74-1405. Officers; seal; meetings; office; service of process; compensation and expenses; executive director, duties and compensation; national affiliation; disposition of moneys; dental board fee fund. (a) The board at its first meeting day of each year shall elect from its members a president, vice-president and secretary. The board shall have a common seal. The board shall hold two regular meetings each year at times to be fixed by the board, and special meetings at such other times as may be necessary.

(b) Members of the Kansas dental board attending meetings of such board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by such board, or conducting examinations for dental or dental hygienists licenses or conducting inspections of dental laboratories required by K.S.A. 65-1438, and amendments thereto, shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto. Members of the board conducting examinations for dental or dental hygienists licenses may receive amounts for compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage or other expenses from a nonstate agency for conducting such examinations but no member receiving any such amounts shall be paid any compensation, subsistence allowances, mileage or other expenses under this section for conducting such examinations.

(c) The official office of the board shall be in Topeka. Meetings shall be held in Topeka or at such other places as the board shall determine to be most appropriate. Service of process may be had upon the board by delivery of process to the secretary of state who shall mail the same by registered or certified mail to the executive director of the board.

(d) The board may appoint an executive director who shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act. The executive director shall receive an annual salary fixed by the board and approved by the governor. The executive director shall be the legal custodian of all property, money, minutes, records, and proceedings and seal of the board.

(e) The board in its discretion may affiliate as an active member with the national association of dental examiners and any organization of one or more state boards for the purpose of conducting a standard examination of candidates for licensure as dentists or dental hygienists and pay regular dues to such association or organization, and may send members of the board to the meetings of the national association and the meetings of any organization of state boards of dental examiners organized for the purpose of conducting a standard examination of candidates for licensure as dentists and dental hygienists.

(f) The executive director shall remit all moneys received by or for such executive director from fees, charges or penalties to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the dental board fee fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the president of the board or by a person or persons designated by the president.

History: L. 1943, ch. 221, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 289, § 4; L. 1956, ch. 52, § 17; L. 1957, ch. 431, § 12; L. 1963, ch. 315, § 3; L. 1963, ch. 398, § 19; L. 1967, ch. 416, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 309, § 27; L. 1974, ch. 348, § 50; L. 1976, ch. 338, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 240, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 305; L. 2002, ch. 38, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 53, § 44; July 1.