Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 65-5803 (2026)

Licensure required prior to certain acts and representations; violations misdemeanor

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65-5803. Licensure required prior to certain acts and representations; violations misdemeanor. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling or represent that such person is a licensed professional counselor, licensed counselor or professional counselor without having first obtained a license as a professional counselor under the professional counselors licensure act.

(b) On and after the effective date of this act, no person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling as a clinical professional counselor or represent that such person is a licensed clinical professional counselor without first having obtained a license as a clinical professional counselor under the professional counselors licensure act.

History: L. 1987, ch. 315, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 153, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 117, § 2; July 1, 2000.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2023 · leading case: Brokamp v. James, 66 F.4th 374 (2d Cir. 2023).

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Brokamp v. James, 66 F.4th 374 (2d Cir. 2023). “The first paragraph—which the parties emphasize on this appeal—uses four factors to define “mental health counseling.”

Minges v. Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Bd. (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “74-7507(a)(1); K.S.A. 65-5803. By statute, the Board has authority to "condition, limit, revoke or suspend a license, [to] publicly or privately censure a licensee or [to] impose a fine not to exceed $1,000 per violation .”

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