(a) "Adult care home" means nursing facility, nursing facilities for mental health, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, assisted living facility licensed for more than 60 residents and residential health care facility licensed for more than 60 residents as defined by K.S.A. 39-923 and amendments thereto or by the rules and regulations of the licensing agency adopted pursuant to such section for which a license is required under article 9 of chapter 39 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, except that the term "adult care home" shall not include a facility that is operated exclusively for the care and treatment of the mentally retarded and is licensed for 16 or fewer beds.
(b) "Board" means the board of adult care home administrators established by K.S.A. 65-3506 and amendments thereto.
(c) "Administrator" means the individual directly responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation of an adult care home.
(d) "Person" means an individual and does not include the term firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution, public body, joint stock association or any group of individuals.
(e) "Sponsor" means entities approved by the board to provide continuing education programs or courses on an ongoing basis under this act and in accordance with any rules and regulations promulgated by the board in accordance with this act.
History: L. 1970, ch. 265, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 328, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 203, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 322, § 12; L. 1995, ch. 143, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 200, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1970, ch. 265, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 328, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 278, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 64, § 1; July 1.
(1) Develop, impose and enforce standards which shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license as an adult care home administrator, which standards 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 of health and environment 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 state general fund.
(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.
History: 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; July 1.
(b) Nothing in the provisions of article 35 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or supplemental thereto or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall prohibit a candidate for licensure as an adult care home administrator who is a member of a recognized church or religious denomination whose religious teachings prohibit the acquisition of formal education which would qualify such candidate for examination as required by the board under subsection (a) from being admitted to examination under subsection (a) so long as such candidate otherwise meets the qualifications for admission to examination under subsection (a). A candidate for licensure as an adult care home administrator who qualifies to take the examination for licensure under this subsection (b), who passes the examination and who is licensed as an adult care home administrator shall engage in the practice of adult care home administration only in an adult care home which is owned and operated by such recognized church or religious denomination.
History: L. 1970, ch. 265, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 328, § 5; L. 1981, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 230, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 64, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 71, § 2; July 1.
(b) Upon making an application for a renewal of license, such individual shall pay a renewal fee to be fixed by rules and regulations and shall submit evidence satisfactory to the board that during the period immediately preceding application for renewal the applicant has attended a program or course of study as provided by the rules and regulations of the board. Any individual who submits an application for a renewal of license within 30 days after the date of expiration shall also pay a late renewal fee fixed by rules and regulations. Any individual who submits an application for a renewal of license after the thirty-day period following the date of expiration shall be considered as having a license that has lapsed for failure to renew and shall be reissued a license only after the individual has been reinstated under subsection (d).
(c) Upon receipt of such application for renewal of license, the renewal fee and the evidence required, the board shall issue a license to such administrator.
(d) An administrator who has been duly licensed in this state, whose license has not been revoked or suspended, and whose license has expired because of temporary abandonment of the practice of nursing home administration, or has moved from the state, or for such other reason, may be licensed within the state upon complying with the provisions of this section for renewal of license, filing with the board an application, and submission of a renewal fee and reinstatement fee fixed by rules and regulations.
(e) The board may grant a license to any person who, at the time of application, is licensed as an adult care home administrator in another jurisdiction if the board determines:
(1) That the requirements of such jurisdiction for such licensure are substantially the equivalent of the requirements of this state; or that the applicant demonstrates on forms provided by the board continuous licensure as an adult care home administrator during the five years immediately preceding the application with at least the minimum professional experience during that time as established by rules and regulations of the board;
(2) that the candidate has not had disciplinary actions of a serious nature brought by a licensing board or agency; and
(3) that the applicant for a license under this subsection pays a reciprocity application fee and a reciprocity license fee established by the board by rules and regulations, neither of which shall exceed $200.
(f) The expiration date of each license issued or renewed shall be established by rules and regulations of the board. Subject to the provisions of this subsection each license shall be renewable on a biennial basis upon the filing of a renewal application prior to the expiration date of the license and upon payment of the renewal fee established pursuant to rules and regulations of the board. To provide for a system of biennial renewal of licenses the board may provide by rules and regulations that licenses issued or renewed for the first time after the effective date of this act may expire less than two years from the date of issuance or renewal. In each case in which a license is issued or renewed for a period of time less than two years, the board shall prorate to the nearest whole month the license or renewal fee established pursuant to rules and regulations. No proration shall be made under this subsection (f) on delinquent license renewals or on temporary licenses.
History: L. 1970, ch. 265, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 328, § 6; L. 1978, ch. 255, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 64, § 4; L. 2007, ch. 177, § 26; May 17.
(b) The board of adult care home administrators shall be composed of seven members appointed by the governor, two of whom are representatives of professions and institutions concerned with the care and treatment of chronically ill or infirm elderly patients, two consumer representatives who have no current or previous involvement in the financial affairs or as a member of the governing body of any adult care home or any association directly concerned with the regulation or licensure of adult care homes in the state, and three adult care home administrators who, at the time of their appointment, are licensed by the state and who have been actively engaged for the three years immediately preceding appointment and who are currently actively engaged in the administration of adult care homes within the state. No more than three members of the board may be licensed administrators. Members of the board, other than the licensed administrators, shall have no direct financial interest in adult care homes. Members of the board shall serve on the board for terms of two years or until otherwise disqualified from serving on the board. The provisions of this act or the act of which this section is amendatory shall not affect the office of any member of the board of adult care home administrators appointed prior to the effective date of this act. All members of the board appointed after the effective date of this act shall be appointed by the governor. As positions become vacant on the board, appointments shall be made in a manner so as to comply with the provisions of this section.
(c) Members of the board of adult care home administrators shall meet at such times as may be appropriate but in no case less than once each four months. The chairperson of the board shall be elected annually from among the members of the board. All final orders shall be in writing and shall be issued in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) Members of the board who attend meetings of such board, or attend a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1975, ch. 328, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 194, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 352, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 197, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 71, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 157, § 1; July 1.
(b) Whenever the secretary of health and environment or the department of health and environment, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a contract or other document executed pursuant to the powers, duties and functions granted to the secretary of health and environment by K.S.A. 65-3501 to 65-3505, inclusive, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the board of adult care home administrators established by K.S.A. 65-3506.
(c) All rules and regulations and all orders or directives of the secretary of health and environment adopted in administering the powers, duties and functions granted to such secretary by K.S.A. 65-3501 to 65-3505, inclusive, and in existence on the effective date of this act shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules and regulations and orders or directives of the board of adult care home administrators created by K.S.A. 65-3506, until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.
History: L. 1975, ch. 328, § 7; April 18.
(a) Failed to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-3505 and amendments thereto and continued to act as an adult care home administrator;
(b) substantially failed to conform to the requirements of the standards adopted under K.S.A. 65-3503 and amendments thereto;
(c) willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of the law or rules and regulations of the licensing agency under the provisions of article 9 of chapter 39 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;
(d) been convicted of a crime found by the board to have a direct bearing on whether such person should be entrusted to serve the public in the capacity of an adult care home administrator;
(e) failed to provide overall management of nutrition, medications and treatments of residents, including the use of restraints, in accordance with acceptable medical practices;
(f) been convicted of the violation of any state or federal drug or narcotic law or any provision of the state or federal controlled substances act or habitually overindulged in alcohol or habitually misused controlled substances;
(g) been involved in aiding, abetting, sanctioning or condoning any violation of the law or rules and regulations under article 9 of chapter 39 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated;
(h) engaged in the practice of adult care home administration in violation of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-3502 and amendments thereto;
(i) misrepresented or omitted a material fact on an application for licensure or in any other communication with the board;
(j) had disciplinary action taken against an adult care home administrator's license issued by another state or jurisdiction; or
(k) had disciplinary action taken against such adult care home administrator on a professional or occupational health care license, mental health care license or social worker license issued by this state or by another state or jurisdiction.
History: L. 1978, ch. 255, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 128; L. 1990, ch. 230, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 71, § 4; L. 2006, ch. 157, § 2; July 1.