Open a jurisdiction to review its dated requirements and official sources. Use the compact tables to compare which states participate.
All 51 jurisdictions · Compact status table · Plan the crossing: offshore · 911 ground · IFT
Can I work a 13-week contract here on my home-state licence?
Yes — privilege alone covers a contract here
The Commission states privilege carries no time limit and is not restricted to declared emergencies, so a 13-week contract is covered provided the medic holds an unrestricted licence in another Member State, is affiliated with an agency authorised in Kansas, and practises under a physician medical director.
The Commission states privilege carries no time limit and is not restricted to declared emergencies, so a 13-week contract is covered provided the medic holds an unrestricted licence in another Member State, is affiliated with an agency authorised in Kansas, and practises under a physician medical director. Confidence is medium and quote_supports is partial because this is the Commission speaking nationally, not Kansas speaking about Kansas. It is reversed for anyone who already holds a Kansas licence of any status — see compact.privilege.home_state_licenses.
EMS Compact Commission · emscompact.gov · verified 4 Oct 2026 · Partly supported
Requirements include source links and review dates. Expand each source quotation for the supporting text. Unverified and incomplete information is labelled alongside the relevant requirement.
The items most likely to cost you a start date.
Adds a requirement
Every new Kansas applicant must complete a criminal history records check before certification: a waiver application and $50 fee in the licensing portal, then fingerprints at an authorised location, and only then the Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials application.
Three serial steps, none with a published turnaround, before the recognition application even starts. Kansas is a compact member that is in force and submitting data, so a medic from another Member State can skip all of this and work on privilege — the recognition route only matters if you need the Kansas card itself.
State EMS office · ksbems.org · verified 9 Aug 2026
New applicants for EMS credentials in the State of Kansas will be required to undergo criminal history records checks prior to gaining certification.
ksbems.org · State EMS office
The office that issues the card, and the law it issues it under.
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Who actually issues an EMS licence in Kansas?
Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services
An independent board rather than a division of a health or public-safety department, which is why it publishes on ksbems.org rather than a .gov host. It is still the body that makes the rule, so it counts as the state EMS office.
Where is Kansas's EMS licensing office online?
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The site is a WordPress install addressing pages by query-string ID, so deep links look unstable even though they resolve today.
Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services · Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Suite 1031 · Topeka, KS 66612-1228
ksbems.org · State EMS office
Where do I actually submit an application in Kansas?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Who do I call or email about Kansas licensure?
(785) 296-7296
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From the National Registry's State EMS Offices directory, which carries the Registry's own warning: 'Information provided on this page is for convenience. Always verify information directly with the State EMS Office.'
Which statute or rule governs EMS licensure in Kansas?
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Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Levels, term, and what your National Registry does and does not buy you.
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What levels does Kansas issue, and what does my cert become there?
EMR
EMT
AEMT
Paramedic
Instructor Coordinator
Partly supported
Reconstructed from the CE and fee tables rather than from a list of levels — Kansas does not publish one on this page. Confidence is medium accordingly, and the list may be incomplete.
Q: How many hours do I need to Renew? A: EMR: 16, EMT: 28, AEMT: 44, PARAMEDIC: 60
ksbems.org · State EMS office
How long does a Kansas licence last before renewal?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Do I need National Registry to get licensed in Kansas?
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Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Do I have to keep National Registry current to keep a Kansas licence?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Does Kansas make me sit its own exam?
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Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
What criminal history bars me from licensure in Kansas?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
The EMS Compact — formally REPLICA, the Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. Enacted, in force, and verifiable status are separate dated facts, plus what privilege covers.
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What do I have to satisfy for compact privilege to apply in Kansas?
Partly supported
These are the Commission's national conditions, not a Kansas statement. Whether Kansas imposes anything further has not been established from a Kansas source — see compact.privilege.state_specific_restrictions.
Be at least 18 years of age. Section 4.B.1 2 Hold a current, unrestricted license in at least one EMS Compact participating state, as an EMT, AEMT, Paramedic, or a state-recognized level between EMT and Paramedic. Section 4.B.2 3 Affiliate with an EMS agency in the remote state that provides EMS medical direction. Section 4.B.3 4 Adhere to the Commission's Professional Code of Conduct . Rules 4.0(E) and 4.6 Then, as you practice: follow the local scope of practice, protocols, and laws of the state you are working in, under Rule 4.4 of the Commission's administrative rules.
emscompact.gov · EMS Compact Commission
Which situations does compact privilege cover in Kansas?
Not established in the cited source
No Kansas enumeration of covered circumstances located. The Commission frames privilege as applying at all times rather than by enumerated circumstance, but that is a national statement and has not been confirmed against Kansas rule.
When do I need full Kansas licensure instead of privilege?
Not established in the cited source
Not stated by Kansas or by the Commission for Kansas specifically. The only universal exclusion the Commission states is that privilege never applies in a state where you already hold a licence — see compact.privilege.home_state_licenses.
Can I work a 13-week contract in Kansas on my home-state licence?
Yes — privilege alone covers a contract here
Partly supported
The Commission states privilege carries no time limit and is not restricted to declared emergencies, so a 13-week contract is covered provided the medic holds an unrestricted licence in another Member State, is affiliated with an agency authorised in Kansas, and practises under a physician medical director. Confidence is medium and quote_supports is partial because this is the Commission speaking nationally, not Kansas speaking about Kansas. It is reversed for anyone who already holds a Kansas licence of any status — see compact.privilege.home_state_licenses.
Does it expire? There is no time limit. Your Privilege to Practice remains valid as long as you continue to meet eligibility requirements: an active, unrestricted EMS license in a participating Home State, affiliation with an EMS agency authorized in the remote state, practice under a local EMS Medical Director in compliance with the remote state's laws and rules, and adherence to the Professional Code of Conduct . Does it only apply during emergencies? No. The Compact applies at all times, not only during declared emergencies.
emscompact.gov · EMS Compact Commission
I have an old or inactive Kansas card — can I still use compact privilege here?
The Commission states that even an inactive license makes that state a Home State, and that a Home State is not a Remote State, so Compact privilege does not apply there. This is the Commission speaking nationally; this source does not establish whether the state offers inactive status or its reactivation pathway, so both remain unknown.
In this scenario, although the EMS practitioner holds an inactive license from Kansas, the state is still considered a Home State, since the individual holds a license there, rather than a Remote State. The EMS Compact uniquely allows an individual to have multiple Home States, which are not defined by residency or workplace affiliations. Consequently, the Privilege to Practice is only authorized in Remote States, provided the EMS Practitioner meets the provisions outlined by the EMS Compact. As Kansas is not a Remote State for this practitioner, the Privilege to Practice does not apply here.
emscompact.gov · EMS Compact Commission
Does Kansas add anything on top of the compact?
Not yet verified
Whether Kansas imposes registration, notification, a fee, or a medical-director attestation on privilege holders has not been established. The state's own administrative code has not been read for compact provisions, and silence on the state EMS office's public pages is not evidence of absence.
Where does an employer verify my privilege for Kansas?
Partly supported
Quick Verify is embedded on the Commission homepage and keyed to the 12-digit National EMS ID, which is neither your state licence number nor your NREMT number.
Quick Verify allows EMS clinicians, agencies, and the public to validate a clinician
emscompact.gov · EMS Compact Commission
Has Kansas passed the EMS Compact into law?
Nothing recorded
Current EMS Compact Commissioner page identifies Kansas's enacted Compact law and reports 2016-03-31 as the signing date. The obsolete Commission State Laws table source and its caveat were removed because this state-specific page directly supplies the law citation and enactment fact.
In Kansas, the REPLICA legislation was signed into law on March 31, 2016, making Kansas the sixth state to enact the EMS Compact.
emscompact.gov · EMS Compact Commission
Is Kansas's compact law actually in effect yet?
Partly supported
Kansas Legislature SB 225 page identifies July 1, 2016 as the law-effective date; March 31, 2016 is the Governor approval date. The bill page does not establish whether the act contains a delayed implementation clause.
Can my Privilege to Practice actually be verified in Kansas?
The Commission's state-specific Commissioner page identifies Kansas as fully integrated with NEMSCD. This establishes current database integration, distinct from enactment and statutory effect. The page does not publish the initial connection date, so connected_date remains null.
The route in when privilege does not cover you.
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Will Kansas recognise my out-of-state certification at all?
Yes
Kansas names the pathway plainly and puts it in its certification FAQ under the exact question a traveller would ask.
After submission of the required waiver, complete the "Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials" application.
ksbems.org · State EMS office
What does Kansas call its out-of-state pathway?
Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials
Worth knowing by name — searching the Kansas portal for 'reciprocity' will not find it.
After submission of the required waiver, complete the "Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials" application.
ksbems.org · State EMS office
Where do I start a reciprocity application for Kansas?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
What does Kansas require from an out-of-state applicant?
Criminal history records check, completed BEFORE certification
$50 criminal history fee
Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials application
Two serial applications in a fixed order — waiver first, then recognition — each with its own portal step. Kansas publishes no turnaround for either.
New applicants for EMS credentials in the State of Kansas will be required to undergo criminal history records checks prior to gaining certification. This will entail the completion of a waiver and submission of fingerprints taken at an authorized location.
ksbems.org · State EMS office
What does it cost to get licensed in Kansas from out of state?
Criminal history records check
Paramedic renewal on or before 1 December
Paramedic late renewal
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source_quote is a table row, pipe-joined. Kansas publishes renewal fees and the $50 criminal history fee, but not a fee for the Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials application itself, so amount_usd is null rather than guessed. Late renewal doubles at every level.
How long will Kansas take to process my application?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
What background check does Kansas require, and how do I do it from out of state?
The $50 is the criminal history fee specifically, separate from any certification fee. Whether the check has an FBI component, and how long it takes, are not published.
Upon payment of the required $50 fee, you will receive an email with documentation to complete the required process.
ksbems.org · State EMS office
Can I start working in Kansas before full approval?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Does my National Registry have to be current to apply in Kansas?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
The renewal clock and what it costs in hours.
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How often do I recert in Kansas?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
How many CE hours does Kansas want, and in what?
EMR
EMT
AEMT
Paramedic
Kansas publishes total hours per renewal cycle without a national/local/individual split, so these are not expressed in NCCP terms. The cycle length was not established on this page, so hours-per-year cannot be derived from it.
Q: How many hours do I need to Renew? A: EMR: 16, EMT: 28, AEMT: 44, PARAMEDIC: 60
ksbems.org · State EMS office
Can I use NCCP hours to recert in Kansas, or does it want its own?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
What does Kansas require at renewal that other states do not?
The 1 December date is from the fee table's 'Renewal fee on or before Dec. 1st' column heading on the same page.
A: No, renewal can only be completed online using our licensing portal .
ksbems.org · State EMS office
Does Kansas make me take a refresher course to recert?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
My Kansas cert expired — can I still get it back?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Where do I find CE that Kansas will accept?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Where a service record shortens the path.
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Does Kansas have a faster route for military training or veterans?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
What does Kansas's military pathway actually get me?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Where does Kansas document its military pathway?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
Does Kansas extend its military pathway to spouses?
Not yet verified
Not attempted yet. This record was seeded from the three sources that cover all 51 jurisdictions — the Compact Commission's State Laws and NEMSCD tables and the National Registry's office directory — and Kansas's own EMS office pages have not been read.
DEA rewrote the narcotics rules for EMS in February 2026. Registration moved from the medical director to the agency itself, and the rule spells out storage, restocking and standing-order administration. These rules are federal and read the same in every state.
10 federal facts, quoted from the Federal Register · 2 of 2 Kansas facts answered from state law
What changed, and when did it take effect?
The DEA final rule implementing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 (PPAEMA). It amends 21 CFR parts 1300, 1301, 1304 and following to create the EMS agency registration and the storage, delivery and recordkeeping rules below.
Who holds the DEA registration an ambulance operates under?
Before this rule most services ran narcotics under their medical director's practitioner registration. The registration now belongs to the agency, as its own DEA business-activity category.
the Act directs the Attorney General (and thus the Administrator) to allow a registered EMS agency to obtain a single registration for each State in which the EMS agency administers controlled substances, rather than requiring the agency to obtain a separate registration for each location at which it operates within that State.
Does one DEA registration cover operating in another state?
The fact that matters most to a traveler: compact privilege can carry your licence across a border, but it does not carry your agency's DEA registration. An agency running trucks in two states registers twice.
EMS agencies that wish to operate in multiple States must register with DEA in each State in which they operate.
Can a medic administer controlled substances without the medical director present?
Federal law now says yes, but only where state law agrees: EMS professionals are only allowed to make such administrations if authorized by State law. Whether your state's law does is the per-state question at the end of this section.
the Act allows emergency medical services professionals to administer controlled substances outside the physical presence of a medical director or authorizing medical professional pursuant to a valid standing or verbal order.
How do narcotics have to be stored in the vehicle?
EMS vehicles storing controlled substances must be locked when parked outside of an enclosed registered or designated location, with the controlled substances stored in a securely locked, substantially constructed cabinet or safe that cannot be readily removed.
Does a hospital-based agency need its own registration?
Hospital-based means owned or operated by a hospital. If you work for a hospital service, the drug box stays on the hospital's paper.
The CSA, as amended by the Act, expressly allows hospital-based EMS agencies to operate under the hospital's registration rather than obtaining their own separate registration.
Can the truck restock controlled substances from a hospital?
the Act allows non-hospital-based EMS agencies to receive controlled substances from a hospital for the purpose of restocking an EMS vehicle following an emergency response.
What does the DEA registration cost an agency?
this rule reflects the current fee of $888 so that, as intended, the fee for EMS registrants is the same as that for other dispensers of controlled substances.
Do municipal and fire-based services pay the fee?
Even if the EMS agency is not operated by a government fire department, if the EMS agency itself is operated by the local government, it would also be exempt from application fees.
When does an existing service have to move to the new registration?
DEA recommends agencies contact their local field office to complete the transition.
The three options for EMS agencies to transition are: (1) transition immediately on the effective date established by DEA; (2) transition at the expiration of their current registration; or (3) transition three to six months prior to their renewal date.
Does Kansas law let a medic push scheduled drugs on standing orders, the way the DEA rule assumes?
Partly supported
The definition is squarely a standing-order authority — acting before physician contact is the whole point of it — but it is written for medical procedures generally and does not name controlled substances or drug administration. K.S.A. 65-6126 supplies the medical-director side: 'each operator shall designate a medical director to provide medical oversight.' No Kansas provision was found that carves controlled substances out of protocol practice.
written guidelines that authorize emergency medical service providers to perform certain medical procedures prior to contacting a physician
ksrevisor.gov · State statute
Does Kansas require its own controlled-substance registration for EMS agencies?
Partly supported
The quote is the Board's own facility-application index, which is proof the category exists but not, in words, proof that it is mandatory; the mandate is K.S.A. 65-4116 ('shall obtain annually a registration issued by the board'), whose exemption list does not reach EMS agencies. The BA-09 form itself sits behind pharmacy.ks.gov's edge filter and returns an HTML block page rather than the PDF, so the form's own language could not be quoted. K.S.A. 65-1643, the pharmacy-act permit statute, does not mention ambulances — the EMS category lives on the controlled-substances side.
Questions not yet settled from a primary source.
What does the Recognition of Non-Kansas Credentials application cost, and how long do the waiver, the fingerprint check and the recognition decision take? The FAQ publishes the $50 criminal history fee and nothing else.
opened 9 Aug 2026 · blocks reciprocity.fee, reciprocity.processing_time
What is the Kansas certification cycle? CE hours are published per renewal but the renewal period length is not stated on the FAQ, so the hours cannot be compared to other states.
opened 9 Aug 2026 · blocks licensure.term, recertification.cycle_years