Kansas Statutes 17-2716. Authority of professional licensing boards not restricted by this act; additional regulations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-2716
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Professional corporation: means a corporation organized under this act. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707
- Professional service: means the type of personal service rendered by a person duly licensed, registered or certified by this state as a member of any of the following professions, each paragraph constituting one type:
(1) A certified public accountant;
(2) an architect;
(3) an attorney-at-law;
(4) a chiropractor;
(5) a dentist;
(6) an engineer;
(7) an optometrist;
(8) an osteopathic physician or surgeon;
(9) a physician, surgeon or doctor of medicine;
(10) a veterinarian;
(11) a podiatrist;
(12) a pharmacist;
(13) a land surveyor;
(14) a licensed psychologist;
(15) a specialist in clinical social work;
(16) a licensed physical therapist;
(17) a landscape architect;
(18) a registered professional nurse;
(19) a real estate broker or salesperson;
(20) a clinical professional counselor;
(21) a geologist;
(22) a clinical psychotherapist;
(23) a clinical marriage and family therapist;
(24) a licensed physician assistant;
(25) a licensed occupational therapist;
(26) a licensed audiologist;
(27) a licensed speech-pathologist; and
(28) a licensed naturopathic doctor. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707
- Regulating board: means the court, board or state agency that is charged with the licensing, registering or certifying and regulation of the practice of the profession that the professional corporation is organized to render. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707
Nothing in this chapter restricts or limits in any manner the authority and duty of any regulating board for the licensing of individual persons rendering professional service or the practice of the profession which is within the jurisdiction of the regulating board, notwithstanding that the person is an officer, director, shareholder or employee of a professional corporation and rendering professional service or engaging in the practice of the profession through the professional corporation. Each regulating board shall adopt and enforce, pursuant to law, any additional rules and regulations governing the practice of each profession as are necessary to enforce and comply with this chapter and the law applicable to each profession.