You will be required to complete the application, additional forms, answer attestation questions, submit information, and pay the fee(s). After you submit your initial application, and payment has processed, a licensing analyst will be assigned to your application. The analyst will track your documents as they arrive in our office, and work with you to request any additional information needed to process your application. Once your application is complete, it will be sent for a final review. Once your application is approved, you will be issued your license, our agency webpage will be updated, and a wall certificate will be mailed.

Active, Inactive, and Exempt. K.S.A. 65-7609.

$165 for the initial application; $3 for National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) report.

We accept checks, money orders, Debit, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. To charge to your debit or credit card, please use the authorization form.

It is important for you to understand that the process takes an average of 4 to 8 weeks. Information is not only coming from you but also various organization and other sources that require time to process your request and provide the needed verifications.

Wallet cards are emailed after the license has been issued.

All acupuncturist licenses expire on March 31; the license must be renewed annually.

The renewal period for acupuncturists begins January 15 and ends March 31 each calendar year.

You may renew online, or by paper (on request). We strongly encourage all renewals to be completed online.

To renew online you will need to have your Kansas Board of Healing Arts license number, birth date, last 4 numbers of your social security number, name, license number of all health care professionals that supervise you (if required), continuing education CEU hours (if required), and payment information. Follow this link to our renewal site. The renewal application will be available annually, beginning on January 15.

Active – Online: $125; Late Online: $150; Paper: $150; Late Paper: $200. Exempt/Inactive – Online: $100; Late Online: $125; Paper: $125; Late Paper: $175.

We accept online and paper renewals until March 31. You will be assessed a late fee.

On April 1, your license status is Cancelled – Failure to Renew. You cannot practice in Kansas as an acupuncturist until you reinstate your license. Practicing after your license is cancelled may subject you to disciplinary action.

Please download and complete the address change form and email it to KSBHA_Licensing@ks.gov. You may also mail it to our office.

Each person with an Active acupuncturist license in Kansas is required to have professional liability insurance coverage for which the limit of the insurer's liability is at least $200,000 per claim, subject to an annual aggregate of at least $600,000 for all claims made during the period of coverage. K.A.R. 100-76-5.

Complete the Change of Name Form and email it to KSBHA_Licensing@ks.gov. You may also mail it to our office. To obtain a certificate with your new name, complete the Request for Additional Certificates Form, and pay the fee.

To change your license type at the time of renewal, simply change the license status type on the renewal form. If you are wanting to change your license type outside of the renewal period, complete the Designation/Type Change Form. Documentation of continuing education hours and additional fees may be required, depending on the license type.