65-6323. Provisional licensure as social worker; remedial requirements prescribed by board; professional title. (a) If, in evaluating any applicant for licensure as a social worker, the board finds that the applicant is deficient in the qualifications or in the quality of the applicant's educational experience required by K.S.A. 65-6306, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-6322, and amendments thereto, as applicable, or by rules and regulations adopted by the board, the board may require the applicant to fulfill remedial or other requirements, as the board may prescribe.
(b) A person who is completing requirements prescribed by the board under subsection (a) may apply to the board for provisional licensure as a social worker on a form and in a manner prescribed by the board. The board may issue a provisional license to practice social work. A provisional license shall expire upon the earlier of the date that the board issues or denies a license to practice social work or 12 months after the date of issuance of the provisional license. No provisional license shall be renewed, and no provisional license shall be issued again, upon any subsequent application for the same license level.
(c) A person practicing social work with a provisional license may not use the title "licensed baccalaureate social worker," "licensed master's social worker" or "licensed specialist clinical social worker" or the initials "LBSW," "LMSW" or "LSCSW," independently. The word "licensed" may be used by such person only when preceded by the word "provisional."
(d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the social workers licensure act.
History: L. 2019, ch. 55, ยง 5; May 9.
Structure Kansas Statutes
65-6303 Prohibited acts; penalty.
65-6307 Use of title by licensee; designation thereof by board; penalty for violation.
65-6308 Limitations on private practice of social work; penalties.
65-6309 Exemption from examination; temporary licensure; professional title.
65-6309a Temporary permit to practice; requirements; fees; expiration, extension.
65-6310 Unlawful acts; penalties.
65-6315 Confidential information and communications; exceptions.
65-6317 Renewal of social work associate licenses; revocation or suspension.
65-6319 Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders by certain licensed social workers authorized.
65-6320 Disclosure to client at beginning of client-therapist relationship; documentation.
65-6321 Social workers licensure act; citation.
65-6322 Licensure of social worker licensed in another jurisdiction.