Regulation of communication access services; rules and regulations; fees; fingerprinting; criminal history record check

(a) The commission shall develop and administer a program to provide guidelines for the utilitization of communication access services, communication access service providers and interpreter service agencies. The executive director of the commission may adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations may include, but not be limited to: (1) Fees necessary to fund the expenses and operating costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of this section; (2) determination of the qualifications of communication access service providers; (3) minimum standards of training of communication access service providers; (4) registration of communication access service providers and interpreter service agencies; (5) a code of professional conduct governing communication access service providers; (6) standards for equipment or technology supporting communication access services; (7) a system of statewide coordination of communication access services; and (8) any other matter that the executive director deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. (b) (1) The commission may require communication access service providers to be fingerprinted and to submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto. (2) The commission may fix and collect a fee for fingerprinting and conducting a state and national criminal history record check of individuals pursuant to this section as may be required by the commission in an amount equal to the cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record check.