2006 Kansas Code - 65-129e

      65-129e.   Tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students; rules and regulations; evaluation criteria; treatment and monitoring of infected persons. (a) The secretary of health and environment is hereby authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations establishing tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students entering college or university classrooms in Kansas having been born in or lived or traveled in countries identified by the centers for disease control and prevention as areas where tuberculosis is a health risk. Compliance with these rules and regulations, including all cost associated with the evaluation, shall be the joint responsibility of the educational institutions and the student or the parents or guardians of the student, where applicable. These rules and regulations shall establish evaluation criteria in compliance with best practice standards as recommended by the division of tuberculosis elimination of the centers for disease control.

      (b)   Any person found to be infected with tuberculosis infection or tuberculosis disease will be provided treatment and ongoing monitoring in accordance with K.S.A. 65-116a to 65-116m, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 2005, ch. 122, § 5; Apr. 21.