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2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 1 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES
- 65-101. Health supervision; investigation of causes of disease, sickness and death; sanitation inspections; prevention of spread of disease; outreach services; rules and regulations; injunction.
- 65-102. Registration of vital statistics and diseases; forms.
- 65-102a. Materials relating to environmental concerns; public inspection; copies, fee, approval; disposition of moneys.
- 65-102b. Confidentiality of information concerning noninfectious diseases; disclosure.
- 65-103. Special sanitary service.
- 65-103a. Authority to receive federal or other funds.
- 65-104
- 65-105
- 65-106 to 65-116
- 65-116a. Definitions.
- 65-116b. Tuberculosis suspects; order by health officer; scope of examination; care and treatment.
- 65-116c. Precautions to prevent spread of infection, when; investigations.
- 65-116d. Failure to do required acts; proceedings by county attorney.
- 65-116e. Commitment to medical care facility; restraint; discharge, when; recommitment.
- 65-116f
- 65-116g. Penalty for violations of act or regulations.
- 65-116h. Preservation of individual rights.
- 65-116i. Expenses of care, maintenance and treatment; payment from state funds.
- 65-116j. Care, maintenance and treatment; powers and duties of the secretary of health and environment.
- 65-116k. Rules and regulations of secretary of social and rehabilitation services; payments for care and treatment.
- 65-116l. Use of funds for care, maintenance or treatment; limitations.
- 65-116m. Recovery of cost of care, maintenance or treatment from third parties.
- 65-117
- 65-118. Reporting to local health authority as to infectious or contagious diseases; persons reporting; immunity from liability; confidentiality of information; disclosure.
- 65-119. Duties and powers of local health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when.
- 65-120
- 65-121
- 65-122. Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions and exclusions; readmissions, when.
- 65-123. Funeral services.
- 65-124
- 65-125
- 65-126. Quarantine of city, township or county.
- 65-127. Penalty provision.
- 65-128. Rules and regulations of secretary for isolation and quarantine; publication; definition.
- 65-129. Penalties for unlawful acts.
- 65-129a. Definitions.
- 65-129b. Infections or contagious diseases; authority of local health officer or secretary; evaluation or treatment orders, isolation or quarantine orders; enforcement.
- 65-129c. Same; orders for isolation or quarantine; form and content; notice; hearing in district court; application and effect; procedure; orders for relief; emergency rules of procedure.
- 65-129d. Same; unlawful discharge from employment.
- 65-129e. Tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students; rules and regulations; evaluation criteria; treatment and monitoring of infected persons.
- 65-130 to 65-132
- 65-133
- 65-134
- 65-134a
- 65-135 to 65-141
- 65-142
- 65-142a
- 65-143
- 65-144
- 65-145 to 65-147
- 65-148, 65-149
- 65-150
- 65-151
- 65-152
- 65-153. Child hygiene; duties of division of health.
- 65-153a
- 65-153b. Newly born infant; treatment of eyes.
- 65-153c. Same; duty of physician and others.
- 65-153d. Same; rules and regulations.
- 65-153e. Same; penalty for violating 65-153b to 65-153e.
- 65-153f. Prenatal serological tests for syphilis and hepatitis b; approved laboratories; laboratory reports, confidentiality.
- 65-153g. Same; how reported.
- 65-153h. Same; misdemeanor.
- 65-154, 65-155
- 65-156. Regulations and fees.
- 65-157. Same; analysis by office of laboratory services; disposition of fees.
- 65-158
- 65-159. Abatement of nuisances; failure to remove, penalties.
- 65-160. Same; duty of county attorney.
- 65-161. Definitions.
- 65-162
- 65-162a. Public water supply systems; definitions.
- 65-163. Public water supply systems and water treatment residues; regulation; permits; investigations.
- 65-163a. Same; cessation of water delivery, when; order by secretary, judicial review.
- 65-163b
- 65-163c. Same; public water supply fee fund; authorized expenditures; interest transferred from state general fund.
- 65-163d. Public water supply project loan program; definitions.
- 65-163e. Same; public water supply loan fund established; sources of revenue; purposes for disbursements therefrom.
- 65-163f. Same; authority and duties of the secretary of health and environment; rules and regulations.
- 65-163g. Same; project priority system development; priority list preparation, considerations.
- 65-163h. Same; intended use plan for available moneys.
- 65-163i. Same; applications for loans; loan agreements, provisions; provision of technical assistance by secretary.
- 65-163j. Same; loan repayment sources of municipalities; imposition of charges by secretary; remedy for failure to repay project loans; maintenance of project accounts.
- 65-163k. Same; annual reports.
- 65-163l. Same; authority to issue bonds.
- 65-163m. Same; bond resolutions, contents; authorities of secretary relating to issuance of bonds.
- 65-163n. Same; bonds issued not state indebtedness; enforcibility of contracts, agreements and covenants.
- 65-163o. Same; issuance of refunding bonds.
- 65-163p. Same; disposition of revenue derived from bond sales.
- 65-163q. Same; income from bonds exempt from taxation.
- 65-163r. Same; bonds deemed legal and proper securities for investment by governmental entities.
- 65-163s. Same; powers supplemental to other powers of the secretary; severability.
- 65-163t. Same; publication of notice of bond issuance, contents; actions to contest, timing.
- 65-163u. Same; general obligation bond issuance authority for municipalities; election not required and not subject to bonded debt limitations.
- 65-164. Sewage; definition; complaints, investigations, orders; administrative review.
- 65-165. Permits for discharge of sewage or extension of sewer system; exceptions; general permits; revocation or modification of permit.
- 65-166. Application for permit to discharge sewage.
- 65-166a. Fees for administering water pollution control permit system; expiration of permits; reissuance; permits and fees for confined feeding facilities and truck washing facilities for animal wastes; disposition of moneys.
- 65-167. Sewage discharge; penalties for willful or negligent discharge of sewage without permit or in violation of terms of permit.
- 65-168
- 65-169. Same; penalties for failure to comply with requirements of secretary.
- 65-170. Director of the division of environment; duties in carrying out the provisions of 65-161 to 65-170.
- 65-170a. Public water supply systems, water pollution, sewage discharge; "person" defined.
- 65-170b. Same; access to properties and facilities; inspection and monitoring requirements.
- 65-170c. Penalties for making false statement, representation or certification.
- 65-170d. Public water supply systems; pollution violations; penalties; procedure; hearings.
- 65-170e. Public water supply systems, water pollution, sewage discharge; action by attorney general; intervention in actions by persons having an identifiable interest.
- 65-170f. Same; disposition of recovered penalties.
- 65-170g. Disclosure of information; trade secrets; confidential information.
- 65-171
- 65-171a. Stream pollution detrimental to animal or aquatic life.
- 65-171b. Same; abatement.
- 65-171c. Same; technical advisers.
- 65-171d. Prevention of water pollution; standards; permits; exemption; orders; hearings; appeals; fees; confined feeding facilities, registration prior to construction, separation distance requirements, exemptions.
- 65-171e. Same; investigations, services and orders; fees.
- 65-171f. Same; penalties for failure to comply with rules and regulations.
- 65-171g. Protection of water and air from sewage contamination.
- 65-171h. Minimum standards for sanitary water and sewage systems.
- 65-171i. Feedlot law administration not affected by this act.
- 65-171j. Discharge of substances containing mercury into waters of state prohibited; penalty.
- 65-171k
- 65-171l. Same; analyses to performed by laboratory certificated by secretary.
- 65-171m. Public water supply systems; primary drinking water standards; rules and regulations, authority to adopt, scope; stringency of standards; requiring fluorides prohibited.
- 65-171n. Same; development of emergency plans by secretary.
- 65-171o. Public water supply systems; suppliers to provide notice, when; form of notice.
- 65-171p. Public water supply systems; variances; conditions; notice; requests for public hearing; scheduled compliance.
- 65-171q. Same; exemptions; required findings; notice; requests for public hearings; scheduled compliance.
- 65-171r. Same; prohibited acts.
- 65-171s. Same; violation of standards; penalties; procedure; hearing; judicial review.
- 65-171t. Same; attorney general to seek injunctive relief.
- 65-171u. Liability for damages to environment; recovery by attorney general, when; disposition of damages recovered.
- 65-171v. Cleanup operations for water or soil pollutants; duties of secretary; recovery of costs by attorney general and disposition thereof.
- 65-171w. Same; establishment of pollutant discharge cleanup fund.
- 65-171x. Application of acts to federal agencies.
- 65-171y. Public water supply system regulation of lawn irrigation systems.
- 65-171z
- 65-172. Sanitary supervision by secretary of health and environment.
- 65-173. Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty.
- 65-174, 65-175
- 65-176. Inspections; rules and regulations; reports; terms "sanitary conditions" and "health supervision" construed.
- 65-177. Study of diseases and deaths from maternity; "data" defined; causes; confidentiality, use; admissibility as evidence; reports, contents.
- 65-178. Same; nonliability for furnishing information for studies.
- 65-179. Same; unauthorized disclosure; penalty; construction of act.
- 65-180. Educational, screening, testing and follow-up program concerning phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia, maple syrup urine disease and certain other genetic diseases; registry of cases; food and treatment products; reimbursement of cost; eligibility; newborn screening programs.
- 65-181. Same; tests in accordance with rules and regulations of secretary.
- 65-182. Same; provisions inapplicable where parents object on religious grounds.
- 65-183. Same; report by physicians to secretary.
- 65-184. Purpose of act.
- 65-185. Definitions.
- 65-186
- 65-187. Powers and duties of secretary.
- 65-188. Enforcement of act; injunction, mandamus or quo warranto.
- 65-189
- 65-189a, 65-189b
- 65-189c. Subdivider to submit engineering study and sanitation plan; review and approval; information required in instrument of conveyance; construction and use of buildings and facilities; sanitation plan and construction of water and sewage systems required; review and approval of plans; appeals.
- 65-189d. Subdivided lands to be platted; plan and estimate of cost of water, sewage and refuse service required.
- 65-189e. Act inapplicable to certain lands.
- 65-189f. Rules and regulations providing for granting exceptions.
- 65-190 to 65-192
- 65-193
- 65-194
- 65-195
- 65-196
- 65-197. Advanced training for professional employees; payment of cost; rules and regulations.
- 65-198
- 65-199
- 65-1,100 to 65-1,103
- 65-1,104
- 65-1,105. Establishment of statewide program of blood tests and counseling authorized; contracts; financial assistance for persons with sickle cell anemia; requirements for eligibility for financial assistance; duties of secretary of health and environment.
- 65-1,105a. Financial assistance for persons with sickle cell anemia; recovery of cost from third party; subrogation.
- 65-1,105b. Information to be given parents or guardian of child entering school for first time; assistance of secretary of health and environment.
- 65-1,106. Statewide program for sickle cell anemia testing; information confidential; exception; penalty.
- 65-1,107. Secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations relating to procedures, testing protocols, qualifications of personnel and equipment of certain laboratories; list of approved preliminary screening devices for testing of breath for law enforcement purposes.
- 65-1,108. Unlawful to perform certain tests unless performed in approved laboratory; penalty for violation; exclusions.
- 65-1,108a. Information obtained through certain tests conducted by approved laboratories confidential; exceptions; penalties for violations.
- 65-1,109. Testing human breath for law enforcement purposes; unlawful acts; penalty.
- 65-1,109a. Certification of laboratories performing environmental analyses.
- 65-1,110. Establishments maintaining restroom facilities for the public; facilities to be available without charge.
- 65-1,111. Same;enforcement.
- 65-1,112. Spinal cord injury treatment program; components.
- 65-1,113. Health manpower planning; collection of information; confidentiality.
- 65-1,114. Definitions.
- 65-1,115. Contract for health data and information relating to diabetes mellitus.
- 65-1,116. Confidentiality of information; exceptions.
- 65-1,117. Penalty for disclosure of confidential information.
- 65-1,118. Act not to effect mode of treatment.
- 65-1,119. Rules and regulations.
- 65-1,120. Definitions.
- 65-1,121. Medication aides; continuing education; requirements; fees.
- 65-1,122 to 65-1,130. Reserved.
- 65-1,131. Definitions.
- 65-1,132. Establishment of program for treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; state assistance, requirements for eligibility; rules and regulations.
- 65-1,133. Duties of secretary.
- 65-1,134. Rules and regulations.
- 65-1,135. Payment of claims in subsequent fiscal year; limitation.
- 65-1,136 to 65-1,140. Reserved.
- 65-1,141 to 65-1,147
- 65-1,148. Sanitation standards defined; rules and regulations of the secretary establishing sanitation standards for persons and entities regulated by state board of barber examiners and state board of cosmetology.
- 65-1,149, 65-1,150
- 65-1,151
- 65-1,152 to 65-1,157
- 65-1,157a. Newborn infant hearing screening; informed consent; confidentiality of information; application for and receipt of grants; rules and regulations.
- 65-1,158. Community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program; behavioral and educational objectives; grants, proposals and requirements, competitive awards and administration; duties of secretary; receipt of federal and other grants; rules and regulations.
- 65-1,159. Development and submission of proposal; components.
- 65-1,159a. Senator Stan Clark pregnancy maintenance initiative program; objectives; grants; annual report to legislature.
- 65-1,160. Public awareness program on effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs.
- 65-1,161. Educational materials and guidance for health care providers; services available from local health departments; effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs.
- 65-1,162. Educational program for health care providers regarding drugs.
- 65-1,163. Identification and referral of pregnant women at risk for prenatal substance abuse.
- 65-1,164. Same; service coordination for woman and family.
- 65-1,165. Same; referred pregnant woman first priority user of treatment through SRS.
- 65-1,166. Toll free information line.
- 65-1,167. Construction of act.
- 65-1,168. Cancer registry; definitions.
- 65-1,169. Same; collection of data; rules and regulations; reporting of cases.
- 65-1,170. Same; uses of nonconfidential data.
- 65-1,171. Same; confidential data; exceptions to prohibition on disclosure; data not subject to subpoena or open records act; storage of data.
- 65-1,172. Same; uses of confidential data.
- 65-1,173. Same; panel to establish policies for release of nonconfidential data; release of statistical data.
- 65-1,174. Same; immunity from civil or criminal liability for reporting; privilege under 60-427 not applicable to reports under this act; section not applicable to unauthorized disclosure due to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
- 65-1,174a. Cancer screening program.
- 65-1,175. Surface water quality standards; definitions.
- 65-1,176. Same; mixing zone to be used; standards for ammonia, chlorides and atrazine; permit conditions; assistance in meeting standards.
- 65-1,177. Same; commission on surface water quality standards; duties; report; revision or reinstatement of 1994 standards.
- 65-1,178. Definitions.
- 65-1,179. Permit application; public notice, comment, hearing; department action, when.
- 65-1,180. Required distances from water.
- 65-1,181. Manure management plan; lagoon standards; monitoring wells, when.
- 65-1,182. Nutrient utilization plan; requirements for land application of manure or wastewater.
- 65-1,183. Waste management system; standards for operators; failure or unplanned release.
- 65-1,184. Emergency response plan.
- 65-1,185. Retention of facility's records and plans.
- 65-1,186. Facility operator; certification; responsibility for employee training.
- 65-1,187. Odor control plan.
- 65-1,188. Dead animal handling plan.
- 65-1,189. Facility closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.
- 65-1,190. Lagoon closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.
- 65-1,191. Inspections.
- 65-1,192. Preexisting facilities; application of separation distances.
- 65-1,193. Denial, suspension or revocation of permit; penalties for certain violations.
- 65-1,194. Application of certain standards to certain large facilities.
- 65-1,195. Kansas state university; duties.
- 65-1,196. Standards and requirements; application; powers of secretary of KDHE.
- 65-1,197. Advisory committee.
- 65-1,198. Rules and regulations; reports to legislature.
- 65-1,199. Rules and regulations for composting dead livestock.
- 65-1,200. Citation of act.
- 65-1,201. Definitions.
- 65-1,202. Development and implementation of prevention program; licensure training and inspections; fees; rules and regulations.
- 65-1,203. Licensure or certification to perform lead-based paint activities.
- 65-1,204. Same; qualification requirements.
- 65-1,205. Remittance of fees.
- 65-1,206. Lead-based paint hazard fee fund; sources of revenue; expenditures.
- 65-1,207. Denial, suspension or revocation of license or certificate or accreditation of training program, when; suspension of abatement program; administrative review.
- 65-1,208. Noncompliance; notice; duty to meet compliance requirements.
- 65-1,209. Violations; criminal penalties.
- 65-1,210. Same; civil penalties; corrective action; appeals; grants to communities to eliminate hazards.
- 65-1,211. Same; additional remedies.
- 65-1,212. Implementation of act by entities engaging in lead-based paint activities; when.
- 65-1,213. Statutory audit privilege not applicable.
- 65-1,214
- 65-1,215. Renal disease program, exception; support staff; standards; rules and regulations; renal disease fund.
- 65-1,216. Fetal alcohol syndrome pilot programs; sites; rules and regulations; funds; report.
- 65-1,217 to 65-1,220. Reserved.
- 65-1,221. Intent.
- 65-1,222. Definitions.
- 65-1,223. Exclusions from act.
- 65-1,224. Environmental use control; application; requirements; approval or disapproval.
- 65-1,225. Same; recording with register of deeds; enforcement.
- 65-1,226. Same; funding requirements; categories of property.
- 65-1,227. Same; term; removal or expiration; modification; liability.
- 65-1,228. Same; restrictions or prohibitions.
- 65-1,229. Same; enforcement.
- 65-1,230. Same; department oversight and tracking.
- 65-1,231. Environmental use control fund.
- 65-1,232. Rules and regulations.
- 65-1,233. Publication of approved use controls.
- 65-1,234. Review of agency actions.
- 65-1,235. Severability.
- 65-1,241. Definitions; establishment of birth defects information system; aspects of implementation of system.
- 65-1,242. Use of birth defects information system.
- 65-1,243. Confidentiality of records.
- 65-1,244. Removal of information from system; form.
- 65-1,245. Rules and regulations.
- 65-1,246. Annual report.
- 65-1,247. Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits.
- 65-1,248. Breastfeeding; where.
- 65-1,249. Umbilical cord banks; regulation of operations; rules and regulations; education and training in collection and maintenance procedures; duties and functions of department of health and environment, Kansas bioscience authority.
- 65-1,250. Umbilical cord donation information act.
- 65-1,251. Influenza immunization for children; school-based influenza vaccination pilot program; study and report.
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