Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Any program
designed to allow a participant to learn a given subject through interaction
with an instructor and other participants either in a classroom or conference
setting or by self-study may be approved for continuing education credit if the
program meets the following conditions:
(1)
The program is a formal program of learning that requires attendance and meets
either of the following requirements:
(A)
Maintains or improves the professional competence of the applicant in providing
detective business services; or
(B) maintains or improves the applicant's
ability to operate and manage a detective business.
(2) An outline of the program is prepared in
advance and provided to the applicant.
(3) The program is at least 50 minutes in
length.
(4) The program is
conducted by a person qualified in the subject area.
(5) A record of registration and attendance
is retained.
(b) The
following types of programs shall qualify as acceptable continuing education if
they meet the requirements of subsection (a):
(1) Programs offered by the Kansas
association of licensed investigators, the Kansas association of private
investigators, or any other state or national organization or association of
private detectives or investigators;
(2) programs offered by any individual,
organization, association, or commission that provides education or training in
the subjects identified in paragraph (a)(1)(A) or (B);
(3) university or college credit courses.
Each semester hour of credit shall equal 15 hours of continuing education
credit. Each quarter hour of credit shall equal 10 hours of continuing
education credit; and
(4)
university or college noncredit courses. These courses shall qualify for
continuing professional education credit that equals the number of actual, full
50-minute class hours attended.
(c) Any individual self-study program that
allows a participant to learn a particular subject without the major
involvement of an instructor may be eligible for continuing education credit if
all of the following conditions are met:
(1)
(A) The program is offered by the Kansas
association of licensed investigators, the Kansas association of private
investigators, or any other state or national organization or association of
private detectives or investigators; or
(B) the program is offered by any individual,
organization, association, or commission that provides education or training in
the subjects identified in paragraph (a)(1)(A) or (B).
(2) The program requires registration.
(3) The program includes a final
examination.
(4) The participant
scores at least 70 percent on the final examination.
(5) The participant provides a certificate of
satisfactory completion.
(d) The amount of credit for self-study
programs shall be determined as follows:
(1)
Self-study programs may be approved for one hour of continuing education credit
for each 50 minutes of participation and one-half hour for each 25-minute
period of participation.
(2) The
amount of credit shall not exceed the number of recommended hours assigned by
the program sponsor.
(e) The training required by K.A.R. 16-6-1
shall not qualify as acceptable continuing professional education.
