Chapter 65, PUBLIC HEALTH

65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; limitation on certain orders; approval by board of county commissioners required; civil action …

65-202. Oath and bond of local health officers; duties and compensation; inspection of school buildings, county option; review, amendment or revocation of orders; employment of additional personnel; removal from office; criminal penalties. (a) The local health officer in each cou…

65-203. Obstetrical patients. County boards of health may make a special contract with the state board of regents for the care and maintenance in the hospital conducted by the said board of regents in connection with the state university, of such obstetrical patients as are publi…

65-204. County health funds; health buildings; garbage and trash disposal; tax levies, use of proceeds; increase in levy; protest; election. (a) The board of county commissioners of any county of the state may levy a tax upon all taxable tangible property in such county for the p…

65-205. Joint board by cities and counties; agreement; jurisdiction; board in counties over 300,000. Whenever it shall be determined that the public health and sanitation of any city or county may be best promoted by the creation of a joint board of health for any two or more cit…

65-206. Treasurer; election; term; bond; moneys. It shall be the duty of the joint board of health to elect a treasurer, who shall be a member of such board, for such term as may be agreed upon under the authority of K.S.A. 65-205. The treasurer shall hold office for the term for…

65-207. Reports to governing body. The joint board of health, during the month of January of each year, shall file with the governing body of each contracting municipality a report of its activities and a statement of all receipts and expenditures during the preceding year. Histo…

65-208. Health and sanitation; tax levies, use of proceeds. The contracting municipalities may levy taxes for health and sanitation purposes and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, by cities…

65-209. Withdrawal; notice. If the governing body of any city or county which has entered into an agreement to establish a joint board of health shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to withdraw from such agreement and joint board of health, and shall give written noti…

65-210. Same; moneys. Any money remaining in the hands of the treasurer of the joint board of health, upon its dissolution by the contracting parties, shall be repaid to the respective treasurers of the contracting municipalities in the proportion in which such municipalities con…

65-211. Establishment of mental health clinics and joint boards of mental health in certain counties; charges; parolees; disposition of moneys; contract for services with nonprofit corporation, when; report. (a) In all counties wherein there is established a joint board of health…

65-212. Establishment of mental health clinics and joint boards of mental health in certain counties; tax levies, use of proceeds; issuance of bonds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any such county may, u…

65-213. Mental health clinic in certain counties; board of trustees, appointment, qualifications, terms. (a) In all counties having a population of more than 20,000 and less than 22,000, and having an assessed tangible valuation of more than $40,000,000, wherein there has been es…

65-214. Same; treasurer of board, election, bond; expenditures. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to elect a treasurer, who shall be a member of such board. Such treasurer shall hold office for the term for which he is appointed under K.S.A. 65-213, and shall give bon…

65-215. Same; tax levies, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election. The board of county commissioners of any such county may, upon the establishment of such mental health clinic, levy an annual tax upon all taxable tangible property i…

65-220. Community nursing care; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "County health department" means county health department established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-204 or 65-205. (b) "Community nursing care" means community nursing and related care of the ill and disabled rendered …

65-221. Same; services; fees; personnel; expenditures. The county health department is hereby authorized to provide community nursing care services and to collect fees for said services, to those persons living in counties in the state where in the judgment of the county health d…

65-222. Same; rendering of services; fees; amount and use. Whenever a county health department has established a community nursing care program, it may render such community nursing care services as are authorized by this act and for that purpose may charge fees as set in a sched…

65-223. Same; receipt of funds; use. The county health department is authorized to receive moneys from any source for community nursing care. All such moneys as a county health department may receive for such services shall be used to carry out the provisions of this act. History…

65-224. Same; use of county general funds. The county health department is hereby authorized to expend such moneys as is necessary, appropriated to it for general government operations, to carry out the provisions of this act. History: L. 1967, ch. 345, § 5; July 1.

65-225. Same; collection of fees. The county health departments are authorized to maintain legal action in each county and the county attorney shall aid in the collection of fees charged for community nursing care services which have been rendered to any person in his county. His…

65-241. State financial assistance to local health departments; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-241 to 65-246, inclusive: (a) "Local health department" means any county, city-county or multicounty department of health. (b) "Secretary" means secretary of health and environment. …

65-242. Financial assistance to local health departments; computation of assistance. For the purpose of ensuring that adequate public health services are available to all inhabitants of the state of Kansas, the state shall assist in the financing of the operation of local health …

65-243. Same; application for assistance; population figures; rules and regulations. (a) The governing board of any local health department may apply for the financial assistance provided under K.S.A. 65-242 and amendments thereto, by submitting annually to the secretary an appli…

65-244. Same; determination of amount of state financial assistance due each local health department; payment of financial assistance. (a) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year and after review of the application submitted under K.S.A. 65-243 and amendments thereto, the secr…

65-245. Same; overpayment or underpayment to local health department; procedure. In the event any local health department is paid more than it is entitled to receive under any distribution made under this act, the secretary shall notify the governing board of the local health dep…

65-246. Same; other moneys available to local health departments; moneys not included in determining local tax revenues. (a) Moneys available under this act for financial assistance to local health departments shall not be substituted for or used to reduce or eliminate moneys ava…

65-301. Authority of officers; expenses. Whenever smallpox or other contagious or infectious diseases exist in a city of the second or third class the governing body of such city and the local health officer and the county commissioner in the district in which is located such cit…

65-302. Audit and payment of claims by county. A detailed, itemized and verified account of all moneys so expended by the city shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such city is located, and said board of county commissioners shall monthly…

65-406. Liens upon personal injury damages recovered by patients; exception; enforcement of claimed lien in excess of $5,000. (a) Every hospital, which furnishes emergency, medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of an accident not covered by the workers compens…

65-407. Same; notices and statement of claims; requirements. No such lien shall be effective unless a written notice setting forth the amount of all of the hospital's claims, the name of the injured person, the date of the accident and the name and location of the hospital shall …

65-408. Same; persons liable to hospital; limitation of actions. Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the inj…

65-409. Hospital lien; fee for filing; authorized only by legislative enactment. (a) The clerk of the district court shall charge a fee of $14 for entering and filing a lien statement under this act. (b) Except as provided further, the lien fee established in subsection (a) shall…

65-410. Title of act. This act may be cited as the Kansas medical facilities survey and construction act. History: L. 1947, ch. 328, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 286, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 265, § 1; July 1. Cross References to Related Sections: Medical facilities, see also 65-424a, 65-424b.

65-411. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment. (b) "The federal act" means titles VI and XVI of the United States public health service act (42 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) and any amendments thereto. (c) "Medical facility" include…

65-412. Administration of act by secretary of health and environment; state medical facilities plan. The secretary shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of: (a) Making an inventory of existing medical facilities, surveying the need for construction of medi…

65-413. General powers and duties. In carrying out the purposes of the act, the secretary is authorized and directed: (a) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he or she deems necessary; (b) to provide methods of admin…

65-415. Survey and planning activities. The secretary is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing medical facilities to survey the need for modernization or construction of medical facilities or for the conversion of existing medical facilities in order to provide…

65-416. State medical facilities plan; provisions. The state medical facilities plan shall provide, in accordance with the federal act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, for adequate medical facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible s…

65-417. Application for federal funds for survey and planning; expenditure. The secretary is authorized to make application to the federal secretary of health, education and welfare for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Su…

65-419. Same; priority of projects. The state medical facilities plan shall set forth the relative need for the medical facility projects included in such plan determined in accordance with the federal act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and provide for the medi…

65-420. Medical facility projects; application for funds. Applications for federal funds or loans for medical facility projects, except special project grants under section 1625 of public law 93-641 which shall be submitted directly to the federal secretary of health, education a…

65-421. Consideration and forwarding of applications; hearing. The secretary shall afford to every applicant for federal funds or loans for a medical facility project under K.S.A. 65-420, and any amendments thereto, an opportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with the provisi…

65-422. Inspection of projects; certification. The secretary shall inspect each medical facility project approved by the federal secretary of health, education and welfare; and, if the inspection so warrants, the secretary shall certify to the federal secretary of health, educati…

65-423. Medical facilities project fund established; deposit of federal moneys; uses. The secretary is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, such applicants for federal funds or loans for medical facility projects approved by the federal s…

65-424. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applicat…

65-424a. Medical facilities; definition. As used in this act: "Medical facilities" means diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in title VI of the United States public health service act (42 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) and…

65-424b. Same; construction, operation and leasing by certain municipalities authorized. Any city, county, township or any combination thereof, or any hospital district heretofore or hereafter organized which is authorized to acquire a site, construct, reconstruct, equip, maintai…

65-425. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "General hospital" means an establishment with an organized medical staff of physicians; with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds; and with medical services, including physician services, and continuous registered profess…

65-425a. Definition of "hospital" as used in article 14b of chapter 13 and article 6 of chapter 14 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. On and after the effective date of this act, as used in the acts constituting article 14b of chapter 13 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and in the act…