Chapter 65 — PUBLIC HEALTH

65-1665. History: L. 2005, ch. 121, § 2; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 114, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

65-1666. History: L. 2005, ch. 121, § 3; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 114, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

65-1667. History: L. 2005, ch. 121, § 4; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 114, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

65-1668. Utilization of unused medications act; not applicable to certain medications. (a) K.S.A. 65-1668 through 65-1675, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the "utilization of unused medications act." (b) The provisions of the utilization of unused medic…

65-1669. Same; definitions. As used in the utilization of unused medications act: (a) "Adult care home" has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 39-923, and amendments thereto. (b) "Community mental health center" has the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.…

65-1670. Same; duties of the board of pharmacy; duties of qualifying center or clinic. (a) The board of pharmacy shall establish and implement a program consistent with public health and safety through which unused drugs may be transferred from donating entities that elect to par…

65-1671. Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing. The following criteria shall be used in accepting unused medications for use under the utilization of unused medications act: (a) The medications shall have come from a controlled storage unit of a donating ent…

65-1672. Same; participation; adult care homes; powers and duties of a qualifying center or clinic. (a) Participation in the utilization of unused medications act by residents of adult care homes and donating entities shall be voluntary. Nothing in the utilization of unused medic…

65-1673. Same; criminal and civil liability under the act. (a) For matters related only to the lawful donation, acceptance or dispensing of medications under the utilization of unused medications act, the following persons and entities, in compliance with the utilization of unuse…

65-1674. Same; rules and regulations; duties of the board of pharmacy. (a) The state board of pharmacy shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the utilization of unused medications act. Such rules shall: (1) Include standards and procedures for transfer, acceptance and saf…

65-1675. Same; duties of the secretary of health and environment; records. The secretary of health and environment shall maintain records of program participation including the number of donating entities donating medications, recipient locations, the amount of medications receiv…

65-1676. Registration of pharmacist interns; applications; registration fee; qualifications for registration; expiration and renewal; revocation, suspension or limitation; change of name, address or email address; responsibilities of pharmacist and pharmacies; rules and regulatio…

65-1677. Collaborative drug therapy management advisory committee; purpose and membership. (a) Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, the state board of pharmacy and the state board of healing arts shall appoint a seven-member committee to be known as the co…

65-1680. Emergency medication kits in schools. (a) A pharmacist may distribute a stock supply of standard-dose and pediatric-dose epinephrine auto-injectors to a school pursuant to a prescription made pursuant to K.S.A. 72-6283, and amendments thereto, from a physician or mid-lev…

65-1681. Prescription monitoring program act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the prescription monitoring program act. History: L. 2008, ch. 104, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Me…

65-1682. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Audit trail information" means information produced regarding requests for prescription monitoring program data that the board and advisory committee use to monitor compliance with this act. (b…

65-1683. Required information to be submitted by dispenser; rules and regulations; acceptance of gifts and grants. (a) The board shall establish and maintain a prescription monitoring program for the monitoring of scheduled substances and drugs of concern dispensed in this state …

65-1684. Same; charges and fees prohibited. The board shall not impose any charge for the establishment or maintenance of the prescription monitoring program database on a registered wholesale distributor, pharmacist, dispenser or other person authorized to prescribe or dispense …

65-1685. Database information privileged and confidential; persons authorized to receive data; oversight thereof; advisory committee review of information. (a) The program database, all information contained therein and any records maintained by the board, or by any entity contra…

65-1685a. History: L. 2008, ch. 104, § 5; L. 2012, ch. 102, § 24; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 133, § 37; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived …

65-1686. Same; another agency as contractor. The board is hereby authorized to contract with another agency of this state or with a private vendor, as necessary, to ensure the effective operation of the prescription monitoring program. Any contractor shall be bound to comply with…

65-1687. Requirements for maintenance and storage of records. (a) All information collected for the prescription monitoring program database and any records maintained by the board, or by any entity contracting with the board, submitted to, maintained or stored as a part of the d…

65-1688. Same; act does not create civil liability or duty. No person authorized to prescribe or dispense scheduled substances and drugs of concern shall be liable to any person in a civil action for damages or other relief for injury, death or loss to person or property on the b…

65-1689. Program advisory committee created; members; terms. (a) There is hereby created the program advisory committee which, subject to the oversight of the board, shall be responsible for the operation of the program. The advisory committee shall consist of at least 10 members…

65-1690. Same; advisory committee in cooperation with other entities. (a) The prescription monitoring program advisory committee shall work with each entity charged with administrative oversight of those persons engaged in the prescribing or dispensing of scheduled substances and…

65-1691. Same; board consultation with advisory committee; annual report. In consultation with and upon recommendation of the prescription monitoring program advisory committee, the board shall review the effectiveness of the prescription monitoring program and submit an annual r…

65-1692. Same; rules and regulations. The board is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. History: L. 2008, ch. 104, § 12; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC…

65-1693. Same; penalties. (a) A dispenser who knowingly fails to submit prescription monitoring information to the board as required by this act or knowingly submits incorrect prescription monitoring information shall be guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony. (b) A pers…

65-1694. Same; veterinary prescription monitoring program task force; study; members; report. (a) There is hereby established the veterinary prescription monitoring program task force which shall study and determine whether to require veterinarians to report to a prescription mon…

65-1694a. Prescription monitoring program fund created. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the prescription monitoring program fund. Such fund shall be administered by the president of the state board of pharmacy or the president's designee. All expenditures fr…

65-1695. Continuous quality improvement program; purpose; confidential peer review documents; rules and regulations. (a) No later than July 1, 2009, each pharmacy shall establish a continuous quality improvement (CQI) program. The purpose of the CQI program shall be to assess err…

65-1696. State board of pharmacy; fingerprinting and criminal history; fees. (a) The state board of pharmacy may require a fingerprint candidate to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and …

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65-1701. License; application, issuance; registration and display. Every person hereafter desiring to enter the practice of embalming dead human bodies within the state of Kansas shall make a written application to the state board of mortuary arts, upon forms prescribed by such b…

65-1701a. Educational requirements; registration and examination, fees; apprenticeship. (a) Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-1701b, and amendments thereto, each applicant for a license to practice embalming in this state, in order to be eligible for examination, shall be…

65-1701b. Reciprocal licenses; fees. The state board of mortuary arts may enter into reciprocal relations with the boards of other states in granting licenses to duly licensed embalmers from such states: (a) If the requirements of the state from which the applicant applies are as…

65-1702. Embalmer's license; biennial renewal; fees; notice; suspension and reinstatement; relicensure; rules and regulations; evidence of continuing education required for license renewal; exemption. (a) Every licensed embalmer who desires to continue the practice of embalming s…

65-1702a. Temporary embalming permits for certain purposes; conditions and limitations. (a) The state board of mortuary arts may issue temporary embalming permits to out-of-state licensed embalmers for teaching purposes involving an approved continuing education program, or in em…

65-1703. Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; registration and supervision; definitions. (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed as an embalmer to advertise, practice, offer to practice, or hold oneself out as practicing the scien…

65-1704. Officers of the law. Nothing in this act shall apply to or in any manner interfere with the duties of any officer of the law. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 9; R.S. 1923, 65-1704; L. 1941, ch. 297, § 10; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Pol…

65-1705. Penalties for violations. Any person who shall advertise, practice or hold oneself out as practicing the science of embalming without having complied with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 10; L. 1…

65-1706. Use of bodies by school for teaching embalming. The state board of mortuary arts and schools for teaching embalming shall have extended to them the same privileges as to the use of bodies for dissecting, demonstrating or teaching as those granted in this state to medical…

65-1707. Penalty for embalming without permission of coroner, when. It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body, when any fact within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the embalmer is sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause of death of…

65-1708. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 14; L. 1909, ch. 225, § 7; R.S. 1923, 65-1708; Repealed, L. 1965, ch. 379, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session …

65-1709. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 15; R.S. 1923, 65-1709; Repealed, L. 1971, ch. 176, § 22; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

65-1710. Questions used for examination. The board shall select the examination to be used by applicants for a license. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 16; R.S. 1923, 65-1710; L. 1993, ch. 80, § 2; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archiv…

65-1711. Record of licenses. The secretary of said board shall keep a record in which shall be entered the names and residences of all persons to whom licenses have been issued hereunder, and the secretary shall record the license number and the date of issuance of each such lice…

65-1711a. History: L. 1941, ch. 297, § 13; L. 1953, ch. 292, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 231, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 89; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 109; L. 1985, ch. 215, § 6; Repealed, L. 1987, ch. 237, § 3; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Injunction proper remedy to test validity of rule adopted …

65-1712. Rules and regulations; submission to secretary of health and environment; penalty for violations. The state board of mortuary arts shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States, whereby the perfo…