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KS BSRB moves to standardize unprofessional-conduct rules, debates timing of 2026 legislation
Summary
The board advanced work to harmonize unprofessional-conduct regulatory language across professions (items 32–37 in the crosswalk) and discussed a package of proposed statutory changes for 2026, but members signaled caution about filing legislation this session because of anti-regulatory sentiment in the legislature.
Board members spent a substantial portion of the Nov. 10 meeting reviewing a crosswalk of proposed unprofessional-conduct language intended to make disciplinary standards more consistent across the seven professions regulated by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.
The board reviewed discrete items (numbered 32 through 37 in the packet) covering conduct such as taking credit for work one did not perform, making or filing knowingly false reports, failing to notify clients before termination, abandoning a client without arrangements for care, and abandoning employment under circumstances that impair client care. Members generally favored…
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