2006 Kansas Code - 41-104

      41-104.   Acts with regard to alcoholic liquor prohibited unless allowed by statute; exceptions. No person shall manufacture, bottle, blend, sell, barter, transport, deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes, except as specifically provided in this act, the club and drinking establishment act or article 27 of chapter 41 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except that nothing contained in this act shall prevent:

      (a)   The possession and transportation of alcoholic liquor for the personal use of the possessor, the possessor's family and guests except that the provisions of K.S.A. 41-1103 and amendments thereto relating to transportation and the provisions of K.S.A. 41-407 and amendments thereto shall be applicable to all persons;

      (b)   the making of wine, cider or beer by a person from fruits, vegetables or grains, or the product thereof, by simple fermentation and without distillation, if it is made solely for the use of the maker and the maker's family;

      (c)   any duly licensed practicing physician or dentist from possessing or using alcoholic liquor in the strict practice of the medical or dental profession;

      (d)   any hospital or other institution caring for sick and diseased persons, from possessing and using alcoholic liquor for the treatment of bona fide patients of such hospital or institution;

      (e)   any drugstore employing a licensed pharmacist from possessing and using alcoholic liquor in the compounding of prescriptions of duly licensed physicians; or

      (f)   the possession and dispensation of wine by an authorized representative of any church for the purpose of conducting any bona fide rite or religious ceremony conducted by such church.

      History:   L. 1949, ch. 242, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 186, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 152, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 168, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 4; April 30.