Session of 2000
SENATE BILL No. 396
By Senator Salmans
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9 AN ACT
concerning professions regulated by the behavioral sciences
10 regulatory board;
relating to disclosure; amending section 4 of chapter
11 117 of the 1999
Session Laws of Kansas, section 17 of chapter 117 of
12 the 1999 Session Laws
of Kansas, section 26 of chapter 117 of the 1999
13 Session Laws of Kansas
and section 31 of chapter 117 of the 1999
14 Session Laws of Kansas
and repealing the existing sections.
15
16 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
17 Section
1. Section 4 of chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kan-
18 sas is hereby amended to read as follows: A
licensee under the profes-
19 sional counselors licensure act, at the
beginning of a client-therapist re-
20 lationship, shall inform the client of the
level of such licensee's training
21 and the title or titles and license or
licenses of such licensee. As a part of
22 such obligation, such licensee shall
disclose whether such licensee has a
23 master's degree or a doctoral degree. If
such licensee has a doctoral de-
24 gree, such licensee shall disclose whether
or not such doctoral degree is
25 a doctor of medicine degree or some other
doctoral degree. If such li-
26 censee does not have a medical doctor's
degree, such licensee shall dis-
27 close that the licensee is not authorized
to practice medicine and surgery
28 and is not authorized to prescribe drugs.
As a part of such disclosure,
29 such licensee shall advise the
client that certain mental disorders can have
30 medical or biological origins, and
that the client should consult with a
31 physician. Documentation
of such disclosures to a client shall be made in
32 the client's record.
33 Sec.
2. Section 17 of chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kansas
34 is hereby amended to read as follows: A
licensee, under the provisions of
35 article 63 of chapter 65 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, at the beginning
36 of a client-therapist relationship, shall
inform the client of the level of
37 such licensee's training and the title or
titles and license or licenses of
38 such licensee. As a part of such
obligation, such licensee shall disclose
39 whether such licensee has a master's degree
or a doctoral degree. If such
40 licensee has a doctoral degree, such
licensee shall disclose whether or not
41 such doctoral degree is a doctor of
medicine degree or some other doc-
42 toral degree. If such licensee does not
have a medical doctor's degree,
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1 such licensee shall disclose that the
licensee is not authorized to practice
2 medicine and surgery and is not
authorized to prescribe drugs. As a part
3 of such disclosure, such
licensee shall advise the client that certain mental
4 disorders can have medical or
biological origins, and that the client should
5 consult with a
physician. Documentation of such disclosures to a
client
6 shall be made in the client's
record.
7 Sec.
3. Section 26 of chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kansas
8 is hereby amended to read as follows:
A licensee under the licensure of
9 psychologists act of the state of
Kansas, at the beginning of a client-ther-
10 apist relationship, shall inform the client
of the level of such licensee's
11 training and the title or titles and
license or licenses of such licensee. As
12 a part of such obligation, such licensee
shall disclose whether such li-
13 censee has a master's degree or a doctoral
degree. If such licensee has a
14 doctoral degree, such licensee shall
disclose whether or not such doctoral
15 degree is a doctor of medicine degree or
some other doctoral degree. If
16 such licensee does not have a medical
doctor's degree, such licensee shall
17 disclose that the licensee is not
authorized to practice medicine and sur-
18 gery and is not authorized to prescribe
drugs. As a part of such disclosure,
19 such licensee shall advise the
client that certain mental disorders can have
20 medical or biological origins, and
that the client should consult with a
21 physician. Documentation
of such disclosures to a client shall be made in
22 the client's record.
23 Sec.
4. Section 31 of chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kansas
24 are hereby amended to read as follows: A
licensee under K.S.A. 74-5361
25 et seq. and amendments thereto, at
the beginning of a client-therapist
26 relationship, shall inform the client of
the level of such licensee's training
27 and the title or titles and license or
licenses of such licensee. As a part of
28 such obligation, such licensee shall
disclose whether such licensee has a
29 masters degree or a doctoral degree. If
such licensee has a doctoral de-
30 gree, such licensee shall disclose whether
or not such doctoral degree is
31 a doctor of medicine degree or some other
doctoral degree. If such li-
32 censee does not have a medical doctor's
degree, such licensee shall dis-
33 close that the licensee is not authorized
to practice medicine and surgery
34 and is not authorized to prescribe drugs.
As a part of such disclosure,
35 such licensee shall advise the
client that certain mental disorders can have
36 medical or biological origins, and
that the client should consult with a
37 physician. Documentation
of such disclosures to a client shall be made in
38 the client's record.
39 Sec. 5. Section 4 of chapter 117
of the 1999 Session Laws of Kansas,
40 section 17 of chapter 117 of the 1999
Session Laws of Kansas, section 26
41 of chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kansas, and chapter 31 of
42 chapter 117 of the 1999 Session Laws of
Kansas hereby repealed.
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1 Sec. 6. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
2 publication in the statute book.