction and quo warranto for unlawful practice of the healing arts.
65-2858 Same; authority conferred by 65-2857 additional to authority to prosecute criminally.
65-2859 Filing false documents with board; forgery; penalty.
65-2860 False impersonation; fraud; penalty.
65-2861 False swearing; penalty.
65-2862 Penalties for violations of act; second conviction.
65-2863a Administrative fines.
65-2864 Enforcement of act; investigations; evidence.
65-2865 Rules and regulations; filing.
65-2867 Certain acts prohibited; exceptions; penalties.
65-2869 Persons deemed engaged in practice of medicine and surgery.
65-2870 Persons deemed engaged in practice of osteopathy.
65-2871 Persons deemed engaged in practice of chiropractic.
65-2872 Persons not engaged in the practice of the healing arts.
65-2872b Same; administration of epinephrine; limitation of liability.
65-2873a Board authorized to grant license in particular circumstances; exceptions; requirements.
65-2873b Resident active license; requirements.
65-2875 Accredited schools of osteopathic medicine defined.
65-2876 Accredited school or college of chiropractic, defined.
65-2880 Pending actions; vested rights saved.
65-2881 Current licenses continued; renewal.
65-2885 Use of title by licensee.
65-2886 Licensee to comply with public health laws and regulations.
65-2887 Assisting unlicensed persons to practice optometry not authorized; exceptions.
65-2890 Name of act; citation.
65-2890a Provisions of act applicable to any regulated profession.
65-2891 Emergency care by healthcare providers; liability; standards of care applicable.
65-2891b Emergency care by non-health care providers; liability, standards of care applicable.
65-2892 Examination and treatment of persons under 18 for venereal disease; liability.
65-2892a Examination and treatment of minors for drug abuse, misuse or addiction; liability.
65-2893 Autopsies; performance of; authorization.
65-2895 Institutional license; qualifications; rights and restrictions; term of license.
65-2898a Confidentiality of complaints and reports relating thereto; disclosure, when.
65-28,104 Same; revocation of declaration.
65-28,108 Same; construction and effect of act.
65-28,121 Reports by hospitals and others; administrative fines for failure to report.
65-28,123 Temporary education license; issuance; qualifications; conditions; fee.
65-28,126 Changes in licensee's mailing and practice addresses; notice to board; penalties.
65-28,129 State board of healing arts; fingerprinting and criminal history.
65-28,130 Same; graduated sanctions; reference guide.
65-28,131 Same; website; licensee information.