Kan. Stat. § 65-1123
When it appears to the board that any person is violating any of the provisions of this act or that any person, firm, corporation, institution or association is employing (except as permitted under K.S.A. 65-1124 and amendments thereto) a person to perform professional nursing or practical nursing in Kansas, who is not licensed under this act, the board may in its own name bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction against such violation or such employing, and the proper courts of this state may enjoin any person, firm or corporation, institution or association from violation of this act or such employing without regard to whether proceedings have been or may be instituted before the board or whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.
K.S.A. 65-1123