75-7b07. License renewal; license not assignable; continuing education. (a) Except as provided by this section, any license issued under this act shall expire on December 31 of the year of its issuance and may be renewed every two years thereafter. On and after July 1, 2004, any license issued under this act shall expire two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed every two years thereafter. Renewal of any such license shall be made in the manner prescribed for obtaining an original license, including payment of the appropriate fee required by K.S.A. 75-7b05, and amendments thereto, except that:

(1) The signing of the application by five or more citizens as required by K.S.A. 75-7b04, and amendments thereto, shall not be required if such application for renewal is verified and acknowledged by the applicant before an officer authorized to administer oaths;

(2) the application for renewal shall provide the information required of original applicants if the information shown on the original application or any renewal thereof on file with the attorney general is no longer accurate;

(3) a new photograph shall be submitted with the application for renewal only if the photograph on file with the attorney general has been on file more than two years;

(4) the application for renewal shall be accompanied by proof, satisfactory to the attorney general, that the applicant has complied with the continuing education requirement of subsection (b); and

(5) additional information may be required by rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general.

(b) An individual licensee, as a condition of license renewal, shall be required to attend not less than eight hours of continuing education programs approved by the attorney general. The attorney general shall adopt rules and regulations establishing requirements for such programs. In establishing such requirements the attorney general may consider existing programs of continuing education being offered by professional associations of private detectives, private detective agencies or private patrol operators. The attorney general may enter into contracts for the administration of the provisions of this subsection.

(c) A license issued under this act shall not be assignable.

History: L. 1972, ch. 315, § 7; L. 1973, ch. 336, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 326, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 183, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 139, § 2; July 1.