Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 77-512

  • License: means a franchise, permit, certification, approval, registration, charter or similar form of authorization required by law for a person to engage in a profession or occupation. See Kansas Statutes 77-502
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State agency: means any officer, department, bureau, division, board, authority, agency, commission or institution of this state, except the judicial and legislative branches of state government and political subdivisions of the state, which is authorized by law to administer, enforce or interpret any law of this state. See Kansas Statutes 77-502

A state agency may not revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, refuse to renew, or amend a license unless the state agency first gives notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with this act. This section does not preclude a state agency from (a) taking immediate action to protect the public interest in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 77-536, and amendments thereto, or (b) adopting rules and regulations, otherwise within the scope of its authority, pertaining to a class of licensees, including rules and regulations affecting the existing licenses of a class of licensees.