Important Updates:
The KDADS website has a new look but the same information you rely on. This is the NEW official KDADS website.
The KDADS website has a new look but the same information you rely on. This is the NEW official KDADS website.
Behavioral Health Services oversees a variety of facility and individual licensing/certification that enhance the services provided to consumers in Kansas. To find the licensing and/or certification information for each type of facility, including their standards/regulations and application documents, please click the appropriate link below:
For information on behavioral health facility licensing, such as for Community Mental Health Centers, Private Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Residential Care Facilities, or Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs, or to become certified as an Alcohol and Drug Evaluator per K.S.A. 8-1008, please visit the KDADS Licensing and Policy page.
For information on becoming licensed as an addiction counselor, clinical addiction counselor, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, Master's Level psychologist, or marriage and family therapist in the state of Kansas, please contact the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board at 785-296-3240.