Kansas Administrative Code

Construction standards. (a) General provisions. All hospital construction, in- cluding new buildings and additions or alterations to existing buildings, shall be in accordance with the standards set forth in the American institute of architects academy of architecture for health,…

General requirements. (a) Pa- tient limits. The number of patients admitted to any area of the hospital shall not exceed the num- ber for which the area is designed, equipped, and staffed, except in cases of an emergency. In an emergency, patients shall be admitted in accor- danc…

Patient rights. (a) Policies and procedures. The governing body shall ensure that the facility establishes policies and proce- dures which support the rights of all inpatients and outpatients. At a minimum, each facility shall ensure that: (1) Each patient has the right to respec…

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked May 1, 1986.)

Visitors. (a) Each hospital shall establish visitation policies which are in the in- terest of the patients. Children under 12 years of age shall not be admitted as visitors to the hospi- 697 Hospitals 28-34-6a tal except in the company of a responsible adult. Children under six …

(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-431; ef- fective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked June 28, 1993.)

Definitions. (a) “Administrator” means an individual appointed by the governing body to act on its behalf in the overall manage- ment of the ambulatory surgical center. (b) “Ambulatory surgical center” means an es- tablishment with the following: (1) An organized medical staff of…

Licensing procedure. (a) No construction shall begin until plans and specifica- tions covering the construction of new buildings, additions, or material alterations to existing build- ings are submitted to the department, in writing, in accordance with K.A.R. 28-34-62a. A written…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Patient rights. (a) The govern- ing authority shall ensure that the facility establish- es policies and procedures that support the rights of all patients. At a minimum, each facility shall en- sure that each patient has a right to the following: (1) Receive respectful care given…

Assessment and care of pa- tients. (a) Each patient admitted to the ambula- tory surgical center shall be under the care of a practitioner who is a member of the medical staff. (b) Patient care shall meet the needs of the pa- tient and shall be provided by qualified personnel. 71…

Governing authority. (a) The governing authority shall be the ultimate author- ity in the ambulatory surgical center, responsible for its organization and administration, including appointment of the medical staff, employment of an administrator, review and revision of policies a…

Medical staff. (a) The ambulato- ry surgical center shall have an organized medical 716 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 28-34-55 staff, responsible to the governing authority of the ambulatory surgical center for the quality of all medical care provided to patients in the am…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Human resources. (a) The am- bulatory surgical center shall provide an adequate number of qualified staff to meet the needs of the patients. (b) All nursing and ancillary staff employed by or contracted with the ambulatory surgical center shall be qualified and shall provide serv…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Anesthesia services. (a) If there is a department of anesthesia, it shall be di- rected by a member of the medical staff with ap- propriate clinical and administrative experience. The clinical privileges of qualified anesthesia per- sonnel shall be reviewed by the director of ane…

Medical records. (a) A medical record shall be maintained for each patient cared for in the ambulatory surgical center. The records shall be documented and retrievable by autho- rized persons. (b) Each medical record shall be the property of the ambulatory surgical center. Only p…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Infection control. (a) Each ambulatory surgical center shall establish and maintain an ongoing infection control program. The program shall be based upon guidelines es- tablished by the centers for disease control and the licensing department. The program shall in- clude the foll…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Ancillary services. (a) The ambulatory surgical center shall provide, either directly or through agreement, laboratory, radiol- ogy, and pharmacy services to meet the needs of the patients. (b) Laboratory services. If the ambulatory sur- gical center provides its own clinical lab…

Governing authority. (a) Gov- erningbody.Eachhospitalshallhaveanorganized governing body. The governing body shall be the ultimate authority in the hospital responsible for its organization and administration in a manner which is consistent with appropriate standards of patient c…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-431; ef- fective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked June 28, 1993.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Food services. (a) Food service and food service policies and procedures shall reflect the level of services offered to meet the needs of the patients. (b) The food and nutritional needs of patients shall be met in accordance with physician’s orders. (c) There shall be written po…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked April 20, 2001.)

Physical environment. (a) Each ambulatory surgical center shall be de- signed, constructed, equipped, and maintained to protect the health and safety of patients, staff, and visitors. (b) Each ambulatory surgical center shall in- clude the following features: (1) A separate recov…

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; amended June 12, 1979; revoked May 1, 1986.)

Construction standards. (a) General provisions. All ambulatory surgical center construction, including new buildings and addi- tions or alterations to existing buildings, shall be in accordance with standards set forth in sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and subsections 9.1, 9.2, 9.5, …

Medical staff. (a) General pro- vision. Each hospital shall maintain an organized medical staff. Admission to the staff and clinical privileges associated with membership shall be granted by the governing authority through a mechanism that evaluates each member’s qualifi- cations…

Nursing personnel. (a) There shall be an organized nursing department, includ- ing a departmental plan of administrative author- ity with written delineation of responsibilities and duties of each category of nursing personnel. (b) All registered nurses employed by the hos- pital…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked March 23, 2001.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 65-428, 65-429, 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; amended May 1, 1980; revoked March 23, 2001.) 28-34-77 through 28-34-93. (Autho- rized by K.S.A. 1973 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; revoked March 23, 2001.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1969; amended May 1, 1980, revoked June 28, 1993.)

Administrative services. (a) General provisions. There shall be an adequate administrative staff to provide effective manage- ment of the hospital. (b) The chief executive officer. The governing body shall appoint a chief executive officer. The qualifications, responsibilities, d…

(Authorized by and implementing SCR 1657; effective May 1, 1982; revoked May 1, 1986.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 65-431; effective Jan. 1, 1974; amended, E-80-8, June 12, 1979; amended May 1, 1980; revoked, T-87-51, Dec. 19, 1986; revoked May 1, 1987.) PART 4. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

(Authorized by and implement- ing K.S.A. 65-431; effective, T-87-51, Dec. 19, 1986; effective May 1, 1987; revoked March 23, 2001.) 722 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 28-34-125

Medical records services. (a) General provisions. Each hospital shall maintain medical records for each patient admitted for care. The records shall be documented and readi- ly retrievable by authorized persons. (b) Organization and staffing. (1) Each hospital shall have a medica…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1967; re- voked Jan. 1, 1970.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.) 28-35-118 and 28-35-119. (Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amend- ed Jan. 1, 1967; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.) 28-35-120 and 28-35-121. (Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1967; re- voked Jan. 1, 1970.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1967; re- voked Jan. 1, 1970.) 28-35-125 to 28-35-129. (Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Jan. 1, 1967; re- voked Jan. 1, 1970.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1967; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.) PART 1. DEFINITIONS

Persons protected. These regulations state the requirements that shall be applied in the use of all radiation, radiation ma- chines, and radioactive materials to ensure the maximum protection of the public health and the maximum safety to all persons at, or in the vicinity of, th…

Persons regulated and ex- empted. Except as otherwise specified, these regulations shall apply to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire any source of radiation. However, nothing in these regula- tions shall apply to any person to the extent that the pers…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 48-1607; implementing K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 48-1603, 48-1607; effective Jan. 1, 1970; amend- ed May 1, 1976; amended, T-85-43, Dec. 19, 1984; amended May 1, 1985; amended Sept. 20, 1993; amended Oct. 17, 1994; revoked Dec. 30, 2005.)