65-7305. Application for licensure; requirements; temporary licensure; waiver of examination; application for reinstatement; fees. (a) An applicant for licensure as a radiologic technologist shall file an application, on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant meets the following requirements:

(1) At the time of the application is at least 18 years of age;

(2) has successfully completed a four-year course of study in a secondary school approved by the state board of education, passed an approved equivalency test or graduated from a secondary school outside Kansas having comparable approval by the state board of education;

(3) has satisfactorily completed a course of study in radiography, radiation therapy or nuclear medicine technology which is approved by the board and which contains a curriculum no less stringent than the standards of existing organizations which approve radiologic technology programs;

(4) except as otherwise provided in this act, has successfully passed a license examination approved by the board; and

(5) has paid all fees required for licensure prescribed in this act.

(b) The board may issue a temporary license to an applicant seeking licensure as a radiologic technologist when such applicant meets the requirements for licensure or meets all the requirements for licensure except examination and pays to the board the temporary license fee as required under K.S.A. 65-7313, and amendments thereto. Such temporary license shall expire 180 days from the date of issue or on the date that the board approves the application for licensure, whichever occurs first. No more than one such temporary license shall be permitted to any one person.

(c) The board may accept, in lieu of its own licensure examination, a current certificate by the American registry of radiologic technologists, nuclear medicine technologist certification board or other recognized national voluntary credentialing bodies, which the board finds was issued on the basis of an examination which meets standards at least as stringent as those established by the board.

(d) The board may waive the examination or education requirements and grant licensure to any applicant: (1) Who presents proof of current licensure as a radiologic technologist in another state, the District of Columbia or territory of the United States which requires standards for licensure determined by the board to be equivalent to the requirements under this act; and (2) who has, at the time of application, a current valid certificate by the American registry of radiologic technologists, nuclear medicine technology certification board or other recognized national voluntary credentialing bodies, which the board finds was issued on the basis of an examination which meets standards at least as stringent as those established by the board.

(e) A person whose license has been revoked may make written application to the board requesting reinstatement of the license in a manner prescribed by the board, which application shall be accompanied by the fee provided for in K.S.A. 65-7308, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 2004, ch. 84, § 5; L. 2007, ch. 129, § 1; July 1, 2008.