{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-5350","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 74-5350","heading":"Disclosure to client at beginning of client-therapist relationship; documentation.","body":"A licensee under the licensure of psychologists act of the state of Kansas, at the beginning of a client-therapist relationship, shall inform the client of the level of such licensee's training and the title or titles and license or licenses of such licensee. As a part of such obligation, such licensee shall disclose whether such licensee has a master's degree or a doctoral degree. If such licensee has a doctoral degree, such licensee shall disclose whether or not such doctoral degree is a doctor of medicine degree or some other doctoral degree. If such licensee does not have a medical doctor's degree, such licensee shall disclose that the licensee is not authorized to practice medicine and surgery and is not authorized to prescribe drugs. As a part of such disclosure, such licensee shall advise the client that certain mental disorders can have medical or biological origins, and that the client should consult with a physician. Documentation of such disclosures to a client shall be made in the client's record.","path":["Chapter 74.—STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES","Article 53.—REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch74/074_053_0050.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:23Z","sha256":"3af5c9111098290941a950c6b2e17ef2474b126f34cb0c51d3cf13b3f1cde096","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-5349","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-74-5351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}