Section 324B.030 - Department of Professional Licensing - Services for boards and 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.Amended by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 182,§ 15, eff. 7/15/2024.Amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 126,§ 13, eff. 7/13/2022.Amended by 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 46,§ 33, eff. 3/30/2018.Added by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 178,§ 5, eff. 4/11/2017.