Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-12-5

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 16-12-5 - Domestic violence offender assessment

(a) The document titled "Kansas attorney general domestic violence offender assessment form," dated March 3, 2011, by the Kansas attorney general is hereby adopted by reference. This document is also known as "KDVOA."

(b) Except as specified in subsection (c), the KDVOA shall be completed by one of the following: an individual who is licensed to practice in Kansas as a psychologist, baccalaureate social worker, master social worker, specialist clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, addiction counselor, clinical addiction counselor, clinical marriage and family therapist, professional counselor, clinical professional counselor, master's level psychologist, or clinical psychotherapist.

(c) Any person who is not licensed as provided in subsection (b) and who is completing the KDVOA as an employee of or volunteer for a batterer intervention program before January 1, 2013 may continue to complete these assessments on and after January 1, 2013 if the person remains an employee of or volunteer for the same program and the program remains a certified batterer intervention program. Whenever the person is no longer an employee of or volunteer for the program in which the person was employed or volunteering before January 1, 2013, the person shall not be allowed to complete the KDVOA for any certified batterer intervention program without meeting the license requirements in subsection (b).

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-12-5

Authorized by K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 75-755 and L. 2012, ch. 162, sec. 11; implementing K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 21-6604, as amended by L. 2012, ch. 162, sec. 16, and L. 2012, ch. 162, secs. 1, 5; effective, T-16-6-28-12, June 28, 2012; effective, T-16-10-25-12, Oct. 26, 2012; effective Jan. 25, 2013.