74-7511. Fingerprinting of applicants to practice profession regulated by board; procedure; collection and disposition of fees. (a) As part of an original application for or reinstatement of any license, registration, permit or certificate or in connection with any investigation of any holder of a license, registration, permit or certificate, the behavioral sciences regulatory board may require a person to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check. The fingerprints shall be used to identify the person and to determine whether the person has a record of criminal history in this state or another jurisdiction. The behavioral sciences regulatory board is authorized to submit the fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a state and national criminal history record check. The behavioral sciences regulatory board may use the information obtained from fingerprinting and the criminal history for purposes of verifying the identification of the person and in the official determination of the qualifications and fitness of the person to be issued or to maintain a license, registration, permit or certificate.

(b) Local and state law enforcement officers and agencies shall assist the behavioral sciences regulatory board in the taking and processing of fingerprints of applicants for and holders of any license, registration, permit or certificate and shall release all records of adult convictions and nonconvictions and adult convictions or adjudications of another state or country to the behavioral sciences regulatory board.

(c) The behavioral sciences regulatory board may fix and collect a fee as may be required by the board in an amount equal to the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check. Any moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the behavioral sciences regulatory board fee fund. The behavioral sciences regulatory board shall remit all moneys received by or for it from fees, charges or penalties 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 behavioral sciences regulatory board fee fund.

History: L. 2016, ch. 92, § 34; July 1.