2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 4 HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES
65-444. Same; performance in hospital; refusal to permit; adoption of criteria and procedures; conditions; emergency.
65-444
65-444. Same; performance in hospital; refusal to permit; adoption of criteria and procedures; conditions; emergency. No hospital, hospital administrator or governing board shall be required to permit the termination of human pregnancies within its institution and the refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A hospital may establish criteria and procedures under which pregnancies may be terminated within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies: Provided, No pregnancy shall be purposely terminated until the opinions of three (3) duly licensed physicians attesting to the necessity of such termination have been recorded in writing in the permanent records of the hospital, except in an emergency as defined in section 21-3407 (2) (b) of the Kansas criminal code.
History: L. 1969, ch. 182, § 2; July 1, 1970.
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