Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-4-2

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

Section 16-4-2 - Continuing professional education requirements

(a) Commencing December 31, 2006, each applicant for renewal of a private detective license that expires on December 31 of the year of its issuance and is renewed every two years thereafter shall have completed eight hours of acceptable continuing professional education obtained within the biennial renewal period before submitting the renewal application.

(b) For each individual whose initial private detective license is issued on or after July 1, 2004, for renewal of the license the individual shall have completed eight hours of acceptable continuing professional education before submitting the renewal application.

(c) The standards used to determine acceptable continuing professional education shall include the following:

(1) One hour shall equal 50 minutes of participation in a group or self-study program. One-half hour shall equal 25 minutes of participation in a group or self-study program.

(2) The hours devoted to actual preparation time by an instructor or speaker for formal programs shall be computed at a maximum of up to twice the number of continuing education credits that a participant would be entitled to receive.

(3) The hours served as an instructor or speaker shall be included to the extent that the hours contribute to the professional competence of the applicant. Repeated presentations of the same program shall not be counted unless the instructor or speaker demonstrates that the program content was substantially changed and the change required significant additional study or research.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-4-2

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 75-7b18 and K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 75-7b07, as amended by L. 2004, Ch. 139, § 2; effective Feb. 11, 2005.