Kansas Statutes 65-5008. Same; periodic review of credentialing status of health care personnel
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-5008
- credentialed: means the formal recognition of professional or technical competence through the process of registration, licensure or other statutory regulation. See Kansas Statutes 65-5001
- Health care personnel: means those persons whose principal functions, customarily performed for remuneration, are to render services, directly or indirectly, to individuals for the purpose of:
(1) Preventing physical, mental or emotional illness;
(2) detecting, diagnosing and treating illness;
(3) facilitating recovery from illness; or
(4) providing rehabilitative or continuing care following illness; and who are qualified by training, education or experience to do so. See Kansas Statutes 65-5001
- Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-5001
The secretary shall periodically schedule for review the credentialing status of health care personnel who are credentialed pursuant to existing laws. The procedures to be followed, the criteria to be applied and the reports to be submitted for credentialing applications filed pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 65-5002 and amendments thereto shall apply to credentialing reviews conducted pursuant to this section.