KRS 324B.030: Department of Professional Licensing -- Services for boards and

commissions -- Charges -- Complaints -- Acceptance of personal checks in

payment of license renewal fees.

(1) The Department of Professional Licensing in the Public Pr otection Cabinet shall

provide administrative services, technical assistance, and advice to the following

boards and commissions at the request of the individual boards or commissions, all

of which maintain their identity and their full authority for makin g policy decisions

in the fields that they regulate: the State Board of Accountancy, the Kentucky

Board of Architects, the Kentucky Board of Barbering, the Kentucky Board of

Cosmetology, the State Board of Podiatry, the Kentucky State Board of

Chiropractic Examiners, the Kentucky Board of Dentistry, the State Board of

Embalmers and Funeral Directors, the State Board of Registration for Professional

Engineers and Land Surveyors, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky

Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners,

the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Physical Therapy, the State

Board of Examiners of Psychologists, the Kentucky Real Estate Commission, the

Kentucky Board of Veterinary Examiners, the Board of Auctio neers, the Real

Property Appraisers Board, the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, the Kentucky

Board of Landscape Architects, the State Board of Medical Licensure, the Board of

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, the Kentucky Board of Licensure for

Nursing Home Administrators, the Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in

Hearing Instruments, the Kentucky Board of Social Work, the Kentucky Board of

Emergency Medical Services, and any other boards and commissions that are

created to license, certify, register, or otherwise regulate any occupational or

professional category.

(2) The department may also provide administrative services to a board or commission

that is created to license, certify, register, or otherwise regulate any occupational or

professional category if these administrative services are deemed to be preferable or

required after the review process conducted under KRS 324B.040.

(3) To the extent that the department provides administrative services, the respective

boards and commissions are relieved of the power and duty to provide the services

for themselves. The department shall charge each board or commission a reasonable

amount for administrative services provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this

section. The department may employ pers ons previously employed by boards or

commissions.

(4) The department may receive complaints against the conduct of licensees granted

licensure by the boards and commissions assigned to the department for

administrative purposes. The department shall cause these complaints to be reduced

to writing and forwarded to the appropriate board or commission for investigation

and a determination of the validity of the complaint. The department shall keep a

record of all complaints received by it and forwarded to a board or commission.

(5) Any board or commission listed in subsection (1) of this section shall accept

personal checks in payment of license renewal fees.