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Kansas advisory committee hears steps to implement counseling compact and background-check requirement
Summary
The advisory committee was briefed on BSRB plans to require background checks for new applicants to meet Counseling Compact rules and described a near-term goal of beginning checks Jan. 1 pending agency approvals and technical markers in the licensing system.
The Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board’s Professional Counselor Advisory Committee was briefed Dec. 4 on staff work to implement a Counseling Compact enrollment process and a new criminal-background-check requirement for incoming applicants.
Executive Director David Fye told the committee the board has decided to require background checks for new applicants and is consulting with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and licensing-host vendors to draft emergency regulation language and build markers in the licensure system to record who…
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