26RS SB 351

Senate Bill 351

Actions

Last Action	03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to education professional certifications.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	804
Sponsors	G. Williams, S. Rawlings, A. Reed, L. Tichenor
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 161.030 to prohibit the Education Professional Standards Board from issuing or renewing certificates to individuals who have been treated for or diagnosed with a disorder that is excluded from the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; require certification and renewal applications to include a sworn statement that the applicant has never been treated for or diagnosed with any listed disorder; direct certain state medical licensing boards to promulgate administrative regulations to require licensees to diagnose the listed disorders based on the disorder definitions established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition, Revised); amend KRS 161.120 to include treatment for or a diagnosis with one of the listed disorders as grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew certification by the Education Professional Standards Board; require the Education Professional Standards Board to investigate and respond to all complaints against a certificate holder alleging that the certificate holder exhibits easily identifiable behavioral signs or symptoms characteristic to a listed disorder; authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to compel a medical examination to evaluate whether a certificate holder meets the diagnostic criteria for a listed disorder, and require that the results be provided to the board as a condition of continued certification.
Index Headings of Original Version	Boards And Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, certificate eligibility, disqualifying disorders Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Nursing, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Boards And Commissions - State Board of Medical Licensure, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Civil Rights - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Disabilities - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Education, Elementary And Secondary - Employee certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Education, Elementary And Secondary - Employees, compelled medical examination Federal Laws And Regulations - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Health And Medical Services - Education certificate holder, compelled medical examination for ADA excluded disorders Health And Medical Services - Education certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Health Care Professionals - Diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Labor And Industry - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Licensing - Education Professional Standards Board, certificate eligibility, disqualifying disorders Licensing - Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Licensing - Kentucky Board of Nursing, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Licensing - State Board of Medical Licensure, diagnostic requirements for designated disorders Mental Disability - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Mental Health - Disorders excluded from the ADA, disqualification for educational certificates Teachers - Certification eligibility, disqualification for disorders excluded from the ADA Teachers - Compelled medical examination upon sufficient evidence of a disorder excluded from the ADA