74-7035. Act not applicable to certain practices and persons. The provisions of K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not apply to:
(a) The work of an employee, consultant or a subordinate of a person holding a license under K.S.A. 74-7001 et seq., and amendments thereto, if such work does not include final designs or decisions, responsible charge of design and is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a person practicing lawfully a technical profession;
(b) the work of any person who is exclusively and regularly employed by a single employer, provided, such employer is not an engineering, architectural, surveying, landscape architectural or geology firm, and is not primarily engaged in the business of conveying an interest in real property, and also provided, such work is performed under an employer-employee relationship, and making surveys of land and determinations of physical property rights is performed solely in connection with the affairs of such employer or its subsidiaries and affiliates and solely for the uses, purposes and benefit of such employer, subsidiaries and affiliates;
(c) a plumbing contractor, master plumber or journeyman plumber licensed under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1508 et seq., and amendments thereto, while performing the work such plumber is authorized to perform pursuant to such license; or
(d) an electrical contractor, master electrician, journeyman electrician or residential electrician licensed under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1525 et seq., and amendments thereto, while performing the work such electrician is authorized to perform pursuant to such license.
(e) For purposes of this act, public officers and employees who, within the scope of their employment and in the discharge of their public duties, provide information pertinent to or review the sufficiency of technical submissions, or who inspect property or buildings for compliance with requirements safeguarding life, health or property, are not engaged in the practice of the technical professions.
History: L. 1978, ch. 326, § 27; L. 1992, ch. 240, § 24; L. 1997, ch. 158, § 14; L. 1999, ch. 135, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 88, § 27; 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.