2020 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 65 - Public Health
Article 4 - Hospitals And Other Facilities
65-447 Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures authorized.

Universal Citation: KS Stat § 65-447 (2020)

65-447. Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures authorized.
No medical care facility, medical care facility administrator, or governing board of any medical care facility shall be required to permit the performance, referral for or participation in medical procedures resulting in sterilization within its facility and the refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A medical care facility may establish criteria and procedures under which sterilizations may be performed within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies.

History: L. 1971, ch. 206, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 112, § 4; July 1.

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