(a)It shall be the duty of the board to:
(1)Develop, impose and enforce standards that shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license as an adult care home administrator and that shall be designed to ensure that adult care home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as adult care home administrators;
(2)develop examinations and investigations for determining whether an individual meets such standards;
(3)issue licenses to individuals who meet such standards, and revoke or suspend licenses issued by the board or reprimand, censure or otherwise discipline a person holding any such license as provided under K.S.A. 65-3508, and Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
(a) It shall be the duty of the board to:
(1) Develop, impose and enforce standards that shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license as an adult care home administrator and that shall be designed to ensure that adult care home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who, by training or experience in the field of institutional administration, are qualified to serve as adult care home administrators;
(2) develop examinations and investigations for determining whether an individual meets such standards;
(3) issue licenses to individuals who meet such standards, and revoke or suspend licenses issued by the board or reprimand, censure or otherwise discipline a person holding any such license as provided under K.S.A. 65-3508, and amendments thereto;
(4) establish and carry out procedures designed to ensure that individuals licensed as adult care home administrators comply with the requirements of such standards; and
(5) receive, investigate and take appropriate action under K.S.A. 65-3505, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted by the board with respect to any charge or complaint filed with the board to the effect that any person licensed as an adult care home administrator may be subject to disciplinary action under K.S.A. 65-3505 and 65-3508, and amendments thereto.
(b) The board shall also have the power to make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary for the proper performance of its duties, and to have subpoenas issued pursuant to K.S.A. 60-245, and amendments thereto, in the board's exercise of its power and to take such other actions as may be necessary to enable the state to meet the requirements set forth in section 1908 of the social security act, the federal rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and other pertinent federal authority.
(c) The board shall fix by rules and regulations the licensure fee, temporary license fee, renewal fee, late renewal fee, reinstatement fee, reciprocity fee, sponsorship fee, wall or wallet card license replacement fee, duplicate wall license fee for any administrator serving as administrator in more than one facility and, if necessary, an examination fee under this act. Such fees shall be fixed in an amount to cover the costs of administering the provisions of the act. No fee shall be more than $200. The secretary for aging and disability services shall remit all moneys received from fees, charges or penalties under this act to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the health occupations credentialing fee fund created by K.S.A. 39-979, and amendments thereto.
(d) The board upon request shall receive from the Kansas bureau of investigation, without charge, such criminal history record information relating to criminal convictions as necessary for the purpose of determining initial and continuing qualifications of licensees of and applicants for licensure by the board in accordance with K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4715, and amendments thereto.
L. 1970, ch. 265, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 328, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 255, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 127; L. 1990, ch. 230, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 64, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 143, § 7; L. 1998, ch. 200, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 254; L. 2003, ch. 71, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 261; L. 2018, ch. 32, § 3; L. 2024, ch. 15, § 59; July 1.