2018 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 72 SCHOOLS
Article 62 STUDENT HEALTH
72-6271 Drug abuse, referral of pupils for assistance; immunity from civil liability.
72-6271. Drug abuse, referral of pupils for assistance; immunity from civil liability. No school district, educational cooperative, interlocal educational agency or state accredited nonpublic school, no governing authority thereof, no member of any such governing authority, and no officer or employee of any school district, educational cooperative, interlocal educational agency or accredited nonpublic school shall be subject to any civil liability for any statement, report or action taken in assisting, or referring for assistance to any medical, treatment or social service agency or facility, any pupil reasonably believed to be abusing or incapacitated by the use of alcohol or other drugs unless such assistance or referral was made in bad faith or with malicious purpose. The same immunity from liability shall attach with respect to participation in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from any such assistance or referral.
History: L. 1984, ch. 304, § 1; July 1.
