74-7023. Examinations, time, place, scope, method of procedure; license, issuance, contents, evidence; seal, purchase and use, conditions. (a) All examinations required by K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall be held at such time and place as the board determines. The scope of the examinations, methods of procedure and eligibility to take examinations, including reexaminations, shall be prescribed by the board.
(b) The board, after receiving satisfactory evidence of the qualifications of an applicant and after satisfactory examination of the applicant, shall issue a license authorizing the applicant to practice the technical profession for which the applicant is qualified and to use the title appropriate to such technical profession.
(c) Each license shall show the full name of the licensee, shall have a serial number and shall be signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the board under seal of the board. The issuance of a license by the board shall be prima facie evidence that the person named on the license is legally licensed and is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed practitioner of the technical profession for which the licensee is licensed while the license remains unrevoked and unexpired.
(d) Each licensee shall obtain a seal of a distinctive design authorized by the board, bearing the licensee's name and number and a uniform inscription formulated by the board. Documents signed by the licensee in the licensee's professional capacity shall be stamped with the seal during the duration of the license, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp any document with the seal after the license has expired or has been revoked, unless the license has been renewed or reissued. No person shall tamper with or revise the seal without express written approval by the board.
History: L. 1978, ch. 326, § 15; L. 1992, ch. 240, § 16; L. 2009, ch. 94, § 7; L. 2014, ch. 88, § 17; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities
Article 70 - State Board Of Technical Professions
74-7001 Technical professions; unlawful practice; representation and use of title.
74-7004 State board of technical professions; purpose; membership; appointment; vacancies.
74-7005 Qualifications of members.
74-7006 Terms of members; vacancies; removal from office.
74-7007 Same; organization; election of officers; seal; rules; oath; meetings; quorum.
74-7009 Fees; disposition; technical professions fee fund; expenditures.
74-7010 Roster; maintenance and filing; copies, availability, fees.
74-7013 Powers and duties of board.
74-7016 Records of board; register; records as evidence.
74-7017 Examination requirement.
74-7018 Applications for license; fee; time.
74-7019 Architects; qualifications for licensure.
74-7020 Landscape architects; qualifications for licensure.
74-7021 Professional engineers; qualifications for licensure; intern engineer certificate.
74-7022 Professional surveyors; qualifications for licensure; intern land surveyor certificate.
74-7027 Authority of board at hearings; witnesses, compulsory attendance.
74-7029 Unlawful acts; prosecution; assistance of attorney general and district or county attorney.
74-7030 Civil enforcement of act.
74-7031 Architecture; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification; definitions.
74-7032 Landscape architecture; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7033 Engineering; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7034 Land surveying; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.
74-7035 Act not applicable to certain practices and persons.
74-7040 Rights and privileges of licensees saved.
74-7041a Professional geologists, minimum qualifications; licensure; intern geologists.
74-7042a Geology; exemptions from requirements for licensure or certification.