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K.S.A. § 8-1905 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 19 / Section 8-1905
8-1905 - Projecting loads to the front and rear.
Status: in_force

8-1905. Projecting loads to the front and rear. (a) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the front wheels of such vehicle or the front bumper of such vehicle if it is equipped with a bumper.

(b) Any vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting passenger vehicles or other motor vehicles may carry a load which extends no more than four feet beyond the front and six feet beyond the rear of the transporting vehicle or combination of vehicles.
K.S.A. § 65-1772 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 17 / Section 65-1772
65-1772 - Same; renewal; reinstatement; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

65-1772. Same; renewal; reinstatement; rules and regulations. (a) The renewal fee for a crematory operator's license shall be in the amount fixed by the state board of mortuary arts in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1727, and amendments thereto. The fee shall be due and payable to the secretary of the board prior to the expiration date of the license. The secretary of the board shall mail a notice of the expiration date of each license and of the renewal fee at least 30 days prior to the date of expiration to the last known address of each licensee. If the licensee fails to pay such renewal fee within the time specified, the license shall automatically lapse, and the licensee shall be denied the right to practice cremation in this state during such lapse.

(b) The board may reinstate such lapsed license upon the payment of the fee in arrears, plus an additional reinstatement fee in the amount equal to the renewal fee, if such lapse is not over six months in duration.

(c) Any person who fails to reinstate a lapsed license within six months after the lapse of such license may apply for relicensure by making application on a form provided by the board. Relicensure shall be granted upon receipt of proof that the applicant meets qualifications to act as a licensed crematory operator, has satisfied all of the requirements for renewal established by law and has paid the board back renewal fees as established by the board by rules and regulations.

(d) The expiration date of each license shall be established by rules and regulations of the board. Subject to the provisions of this subsection, each license shall be renewed on a biennial basis upon the filing of a renewal application prior to the expiration date of the license and upon payment of the renewal fee established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1727, and amendments thereto. To provide for a system of biennial renewal of licenses, the board may provide by rules and regulations that licenses issued or renewed for the first time after the effective date of this act may expire less than two years from the date of issuance or renewal. In each case in which a license is issued or renewed for a period of time of less than two years, the board shall prorate to the nearest whole month the license or renewal fee established pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1727, and amendments thereto.

(e) Every licensed crematory operator in Kansas shall submit with the renewal application and renewal fee evidence of satisfactory completion of a program of continuing education required and approved by the board. The board by duly adopted rules and regulations shall establish the requirements for such program of continuing education.

(f) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2011.
K.S.A. § 19-4330 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 43 / Section 19-4330
19-4330 - Membership in organizations; penalty for unlawful acts; resignation upon filing for public office.
Status: in_force

19-4330. Membership in organizations; penalty for unlawful acts; resignation upon filing for public office. (a) No officer, agent, clerk or employee of this state shall directly or indirectly use his authority or official influence to compel any officer or employee covered by the provisions of this act to apply for membership in or become a member of any organization, or to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription or contribution, or to take part in any political activity. Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished accordingly, and if any officer or employee in a position covered by this act is found guilty of violating any provision of this section, he is automatically separated from the service.

(b) Any officer or employee covered by the provisions of this act shall resign from the service upon filing as a candidate for public office.
K.S.A. § 40-2441 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 24 / Section 40-2441
40-2441 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

40-2441. Same; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 40-2440 through 40-2442, and amendments thereto:

(a) The term "clean claim" means a claim that has no defect or impropriety, including any lack of required substantiating documentation, or particular circumstance requiring special treatment that prevents timely payment from being made on the claim under the Kansas health care prompt payment act.

(b) The term "claim" means a written proof of loss as defined in paragraph (7) of subsection (A) of K.S.A. 40-2203, and amendments thereto, or an electronic proof of loss which contains the information required by paragraph (7) of subsection (A) of K.S.A. 40-2203, and amendments thereto.

(c) The term "policy of accident and sickness insurance" means any policy or contract insuring against loss resulting from sickness or bodily injury or death by accident, or both, any hospital, dental or medical expense policy, health, hospital, medical service corporation contract issued by a stock or mutual company or association, a health maintenance organization or any other insurer, third party administrator or other entity which pays claims pursuant to a policy of accident and sickness insurance. The term policy of accident and sickness insurance does not include any policy or contract of reinsurance, life insurance, endowment or annuity contract, policies or certificates covering only credit, disability income, long-term care, medicare supplement, drug, or vision-care only policy, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, insurance arising out of a workers compensation or similar law, automobile medical-payment insurance or insurance under which benefits are payable without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.
K.S.A. § 42-303 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-303
42-303 - Right to conduct water along natural channels and withdraw same.
Status: in_force

42-303. Right to conduct water along natural channels and withdraw same. Any person may conduct water into and along any of the natural streams or channels of the state, and may withdraw all such waters so by him turned into such channel at any point desired, without regard to prior appropriations of water from said stream, due allowance being made for evaporation and seepage.
K.S.A. § 40-2,107 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,107
40-2,107 - Minimum notice requirements for cancellation of insurance agency contract by insurance company.
Status: in_force

40-2,107. Minimum notice requirements for cancellation of insurance agency contract by insurance company. (a) Insurance companies may contract with independent insurance agents as to binding authority, policy services, adjusting services, commissions and other subjects of interest between agent and company. Such contracts which have been effective for more than one year shall not be terminated or amended by the company except by mutual agreement or unless 180 days' prior notice has been tendered to the agent, except that this shall not apply to terminations for fraud, material misrepresentation or failure to pay such agent's account less the agent's commission and any disputed items within 10 days after written demand by the company. During such notice period all contractual conditions existing prior to such notice shall continue.

(b) Any independent insurance agent whose contract with an insurance company has been terminated under the provisions of subsection (a) shall have until the policy renewal date, but not more than one year, to place the business written under such terminated contract with another insurance company.
K.S.A. § 72-3255 — KS Code / Chapter 72 / Article 32 / Section 72-3255
72-3255 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

72-3255. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3255 through 72-3258 , and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the promoting advancement in computing knowledge act.
K.S.A. § 58-2501 — KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 25 / Section 58-2501
58-2501 - Tenants at will; terms of lease in certain cases.
Status: in_force

58-2501. Tenants at will; terms of lease in certain cases. Any person in the possession of real property with the assent of the owner is presumed to be a tenant at will, unless the contrary is shown except as herein otherwise provided. Where a landlord is renting farms in large numbers and a total acreage in excess of five thousand acres, and has tenants in excess of ten or more, and by the lease requires such tenants to erect or own and maintain substantially all of the buildings and improvements on the farm, such lease shall contain just and fair provisions for the free sale and transfer of such buildings and improvements, or the purchase thereof by the landlord, without requiring the tenant to remove the same from the land.
K.S.A. § 17-1291 — KS Code / Chapter 17 / Article 12 / Section 17-1291
17-1291 - Acquiring person statement, contents.
Status: in_force

17-1291. Acquiring person statement, contents. Any person who makes or proposes to make a control share acquisition may at the person's election deliver an acquiring person statement to the issuing public corporation at the issuing public corporation's principal office. The acquiring person statement must set forth all of the following:

(a) The identity of the acquiring person and each other member of any group of which the person is a part for purposes of determining control shares.

(b) A statement that the acquiring person statement is given pursuant to this act.

(c) The number of shares of the issuing public corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the acquiring person and each other member of the group.

(d) The range of voting power under which the control share acquisition falls or would, if consummated, fall.

(e) If the control share acquisition has not taken place:

(1) A description in reasonable detail of the terms of the proposed control share acquisition; and

(2) Representations of the acquiring person, together with a statement in reasonable detail of the facts upon which they are based, that the proposed control share acquisition, if consummated, will not be contrary to law, and that the acquiring person has the financial capacity to make the proposed control share acquisition.
K.S.A. § 12-6,103 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-6,103
12-6,103 - Same; preparation of assessment roll; public inspection.
Status: in_force

12-6,103. Same; preparation of assessment roll; public inspection. As soon as the total cost of any proposed improvement is determined, the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners of the county shall cause the assessments against each lot, piece or parcel of land deemed to be benefited, to be determined in the manner set forth in the joint resolution and an assessment roll shall be prepared. The proposed assessment roll shall be filed with both the city and county clerks and be open for public inspection.
K.S.A. § 55-422 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 4 / Section 55-422
55-422 - Petroleum products inspection law; definitions.
Status: in_force

55-422. Petroleum products inspection law; definitions. K.S.A. 55-422 et seq., and amendments thereto, may be cited as the petroleum products inspection law. As used in the petroleum products inspection law:

(a) "Director" means the director of taxation of the Kansas department of revenue, or the director's duly authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

(b) "Secretary" means the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's authorized representative.

(c) "Person" means an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, joint stock company, company, corporation, or other legal entity.

(d) "Motor fuel" means any refined or blended motor fuel products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, oxygenated fuel, or any other fuel used for generation of power in an internal combustion engine as specified by the secretary by rules and regulations adopted under the petroleum products inspection law.

(e) "Petroleum product" includes gasoline, kerosene, motor-fuels and such other products as defined by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the petroleum products inspection law.

(f) The terms "manufacturer," "distributor" and "importer" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the motor-fuel tax law.

(g) "Dispensing device" means a motor-vehicle fuel or liquid fuel dispensing pump, meter or other similar measuring device and shall include any device which dispenses refined or blended gasoline or diesel fuel product. This definition shall not include liquefied petroleum meters.
K.S.A. § 40-3504 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 35 / Section 40-3504
40-3504 - Requirements prior to issuance of policies.
Status: in_force

40-3504. Requirements prior to issuance of policies. No mortgage guaranty insurance company may issue policies until it has obtained from the commissioner of insurance a certificate of authority and has complied with the other applicable provisions of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
K.S.A. § 16-307 — KS Code / Chapter 16 / Article 3 / Section 16-307
16-307 - Severability.
Status: in_force

16-307. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be separable, and in case any provision or part thereof shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall not be held to affect any other paragraph, provision or part of this act.
K.S.A. § 74-4986 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4986
74-4986 - Certain agents not affected by act.
Status: in_force

74-4986. Certain agents not affected by act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or amend any provisions of the law establishing the Kansas bureau of investigation pension system with respect to agents who have the option of joining the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system but do not elect to do so.
K.S.A. § 55-709 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 7 / Section 55-709
55-709 - Injunction and other remedies.
Status: in_force

55-709. Injunction and other remedies. The state corporation commission shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state to enforce by injunction, mandatory injunction and any other appropriate or legal or equitable remedy any valid rule, order, or regulation made by the state corporation commission or promulgated under the provisions of this act, and said court shall have the authority to make and render such judgments, orders and decrees as may be proper to enforce any such rules, orders, and regulations made and promulgated by the state corporation commission.
K.S.A. § 74-4926 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 49 / Section 74-4926
74-4926 - Invalidity of part.
Status: in_force

74-4926. Invalidity of part. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
K.S.A. § 75-7507 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 75 / Section 75-7507
75-7507 - Same; remedies not exclusive; construction of act.
Status: in_force

75-7507. Same; remedies not exclusive; construction of act. (a) The provisions of this act are not exclusive and the remedies provided for in this act shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.

(b) This act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote the public interest.
K.S.A. § 65-1671 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 16 / Section 65-1671
65-1671 - Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing.
Status: in_force

65-1671. Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing. The following criteria shall be used in accepting unused medications for use under the utilization of unused medications act:

(a) The medications shall have come from a controlled storage unit of a donating entity;

(b) only medications in their original or pharmacist sealed unit dose packaging or in tamper evident packaging, unit of use or sealed, unused injectables, including samples of medications or injectables, shall be accepted and dispensed pursuant to the utilization of unused medications act;

(c) expired medications shall not be accepted;

(d) a medication shall not be accepted or dispensed if the person accepting or dispensing the medication has reason to believe that the medication is adulterated;

(e) no controlled substances shall be accepted, unless the state board of pharmacy designates certain controlled substances as accepted medications in the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1674, and amendments thereto; and

(f) subject to the limitation specified in this section, unused medications dispensed for purposes of a medical assistance program or drug product donation program may be accepted and dispensed under the utilization of unused medications act.
K.S.A. § 8-1746 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 17 / Section 8-1746
8-1746 - Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

8-1746. Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor. (a) The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous materials.

(b) Any person operating a vehicle transporting any hazardous material as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with rules and regulations of the secretary adopted under this section.

(c) Every such vehicle shall be marked or placarded at such places as prescribed by such rules and regulations.

(d) Every such vehicle shall be equipped with fire extinguishers of a type, size and number approved by the secretary, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on the vehicle.

(e) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
K.S.A. § 65-450 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 4 / Section 65-450
65-450 - Hospital defined.
Status: in_force

65-450. Hospital defined. As used in this act, the term "hospital" means a general hospital or a special hospital licensed under K.S.A. 65-425 to 65-441, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 55-1401 — KS Code / Chapter 55 / Article 14 / Section 55-1401
55-1401 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

55-1401. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the "Kansas natural gas price protection act."
K.S.A. § 3-207 — KS Code / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 3-207
3-207 - Invalidity of act.
Status: in_force

3-207. Invalidity of act. If any section or provision of this act shall be found invalid by any court, it shall be conclusively presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section or provision, and the act as a whole shall not be declared invalid by reason of the fact that one or more sections or provisions may be found to be invalid by any court.
K.S.A. § 65-5406 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 54 / Section 65-5406
65-5406 - Application for licensure; requirements.
Status: in_force

65-5406. Application for licensure; requirements. (a) An applicant applying for licensure as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant shall file a written application on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant meets the following requirements:

(1) Education: The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of having successfully completed the academic requirements of an educational program in occupational therapy recognized by the board.

(2) Experience: The applicant shall submit to the board evidence of having successfully completed a period of supervised field work at a minimum recognized by the board.

(3) Examination: The applicant shall pass an examination as provided for in K.S.A. 65-5407 and amendments thereto.

(4) Fees: The applicants shall pay to the board all applicable fees established under K.S.A. 65-5409 and amendments thereto.

(b) The board shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the criteria which an educational program in occupational therapy shall satisfy to be recognized by the board under paragraph (1) of subsection (a). The board may send a questionnaire developed by the board to any school or other entity conducting an educational program in occupational therapy for which the board does not have sufficient information to determine whether the program should be recognized by the board and whether the program meets the rules and regulations adopted under this section. The questionnaire providing the necessary information shall be completed and returned to the board in order for the program to be considered for recognition. The board may contract with investigative agencies, commissions or consultants to assist the board in obtaining information about an educational program in occupational therapy. In entering such contracts the authority to recognize an educational program in occupational therapy shall remain solely with the board.
K.S.A. § 40-2,211 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 2 / Section 40-2,211
40-2,211 - Same; definitions.
Status: in_force

40-2,211. Same; definitions. (a) For purposes of Kansas telemedicine act:

(1) "Distant site" means a site at which a healthcare provider is located while providing healthcare services by means of telemedicine.

(2) "Healthcare provider" means a physician, licensed physician assistant, licensed advanced practice registered nurse or person licensed, registered, certified or otherwise authorized to practice by the behavioral sciences regulatory board.

(3) "Originating site" means a site at which a patient is located at the time healthcare services are provided by means of telemedicine.

(4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery by the state board of healing arts.

(5) "Telemedicine," including "telehealth," means the delivery of healthcare services or consultations while the patient is at an originating site and the healthcare provider is at a distant site. Telemedicine shall be provided by means of real-time two-way interactive audio, visual, or audio-visual communications, including the application of secure video conferencing or store-and-forward technology to provide or support healthcare delivery, that facilitate the assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education and care management of a patient's healthcare. "Telemedicine" does not include communication between:

(A) Healthcare providers that consist solely of a telephone voice-only conversation, email or facsimile transmission; or

(B) a physician and a patient that consists solely of an email or facsimile transmission.

(b) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2019.