2006 Kansas Code - 65-3209

      65-3209.   Definitions. (a) "Bank or storage facility" means a facility licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state for storage of human bodies or parts thereof.

      (b)   "Decedent" means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant or fetus.

      (c)   "Donor" means an individual who makes a gift of all or part of his body.

      (d)   "Hospital" means a hospital licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state; includes a hospital operated by the United States government, a state, or a subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws.

      (e)   "Part" means organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and any other portions of a human body.

      (f)   "Person" means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.

      (g)   "Physician" or "surgeon" means a physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice under the laws of any state.

      (h)   "State" includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession, and any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 301, § 1; July 1.