Chapter 65, PUBLIC HEALTH

65-2412. Registration of deaths and stillbirths; official death records; use of verified forms; establishment and collection of fee; duties of cause of death certifier; filing of certificates; Kansas electronic death registration system. (a) A death certificate or stillbirth cert…

65-2414. Delayed determination of cause of death. If the cause of death cannot be determined within three days, the certification of the cause of death may be filed as pending. In such cases, the cause of death is to be reported to the state registrar as soon as possible. History…

65-2415. Form of certificates. The forms of certificates shall include as a minimum the items required by the respective standard certificates as recommended by the national office of vital statistics subject to approval of and modification by the secretary. The form and use of s…

65-2416. Certificates as evidence; reproduction of records; certification. (a) Certificates filed within six months after the time prescribed therefor shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. Data therein pertaining to the father of a child are prima facie evide…

65-2417. Certified copies or abstracts. (a) Subject to the requirements of K.S.A. 65-2421, 65-2422d and 65-2423 and amendments thereto, the state registrar shall, upon request, furnish to any applicant a certified copy or a certified abstract of any certificate, or any part there…

65-2418. Fees for copies and searches; free copies of certain records for veterans and birth certificate, when; disposition; exemptions; copies, abstracts or data furnished to national office of vital statistics. (a) (1) The secretary shall fix and charge by rules and regulations…

65-2418c. Vital statistics integrated information system; revenue bonds authorized for prescribed activities by Kansas development finance authority. The activities of the secretary of health and environment in implementing and maintaining the vital statistics integrated informat…

65-2418e. Civil registration and health statistics fee fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund; predecessor fund abolished, moneys and liabilities transferred to new fund. (a) There is hereby established the civil registration and health statistics fee fund in the state …

65-2419. Delayed birth certificates. A person born in this state may file a birth certificate after the time herein prescribed, upon submitting such proof as shall be required by the secretary. History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 19; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 127; July 1.

65-2420. Same; procedure. (a) Certificates accepted subsequent to six (6) months after the time prescribed for filing with the state registrar shall contain the date of the delayed filing and be marked "delayed." (b) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the…

65-2421. Same; evidence. The probative value of a "delayed" certificate shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence. History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 21; June 30.

65-2422a. Change of name; new certificate of birth issued, when. In cases in which a person has lawfully obtained a change of name by a court of competent jurisdiction, such person may present a duly authenticated copy of the court order changing his name and request a new certif…

65-2422b. Records of divorces and annulments. For each divorce and annulment of marriage granted by any court in this state, a report shall be prepared and filed by the clerk of court with the state registrar of vital statistics. The information necessary to prepare the report sh…

65-2422c. Minor correction of records. The secretary may by regulation prescribe procedures for making minor corrections to certificates or records. Any certificate so corrected shall be marked "amended," and shall have such further marking as shall be prescribed by the secretary…

65-2422d. Disclosure of records; disclosure of child birth information; monthly reports of deceased residents to county election officers; section not applicable to certain records created prior to July 1, 1911; social security number, availability; fact of death information; use…

65-2423. Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements. (a) In cases of adoption the state registrar upon receipt of a certified decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption i…

65-2425. Institution inmates or patients; records and reports. Persons in charge of institutions for care of [or] correction or for treatment of disease, injury or childbirth shall record and report all statistical data required by this act relating to their inmates or patients. …

65-2426a. Authorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation. (a) (1) No dead body, as defined in K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto, shall be cremated unless a coroner's permit to cremate has been executed to authorize such cremation, if the …

65-2427. Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body. When death or stillbirth occurs outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and regulations in force where the deat…

65-2428a. Permit for transportation of dead body to location outside state. No dead body located in this state shall be transported to a location outside the boundaries of this state, either by commercial or private conveyance, without a permit issued by a funeral director or the…

65-2433. Registration of divorces, annulments and adoptions. For each divorce, annulment of marriage, adoption or annulment of adoption, the clerk of the court shall prepare within thirty (30) days after the decree becomes final, certificate of such decree on a form furnished by …

65-2434. Crimes, prosecution, penalties. (a) Vital records identity fraud related to birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates shall be prosecuted pursuant to K.S.A. 21-5918, and amendments thereto. (b) Any person who knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, a de…

65-2435. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances 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…

65-2436. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 36; June 30.

65-2437. Short title. This act may be cited as the "uniform vital statistics act." History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 37; June 30.

65-2438. Notification of person transporting dead body for disposition that deceased had an infectious or contagious disease; form; notification of embalmer, funeral director or other person taking possession of body; confidential information; penalties for violations; "infectiou…

65-2439. Meriden's law. The changes to law in this act shall be known as Meriden's law. History: L. 2014, ch. 128, § 1; July 1.

65-2440. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (a) A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be established by the state registrar. (b) The certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall contain personal and demographic information describing the stillbirth…

65-2701. Hazardous household articles; definitions. For the purposes of this act, the term "hazardous household article" means: Any article which purports to be useful in the accomplishment of any domestic task, any article for personal use, or any toy, which is a substance or wh…

65-2702. Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment. It shall be the duty of the secretary of health and environment to inquire into the composition of hazardous household articles, to determine their potentialities for harm, and take such steps as may be deemed nec…

65-2703. Rules and regulations, filing. The secretary of health and environment is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to protect the public from improper use of poisonous household articles, and as are necessary to administer the provisions of this ac…

65-2704. Unlawful acts; penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation to hold for sale, offer for sale or sell any household article in violation of any regulation adopted as authorized under the provisions of this act. Any person, …

65-28,100. Temporary license for visiting professor; designation; qualifications; application; rights conferred; validity of license; section supplemental. (a) There is hereby created a designation of visiting professor temporary license which may be issued by the board to a pers…

65-28,101. Withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures; legislative finding and declaration. The legislature finds that adult persons have the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own medical care, including the decision to hav…

65-28,102. Same; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Attending physician" means the physician selected by, or assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. (b) "Declaration" means a witnessed document in writing, voluntarily…

65-28,103. Same; declaration authorizing; effect during pregnancy of qualified patient; duty to notify attending physician; form of declaration; severability of directions. (a) Any adult person may execute a declaration directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining p…

65-28,104. Same; revocation of declaration. (a) A declaration may be revoked at any time by the declarant by any of the following methods: (1) By being obliterated, burnt, torn, or otherwise destroyed or defaced in a manner indicating intention to cancel; (2) by a written revocat…

65-28,105. Same; written certification and confirmation of declarant's terminal condition; effect of failure to comply. An attending physician who has been notified of the existence of a declaration executed under this act, without delay after the diagnosis of a terminal conditio…

65-28,106. Same; desires of qualified patient supersede declaration; presumptions relating to declaration; immunity from civil or criminal liability for persons acting pursuant to declaration. The desires of a qualified patient shall at all times supersede the effect of the decla…

65-28,107. Same; attending physician's refusal to comply with declaration of qualified patient; transfer of patient; unprofessional conduct; unlawful acts. (a) An attending physician who refuses to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient pursuant to this act shall effe…

65-28,108. Same; construction and effect of act. (a) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide and shall not constitute the crime of assisting…

65-28,109. Same; act not to be construed to condone or approve mercy killing or to permit other than natural process of dying. Nothing in this act shall be construed to condone, authorize or approve mercy killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end l…

65-28,121. Reports by hospitals and others; administrative fines for failure to report. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-4923, and amendments thereto, a medical care facility licensed under K.S.A. 65-425 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall, and any …

65-28,122. Person licensed, registered or certified to practice a profession regulated by the board required to report knowledge of violation of K.S.A. 65-2836 to state board of healing arts; exceptions. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-4923, and amend…

65-28,123. Temporary education license; issuance; qualifications; conditions; fee. (a) There is hereby created a designation of temporary education license. This license may be issued by the board to any person who: (1) Holds a degree from an accredited school of medicine or an a…

65-28,124. Visiting clinical professor license; issuance; qualifications; practice limitations; renewal; continuing education. (a) There is hereby created a designation of visiting clinical professor license which may be issued by the board to a person who is qualified for a lice…

65-28,125. Limited permit to practice a branch of the healing arts; issuance; qualifications; practice limitations; renewal. (a) There is hereby created a designation of limited permit to practice a branch of the healing arts which may be issued by the board to a person who holds…

65-28,126. Changes in licensee's mailing and practice addresses; notice to board; penalties. (a) It shall be the duty of each licensee to notify the state board of healing arts in writing within 30 days of any changes in the licensee's mailing and practice addresses. (b) A penalt…

65-28,127. Licensees who direct, supervise, order, refer, accept responsibility for, enter into practice protocols with or delegate acts which constitute practice of healing arts to others; requirements and limitations; construction of section. (a) Every supervising or responsibl…

65-28,128. Abandonment of health care records; court jurisdiction; procedure; appointment of custodian of records, authority and duties, liability, physician-patient privilege; access to records. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means a person licensed to p…