Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-5661. Management of mammal exposed to rabies. (a) As used in this section, "exposed to rabies" means a bite, scratch or abrasion by a known or suspected rabid mammal, or open wound or mucous membrane contact with the saliva or brain tissue from a known or suspected rabid mamma…

75-5662. Publication of certain documents required; fee. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall publish all general policies, guidelines, standards and other documents that are used by the division of environment as part of the division's regulatory functions. The publ…

75-5663. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 75-5663 to 75-5670, inclusive, and amendments thereto: (a) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee on trauma established under K.S.A. 75-5664, and amendments thereto. (b) "Council" means one of the regional trauma councils. (c) "H…

75-5664. Advisory committee on trauma; members; appointment; meetings; privileged information; expenses. (a) There is hereby established an advisory committee on trauma. The advisory committee on trauma shall be advisory to the secretary of health and environment and shall be wit…

75-5665. Statewide trauma system plan, development; duties of secretary; establishment of regional councils; trauma registry; standardized reports; budgeting; contracts; meetings; privileged information. (a) The secretary of health and environment, after consultation with and con…

75-5666. Trauma registry, development; data collection, immunity from liability for entities reporting, confidentiality of information. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall develop and maintain a statewide trauma registry. All prehospital trauma providers, designated…

75-5667. Disclosure statement for trauma patient. To aid the purposes of K.S.A. 75-5663 through 75-5666, and amendments thereto, one of the documents given to the trauma patient or responsible party accompanying the trauma patient shall contain a disclosure statement stating that…

75-5668. Right to choose provider and care not limited. Nothing in the trauma system act shall limit a patient's right to choose the physician, hospital, facility, rehabilitation center, specialty level burn or pediatric trauma center, or other provider of health care services. N…

75-5669. Consistency with federal law. The statutes, rules and regulations and procedures shall be consistent with the federal consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1989, 42 U.S.C. § 1395cc (COBRA) and the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, 42 U.S.C. § …

75-5670. Trauma fund established. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the trauma fund which shall be administered by the secretary of health and environment. All moneys received from fees collected under K.S.A. 12-4117 and 28-172a, and amendments thereto, for th…

75-5671. Remediation trust fund. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Consent decree agreement" means any consent decree agreement entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 74-8922, and amendments thereto, between the department and the oz entertainment company associated with the remediation…

75-5672. Natural resources damages trust fund. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Department" means the department of health and environment. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment. (3) "Fund" means the natural resources damages trust fund. (b) There is here…

75-5673. Atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network; dissemination of data and analysis reports. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall establish a statewide atmospheric mercury deposition monitoring network to measure mercury deposition in Kansas. (b) The secre…

75-5674. Establishment and maintenance; authority. The secretary of health and environment shall establish and maintain family planning centers in cooperation with the secretary for children and families and county, city-county and multicounty health departments. Such family plan…

75-5675. Duties of certain agencies. The secretary for children and families and county, city-county and multicounty health departments shall cooperate with and assist the secretary of health and environment in the establishment, maintenance and operation of the family planning c…

75-5676. Deadline for issuance of permits to discharge stormwater runoff from construction activities under the national pollutant discharge elimination system general permit or rainfall erosivity waivers; complete application required; section not to supersede federal law. Withi…

75-5701. Establishment and administration of department; secretary of labor; appointment, confirmation, salary; application of K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby established a department of labor. The department shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the secretary …

75-5701a. Department and secretary renamed department and secretary of labor; division of employment and training abolished; powers, duties and functions transferred to department and secretary of commerce; continuation of ex officio memberships on commission on disability concer…

75-5701b. Successors and continuation of department and secretary of human resources; force and effect of actions performed in exercise of duties; application of documentary references and designations; rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until supers…

75-5702. Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; compensation; powers, duties and functions; investigations; criminal history record check and fingerprinting. (a) The secretary of labor may appoint, with the consent of the governor, one public information officer, one …

75-5705. Division of employment and security, establishment and administration. There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of labor a division of employment security. The secretary of labor shall administer the division of employment security or provide fo…

75-5708. Division of workers compensation, establishment and administration; director of workers compensation, assistant directors, administrative law judges; appointment, compensation, qualifications; dismissal or suspension of appointees, grounds. (a) There is hereby establishe…

75-5712. Agricultural labor relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations. (a) The agricultural labor relations board created by K.S.A. 44-820, and amendments thereto, is attached to and is a part of the department of labor. All budgeting, purchas…

75-5713. Public employee relations board; administration of management functions; rules and regulations. (a) The public employee relations board created by K.S.A. 75-4323, and amendments thereto, is attached to and is a part of the department of labor. All budgeting, purchasing a…

75-5722. Chief attorney and additional attorneys for department; appointment and salaries. The secretary of labor shall appoint a chief attorney for the department of labor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief attorney shall be in the unclassified service …

75-5723. Organization of department. The secretary of labor may organize the department of labor in the manner the secretary deems most efficient, so long as the same is not in conflict with the provisions of law, and the secretary may establish policies governing the transaction…

75-5724. Creation of advisory boards, commissions or committees within department; allowances and expenses of members. The secretary of labor may create advisory boards, commissions or committees with the approval of the governor, and members of any such board, commission or comm…

75-5727. Custody of records, memoranda, writings of departmental transactions. The secretary of labor shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the dep…

75-5730. Location of offices of secretary and department. The secretary of labor and the department of labor shall have offices and facilities in Topeka and such other locations throughout the state as are necessary. History: L. 1976, ch. 354, § 32; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 132; July …

75-5731. Seal of secretary. The secretary of labor shall keep a seal which shall be surrounded by the words "Secretary, Department of Labor of Kansas" which shall be of such diameter and with such device as the governor and the secretary of labor may prescribe, an impression of w…

75-5733. Special projects; acceptance, receipt and expenditure of moneys; special projects fund; personnel, employment and compensation. (a) Whenever any moneys are granted, collected from or given by any person, firm, corporation or association, or by the United States or any de…

75-5734. Salary of secretary for administration of federal acts and programs. The secretary of labor shall receive as part of the annual salary fixed by the governor pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5701, and amendments thereto, an annual amount for services performed by the secretary with …

75-5740. Accident problems of state; understanding, reduction, prevention; safety education. It shall be the duty of the secretary of labor: To promote better understanding of the accident problem of this state and of state and municipal laws enacted for the purpose of aiding in …

75-5741. Older Kansans employment programs; design of program; annual report; definition. (a) The secretary of commerce shall establish within the limits of appropriations therefor and in accordance with the provisions of this section the older Kansans employment program. The sec…

75-5742. State directory of new hires; collection, deletion, confidentiality and transmission of information. (a) The department of labor is hereby designated as the agency to collect the new hires information required by the personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 19…

75-5743. Same; duty to submit information. (a) All employers and labor organizations doing business in this state shall submit information concerning each new employee to the secretary of labor within 20 business days of the hiring, rehiring or return to work of the newly hired e…

75-5744. State enforcement of federal occupational safety and health standards, study of; report to legislature. (a) The secretary of labor is hereby authorized and directed to: (1) Make a study and recommendations concerning whether the state should submit to the federal governm…

75-5745. Federal coronavirus relief fund appropriations for fiscal years 2021 and 2022; transfers to the employment security fund and legislature employment security fund; amounts; procedure; determination of improper payments; report by unemployment compensation modernization an…

75-5746. Expenditure of fiscal year 2021 and 2022 moneys appropriated for unemployment compensation modernization project; review and report by legislative coordinating council required. During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, on the effective date of thi…

75-5747. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-5747 through 75-5749, and amendments thereto: (a) "Kansas sheltered workshop employer" or "workshop employer" means a private nonprofit, state or local government institution that provides employment opportunities for individu…

75-5748. Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund created; administration by secretary; purpose; provision of matching grants to sheltered workshop employers; application; transition plan required; subsequent additional grants; information to be provided to the secretary; report…

75-5749. Expiration of program; abolishment of fund. The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-5747 through 75-5749, and amendments thereto, shall expire on July 1, 2034. On July 1, 2034, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all unencumbered moneys in the Kansas shelt…

75-5801. State policy. The legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of this state to publicly announce all requirements for engineering services, and to negotiate contracts for engineering services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of p…

75-5802. Definitions. As used in this act unless the context specifically requires otherwise: (a) "Firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the profession of engineering and provide engineering ser…

75-5803. Qualification statements of engineering and land surveying firms; annual list of qualified firms; selection of firms from list prepared by state building advisory commission in certain cases; procedure. (a) In the procurement of engineering or land surveying services, ea…

75-5804. Negotiating committee convened, when; construction cost threshold, annual increase based on consumer price index; list of qualified firms for projects; list prepared by state building advisory commission in certain cases; procedure. (a) (1) Whenever it becomes necessary …

75-5805. Written project description; no alteration without approval. The negotiating committee shall cause a written description of the scope or program of the proposed project to be prepared. Such description shall be used in the negotiations between the negotiating committee a…

75-5806. Negotiating committee access to data on firms; selection of firms. The negotiating committee for each proposed project shall have access to the current statements of qualifications and performance data on file with the agency head for the firms listed by the agency head.…

75-5807. Negotiation of contract with selected firm; duties of committee; failure of negotiations with selected firms; additional list of nominees. (a) Each negotiating committee shall determine which engineering or land surveying services are necessary and shall negotiate a cont…

75-5901. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas act on the aging. History: L. 1977, ch. 288, § 1; April 28.