Statute 65-6320: Disclosure to client at beginning of
client-therapist relationship; documentation.
A licensee, under the provisions of article 63 of chapter 65
of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, at the beginning of a client-therapist
relationship, shall inform
the client of the level of such licensee's training and the title or titles and
license or licenses of such licensee. As a part of such obligation, such
licensee shall disclose whether such licensee has a master's degree or a
doctoral degree. If such licensee has a doctoral degree, such licensee shall
disclose whether or not such doctoral degree is a doctor of medicine degree or
some other doctoral degree. If such licensee does not have a medical doctor's
degree, such licensee shall disclose that the licensee is not
authorized to practice medicine and surgery and is not authorized to prescribe
drugs. As a part of such disclosure, such licensee shall advise the client
that certain mental disorders can have medical or biological origins, and that
the client should consult with a physician. Documentation of such disclosures
to a client shall be made in the client's record.
History: L. 1999, ch. 117, § 17; July 1, 2000.