2006 Kansas Code - 65-4902

      65-4902.   Notice to parties of convening of panel and appointment; joint selection of health care provider or selection by judge. The district judge or, if the district court has more than one division, the chief judge of such court shall notify the parties to the action that a screening panel has been convened and that the members of such screening panel are to be appointed within 10 days of the receipt of such notice. If the plaintiff and the defendant or, if no petition has been filed, the claimant and the party against whom the claim is made are unable to jointly select a health care provider within 10 days after receipt of notice that a screening panel has been convened, the judge of the district court or, if the district court has more than one division, the chief judge of such court shall select such health care provider.

      History:   L. 1976, ch. 249, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 229, § 48; L. 1999, ch. 57, § 64; July 1.