Chapter 65, PUBLIC HEALTH

65-1124. Acts which are not prohibited. No provisions of this law shall be construed as prohibiting: (a) Gratuitous nursing by friends or members of the family; (b) the incidental care of the sick by domestic servants or persons primarily employed as housekeepers; (c) caring for …

65-1126. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to …

65-1127. Reporting of malpractice incidents and other information; immunity from liability in civil actions for reporting, communicating and investigating certain information concerning alleged malpractice incidents and other information; conditions. (a) A licensee shall report t…

65-1129. Rules and regulations. The board shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act [*]. History: L. 1978, ch. 240, § 9; July 1. * This act means 65-1113, 65-1114, 65-1117, 65-1119, 65-1120, 65-1121, 65-1122 and 65-1…

65-1130. Advanced practice registered nurse; standards and requirements for licensure; rules and regulations; roles, titles and abbreviations; prescription of drugs authorized; licensure of currently registered individuals; malpractice insurance coverage required, exceptions. (a)…

65-1131. Advanced practice registered nurse; licensure; fees; license with temporary permit; exempt license; inactive license. (a) (1) Licensure. Upon application to the board by any professional nurse in this state and upon satisfaction of the standards and requirements establis…

65-1132. Renewal of license for advanced practice registered nurse; reinstatement of lapsed license. (a) All licenses issued under the provisions of this act, whether initial or renewal, shall expire every two years. The expiration date shall be established by rules and regulatio…

65-1133. Same; educational and training programs for advanced practice registered nurses; approval; survey; nationally accredited programs. (a) An approved educational and training program for advanced practice registered nurses is a program conducted in Kansas which has been app…

65-1134. Citation of Kansas nurse practice act. The acts contained in article 11 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto or made specifically supplemental thereto shall be construed together and may be cited as the Kansas nurse practice act. History:…

65-1135. Complaint or information relating to complaint confidential; exceptions. (a) Any complaint or report, record or other information relating to the investigation of a complaint about a person licensed by the board which is received, obtained or maintained by the board is c…

65-1136. Intravenous fluid therapy; qualifications of licensed practical nurses to administer; definitions; rules and regulations; advisory committee established; prohibitions; exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Provider" means a person who is approved by the board to …

65-1151. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-1151 to 65-1164, inclusive and amendments thereto: (a) "Registered nurse anesthetist" means a licensed professional nurse who is authorized to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist. (b) "Board" means the board of nursing. (c) "Local…

65-1152. Qualifications for authorization to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist; approval of schools of nurse anesthesia, criteria. (a) In order to obtain authorization from the board of nursing to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist an individual shall meet the fo…

65-1153. Temporary authorization to practice. The board may grant a temporary authorization to practice nurse anesthesia as a registered nurse anesthetist: (a) For a period of not more than one year to graduates of a school of nurse anesthesia approved by the board pending result…

65-1154. Application; fees; deposit of moneys. Upon application to the board by any licensed professional nurse in this state and upon satisfaction of the standards and requirements established under this act and K.S.A. 65-1130, and amendments thereto, the board shall grant an au…

65-1155. Expiration of authorizations to practice; renewal; lapsed authorization; reinstatement fee. (a) All authorizations to practice under this act, whether initial or renewal, shall expire every two years. The biennial authorizations to practice as a registered nurse anesthet…

65-1158. Registered nurse anesthetist scope of practice; prescription of drugs authorized. (a) Upon the order of a physician or dentist requesting anesthesia or analgesia care, each registered nurse anesthetist shall be authorized to: (1) Conduct a pre- and post-anesthesia and pr…

65-1159. Qualifications of applicant for renewal of an authorization to practice; continuing education. (a) The applicant for renewal of an authorization to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist shall: (1) Have met the continuing education requirements for a registered nurse…

65-1162. Unlawful acts. (a) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 65-1151 to 65-1163, inclusive, and amendments thereto any licensed professional nurse or licensed practical nurse who engages in the administration of general or regional anesthesia without being authorized by the…

65-1163. Application of act. Nothing in this act shall: (a) Prohibit administration of a drug by a duly licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse or other duly authorized person for the alleviation of pain, including administration of local anesthetics; (b) apply to t…

65-1164. Rules and regulations. The board of nursing may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to administer the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1151 to 65-1163, inclusive, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1987, ch. 234, § 3; July 1.

65-1165. Supervision of delegated nursing procedures. (a) All nursing procedures, including but not limited to administration of medication, delegated by a licensed nurse to a designated unlicensed person shall be supervised. The degree of supervision required shall be determined…

65-1166. Nurse licensure compact. This section shall be known and may be cited as the nurse licensure compact. Nurse Licensure Compact ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE (a) The legislature of the state of Kansas finds that: (1) The health and safety of the public are …

65-1421. License required to practice dentistry or dental hygiene. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the state of Kansas, except: (a) Those who are now duly licensed dentists, pursuant to law; (b) those who are now duly licensed dental…

65-1422. Persons deemed to be practicing dentistry. A person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry: (a) Who performs, or attempts or professes to perform, any dental operation or oral surgery or dental service of any kind, gratuitously or for a salary, fee, money or other re…

65-1423. Act inapplicable to certain practices, acts and operations; definitions. (a) Nothing in this act shall apply to the following practices, acts and operations: (1) To the practice of a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under the laws of this state, unless su…

65-1424. Definitions; arrangement with unlicensed proprietor; limitation, suspension or revocation of license; selling or closing dental practice of deceased or substantially disabled dentist; rules and regulations. (a) As used in this act: (1) "Proprietor" means any person who e…

65-1425. Corporations not to practice dentistry; exception; employee to display name. Except as provided in K.S.A. 17-2706 et seq., and amendments thereto, no corporation shall practice, offer, or undertake to practice or hold itself out as practicing dentistry. Every person prac…

65-1426. Application for license; temporary license; qualifications of applicants; approval of dental schools or colleges. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) or subsection (d), every person who desires to practice dentistry in this state shall file with the execut…

65-1427. Specialists; standards and qualifications; certificate fee; limiting practice; misdemeanor; suspension or revocation of license. (a) No dentist shall announce or hold out to the public that such dentist is a specialist, or is specially qualified in any particular branch …

65-1428. Examination of applicants; examination subjects and results; licenses. (a) Each applicant for licensure as a dentist shall be examined by the board or by a testing organization or an organization of one or more state boards formed for the purpose of conducting a standard…

65-1429. Subsequent examination upon failure to pass; fee. Any applicant who fails to pass one or more sections of an examination given or approved by the board upon the first trial shall have a right to retake the examination. Any applicant who fails to pass the examination upon…

65-1430. Display of name and license. Every practitioner of dentistry within the meaning of this act shall post and keep conspicuously displayed the dentist's name, license and current license renewal certificate in each office in which the dentist practices, in plain sight of pa…

65-1431. Renewal of license; application; continuing education; biennial license renewal fee; cancellation; penalty fee; waiver for retired or disabled persons; examination for persons returning to active practice after retirement or disability. (a) Each license to practice as a …

65-1431a. Reinstatement of a revoked license; application form; burden of proof; conditions and restrictions; proceedings; stay of order of revocation of license. (a) A person whose license has been revoked may apply for reinstatement of the license after the expiration of three …

65-1432. Change of practice location address. Every licensed dentist, upon establishing a practice location or upon changing the place at which such licensed dentist practices dentistry shall furnish the executive director of the board within 30 days after such action the new pra…

65-1433. Duplicate license; fee. In case of a lost or destroyed license, and upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction thereof, the board may issue a duplicate license upon payment of the duplicate license fee fixed by the board pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1447 and amendments …

65-1434. Licenses issued without examination; qualifications of applicants; appearance before board; "applicant" defined. (a) The board, without examination, may issue a license as a dentist or dental hygienist to an applicant holding a license in another state upon compliance wi…

65-1435. Improper use of certain names by dentists; exceptions; unlawful acts; suspension or revocation of license; limitation on multiple office ownership. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to practice or offer to pr…

65-1436. Grounds for refusal to issue license or for action against license of dentist or dental hygienist; disciplinary action by board; notice and hearing; professionally incompetent defined; physical or mental examination. (a) The Kansas dental board may refuse to issue the li…

65-1437. Advertising; prohibitions; rules and regulations; "licensee" defined. (a) A person licensed to practice dentistry by the Kansas dental board shall not on such licensee's own behalf, a licensee's partner, associate or any other licensee affiliated with the licensee or the…

65-1438. Using services of unlicensed person; written prescription; misdemeanors; suspension or revocation of license. (A) Any dentist who shall use the services of any person (which word when used in this section shall include all legal entities) not licensed to practice dentist…

65-1439. Unlawful advertising or use of dental services and appliances; misdemeanor; revocation of license. (a) Any person (which word when used in this section shall include all legal entities) who shall advertise in any manner to the general public that he can or will sell, sup…

65-1441. Sale, offer to sell, procurement or alteration of diploma or license; misdemeanor; fraud or cheating. Whoever sells or offers to sell a diploma conferring a dental degree, or a license granted pursuant to this act, or procures such diploma or license with intent that it …

65-1442. Board to assist prosecuting officers. The board and its members and officers shall assist prosecuting officers in the enforcement of this act, and it shall be the duty of the board, its members and officers, to furnish the proper prosecuting officer with such evidence as…

65-1444. Drugs; surgery; anaesthetics; appliances; qualifications for administering intravenous sedation and general anaesthetics; sedation permits; rules and regulations; assistant administering and monitoring nitrous oxide or oxygen, requirements; denial, revocation, suspension…

65-1445. Druggists may fill prescriptions. Druggists in this state may fill prescriptions of legally licensed dentists in this state for any drugs necessary for the practice of dentistry. History: L. 1943, ch. 221, § 29; June 28.

65-1446. Title and letters. Any licensed dentist of this state being a graduate of a reputable dental college recognized by the board shall have the right to use the title "doctor" or abbreviation thereof before his name, or appended to his name the letters "B.D.S.," "M.D.S.," "L…

65-1447. Fees; fixed by board, guidelines and limitations. (a) On or before October 1 of each year, the Kansas dental board shall determine the amount of funds which will be required during the ensuing fiscal year to properly administer the laws which the board is directed to enf…

65-1448. Wartime fee remittance rules. The board by rules shall provide for the remittance of fees otherwise required by this act while a licensee is in the active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States during a state of war. History: L. 1943, ch. 221, § 32; June …