{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-5803","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-5803","heading":"Licensure required prior to certain acts and representations; violations misdemeanor.","body":"(a) No person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling or represent that such person is a licensed professional counselor, licensed counselor or professional counselor without having first obtained a license as a professional counselor under the professional counselors licensure act.\n(b) On and after the effective date of this act, no person shall engage in the practice of professional counseling as a clinical professional counselor or represent that such person is a licensed clinical professional counselor without first having obtained a license as a clinical professional counselor under the professional counselors licensure act.\n(c) Violation of this section is a class B misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 58.—PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_058_0003.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:24:46Z","sha256":"d93f57ace746adeaf88081a5948876ccedef04831fc7c2ce0dc8e1675c28daec","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-5802","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-5804a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}