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2023 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 65 - Public Health
Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation
65-3231 Search and notification.

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KS Stat § 65-3231 (2023)
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65-3231. Search and notification.
(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:

(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.

(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.

History: L. 2007, ch. 127, ยง 12; July 1.

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