The behavioral analyst advisory committee reviewed four Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.) related to behavior-analysis licensure on Oct. 10 and recommended limited edits and further study of supervision requirements.

The committee examined K.A.R. 102-8-4 (application for licensure), K.A.R. 102-8-6 (supervision), K.A.R. 102-8-7 (license expiration and renewal) and K.A.R. 102-8-8 (renewal audit). No substantive changes were recommended for the application regulation, though members noted minor stylistic inconsistencies.

Leslie Allen, assistant director and licensing manager for the BSRB, recommended moving text that now appears in 102-8-7 about late renewals/reinstatement into the agency’s reinstatement regulation, because that language better fits reinstatement than routine renewal.

On the renewal-audit regulation (102-8-8) Allen recommended striking the word "original" from the requirement that licensees provide continuing-education documentation during an audit. The staff also proposed clarifying that scanned or emailed copies of CE certificates are acceptable and that third-party CE portals (CE brokers) can be used in the audit process.

Members raised questions about supervision ratios in K.A.R. 102-8-6. Committee discussion noted the Board for Certification of Behavior Analysts (BACB) specification of supervision ratios and that the K.A.R. language may not align precisely with current BACB practice. Several members asked for staff to gather current BACB guidance and compare it to Kansas regulation. Committee member Nikki Willie volunteered to assist with that follow-up research.

The advisory committee did not adopt new regulatory language at the meeting; it instructed staff to prepare the proposed revisions (move reinstatement language and edit audit wording) and to return with more detailed supervision comparisons at a later meeting.