Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-2012

  • Center: means a community mental health center or crisis intervention center. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Facility: means any place other than a center or hospital that meets the requirements as set forth by regulations created and adopted by the secretary, where individuals reside and receive treatment or services provided by a person or entity licensed under this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Hospital: means a psychiatric hospital. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Licensing agency: means the secretary for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • Provider: means a person, partnership or corporation employing or contracting with appropriately credentialed persons that provide behavioral health, excluding substance use disorder services for purposes of this act, intellectual disability, developmental disability or other disability services in accordance with the requirements as set forth by rules and regulations created and adopted by the secretary. See Kansas Statutes 39-2002
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

A provisional license may be issued to any center, facility, hospital or provider which is temporarily unable to conform to all the standards, requirements and rules and regulations established under the provisions of this act. The issuance of such provisional license shall be subject to approval by the state fire marshal. A provisional license may be issued for not more than six months to provide time to make necessary corrections. One additional successive six-month provisional license may be granted at the discretion of the licensing agency. A change of ownership during the provisional licensing period will not extend the time for the requirements to be met that were the basis for the provisional license, nor entitle the new owner to an additional provisional license.