Acupuncturists (L.Ac.)

Type	Statute	Information
Active	KSA 65-7609	Engaged in the practice of acupuncture. Required to complete continuing education and maintain professional liability insurance.
Exempt	KSA 65-7609	Does not regularly engage in the practice of acupuncture and does not hold oneself out to the public as being professionally engaged in such practice. Entitled to all the privileges of acupuncture and may serve as a paid employee or unpaid volunteer of (1) A local health department as defined by K.S.A. 65-241 or (2) an indigent health care clinic as defined by K.S.A. 75-6102. Required to complete continuing education. Not required to maintain professional liability insurance.
Inactive	KSA 65-7609	Not engaged in the practice of the acupuncture and does not hold oneself out to the public as being professionally engaged in such practice. Not required to complete continuing education. Not required to maintain professional liability insurance.
Military	KSA 48-3402	A military license is issued to a person who is in the military service (active duty in the army national guard, coast guard or any branch of the military reserves of the United States) and for six months following release therefrom. No licensee shall be required to pay a renewal fee, submit a renewal application, obtain continuing education or meet other conditions to maintain a license while such licensee is in the military service. No military license shall expire, lapse or be canceled, revoked or suspended because of the failure to timely renew such license, including the failure to meet any conditions prerequisite to renewal, during the period of military service. A licensee who desires to engage in or practice an occupation or profession in Kansas after their release from military service shall submit, within 6 months after such release, and prior to engaging in or practicing such occupation or profession in Kansas, the renewal and fee for the current license period must be submitted. The license of a licensee who fails to complete the appropriate forms may be canceled, revoked or suspended in accordance with the applicable law. A licensee who is required by law to obtain continuing education as a condition prerequisite to renewal of a license shall be given a one-year period of time for fulfillment of such continuing education requirement, such period of time to commence on the date the licensee submits the fee and completed forms.