324B.030 Department of Professional Licensing -- Services for boards and
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commissions -- Charges -- Complaints -- Acceptance of personal checks in
payment of license renewal fees.
(1)The Department of Professional Licensing in the Public Protection 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 making 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 Auctioneers, the Real
Estate 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 persons 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.