Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 60 - KANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Article 12 - CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS
Section 60-12-106 - License renewal

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 60-12-106

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Each licensee shall submit a renewal application and the renewal fee specified in K.A.R. 60-8-101 no later than December 31 in each even-numbered year.

(b) Any licensed mental health technician may be required to submit proof of completion of 30 contact hours during the most recent prior licensing period. Contact hours accumulated in excess of the 30-hour requirement shall not be carried over to the next license renewal period. This proof of completion shall be documented as follows:

(1)
(A) Name of the continuing mental health technician education (CMHTE) offering or college course;

(B) provider name or name of the accrediting organization;

(C) provider number or number of the accrediting organization, if applicable;

(D) offering date; and

(E) number of contact hours; or

(2) approved IOA.

(c) Any individual attending an offering not previously approved by the board may submit an application for an individual offering approval (IOA). Credit may be given for offerings that the licensee demonstrates to be relevant to the licensee's practice of mental health technology. Each separate offering shall be approved before the licensee submits the license renewal application.

(d) Approval shall not be granted for identical offerings completed within a license renewal period.

(e) Any licensed mental health technician may acquire 30 contact hours of CMHTE from independent study, as defined in K.S.A. 65-4202 and amendments thereto.

(f) Any licensed mental health technician may accumulate 15 contact hours of the required CMHTE from instructor credit. Each presenter shall receive instructor credit only once for preparation and presentation of each course. The provider shall issue a certificate listing the number of contact hours earned and clearly identifying the hours as instructor credit.

(g) Fractions of hours may be accepted for offerings over 30 minutes to be computed towards a contact hour.

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