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K.S.A. § 75-7227 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 72 / Section 75-7227
75-7227 - Same; severability.
Status: in_force

75-7227. Same; severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 46-125 — KS Code / Chapter 46 / Article 1 / Section 46-125
46-125 - Privileges of members of the legislature in court proceedings.
Status: in_force

46-125. Privileges of members of the legislature in court proceedings. That from and after the fifteenth day preceding the day on which any regular or special session of the legislature of this state shall convene, and until the tenth day after adjournment is taken sine die, members of the legislature of this state shall not be required to appear in any court in this state and participate in the trial of any action therein pending, or the hearing of any motion, application or other proceeding in which such member is employed as attorney or interested as a party; and no such member shall be required to attend the taking of any depositions in any action pending in any court in this state in which he is employed during the whole of said period of time, except in cases where the court shall, in its discretion, make an order authorizing the taking of such deposition.
K.S.A. § 74-8834 — KS Code / Chapter 74 / Article 88 / Section 74-8834
74-8834 - Severability.
Status: in_force

74-8834. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this act are severable.
K.S.A. § 75-5284 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-5284
75-5284 - Goods, wares and merchandise divested of interstate character on arrival in state.
Status: in_force

75-5284. Goods, wares and merchandise divested of interstate character on arrival in state. All goods, wares and merchandise manufactured, produced or mined, wholly or in part, by inmates, convicts or prisoners, except inmates, convicts or prisoners on parole or probation or assigned to a community correctional services program, or in any correctional, penal or reformatory institutions transported into the state of Kansas, and remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage, shall upon arrival and delivery in the state of Kansas be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of the state of Kansas to the same extent and in the same manner as though such goods, wares and merchandise had been manufactured, produced or mined in the correctional institutions of the state of Kansas and shall not be exempt therefrom by reasons of being introduced in the original package or otherwise.
K.S.A. § 65-5422 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 54 / Section 65-5422
65-5422 - Occupational therapy services without healthcare practitioner referral; when permitted; limitations.
Status: in_force

65-5422. Occupational therapy services without healthcare practitioner referral; when permitted; limitations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an occupational therapist may evaluate and initiate occupational therapy treatment on a patient without referral from a healthcare practitioner.

(1) An occupational therapist who is treating a patient without a referral from a healthcare practitioner shall obtain a referral from an appropriate healthcare practitioner prior to continuing treatment if the patient:

(A) Is not progressing toward documented treatment goals as demonstrated by objective, measurable or functional improvement, or any combination thereof, after ten patient visits or in a period of 30 calendar days from the initial treatment visits following the initial evaluation visit; or

(B) within one year from the initial treatment visits following the initial evaluation visit, returns to the occupational therapist seeking treatment for the same condition or injury.

(b) Occupational therapists may provide services without a referral to:

(1) Employees solely for the purpose of education and instruction related to workplace injury prevention;

(2) the public for the purpose of health promotion, education, and functional independence in activities of daily living; or

(3) special education students who need occupational therapy services to fulfill the provisions of their individualized education plan* (IEP) or individualized family service plan (IFSP).

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a hospital or ambulatory surgical center from requiring a physician order or make a referral for occupational therapy services for a patient currently being treated in such facility.

(d) When a patient self-refers to an occupational therapist pursuant to this section, the occupational therapist, prior to commencing treatment, shall provide written notice to the patient that an occupational therapy diagnosis is not a medical diagnosis by a physician.

(f)** Occupational therapists shall perform wound care management services only after approval by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.

(g)** As used in this section, "healthcare practitioner" means: A person licensed by the state board of healing arts to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery or chiropractic; a "mid-level practitioner" as defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto; or a licensed dentist or licensed optometrist in appropriately related cases.
K.S.A. § 47-1501 — KS Code / Chapter 47 / Article 15 / Section 47-1501
47-1501 - Definitions.
Status: in_force

47-1501. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Feedlot" means: (1) A livestock feedlot, or feed yard, having more than 1,000 head of livestock at one time during the licensed year; or (2) any other livestock feedlot whose operator elects to come under this act.

(b) "Feed yard feeding" means the feeding of livestock in lots or pens which are not used normally for raising crops and in which no vegetation, intended for livestock feed, is growing.

(c) "Livestock" means cattle, swine, sheep and horses.

(d) "Operator" means the owner, or the person having charge or control, of a feedlot.

(e) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a group of individuals, joint venturers, a partnership or any other business entity.

(f) "Commissioner" means the state animal health commissioner.

(g) "Board" means the Kansas animal health board.
K.S.A. § 65-6125 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 61 / Section 65-6125
65-6125 - Unlawful to operate ambulance service without a permit.
Status: in_force

65-6125. Unlawful to operate ambulance service without a permit. It shall be unlawful for any person or municipality to operate an ambulance service within this state without obtaining a permit pursuant to this act.
K.S.A. § 41-2620 — KS Code / Chapter 41 / Article 26 / Section 41-2620
41-2620 - Sale of liquor by the drink without license or permit prohibited.
Status: in_force

41-2620. Sale of liquor by the drink without license or permit prohibited. (a) No person shall maintain or operate any club or drinking establishment in this state without having in such person's possession for the location of the establishment a valid unexpired and unrevoked license issued by the director for such club or establishment.

(b) No person shall act as a caterer in this state without having in such person's possession a valid unexpired and unrevoked caterer's license issued by the director.

(c) No person or organization shall sponsor, conduct or hold an event in this state which requires a temporary permit unless such person or organization has in such person's or organization's possession a temporary permit issued by the director for such event and such event is conducted in accordance with the terms of such permit.
K.S.A. § 14-1044 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 10 / Section 14-1044
14-1044 - Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land.
Status: in_force

14-1044. Same; contracts for consolidation or unitization of land. If there shall be less than 640 acres of land within the corporate limits of said city, then the governing body of said city is hereby granted power and authority to join with others having the right to produce and sell natural gas from lands which with the land within the corporate limits of said city will constitute a drill site in conformity with the rules and regulations of the state corporation commission, and which together with all of the land within the corporate limits of said city will not exceed 640 acres, in the execution of such contracts and agreements as will result in consolidation or unitization of the land within the corporate limits of such city with such other lands so as to constitute a drilling unit not exceeding 640 acres in area, and to enter into contracts with such other persons having the right to produce and sell natural gas from such other lands for the drilling of a joint well upon such consolidated drilling unit, each party to contribute and to bear a proportionate share of the cost of drilling, equipping, completing, connecting and maintaining said gas well, and of producing, delivering and selling the natural gas therefrom, and to receive a proportionate share of the proceeds of such sales, according to the number of acres contributed by each such party to such drilling unit.
K.S.A. § 75-5734 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 57 / Section 75-5734
75-5734 - Salary of secretary for administration of federal acts and programs.
Status: in_force

75-5734. Salary of secretary for administration of federal acts and programs. The secretary of labor shall receive as part of the annual salary fixed by the governor pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5701, and amendments thereto, an annual amount for services performed by the secretary with respect to the administration of or the participation by this state in federal acts and programs. Such annual amount shall be fixed by the governor, shall be paid from the respective funds administered by the secretary with respect to administration of or participation by this state in such federal acts or programs, and shall be a percentage of the annual salary of the secretary which bears the same proportion to such annual salary as the percentage of time spent in the performance of such services bears to the total amount of time spent by the secretary in the performance of all other powers, duties and functions conferred and imposed by law upon the secretary.
K.S.A. § 40-104 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 1 / Section 40-104
40-104 - Supervision over transactions.
Status: in_force

40-104. Supervision over transactions. The commissioner of insurance shall have supervision of all transactions relating to the organization or reorganization of insurance companies organized under the laws of this state, and shall also supervise the sale of all stock certificates, bonds or other evidences of interest or indebtedness issued by any such companies. The commissioner of insurance shall supervise in this state the sale of stock certificates, bonds or other evidences of interest or indebtedness by companies organized under the laws of any other state or country.
K.S.A. § 21-6812 — KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 68 / Section 21-6812
21-6812 - Actions which prosecutors may take under agreements with defendants for plea; exceptions relating to prior convictions.
Status: in_force

21-6812. Actions which prosecutors may take under agreements with defendants for plea; exceptions relating to prior convictions. The prosecutor and the attorney for the defendant, or the defendant when acting pro se, may engage in discussions with a view toward reaching an agreement that, upon the entering of a plea to a charged offense or to a lesser or related offense, the prosecutor may do any of the following:

(a) Move for dismissal of other charges or counts;

(b) recommend a particular sentence within the sentencing range applicable to the offense or to the offense to which the offender pled guilty;

(c) recommend a particular sentence outside of the sentencing range only when departure factors exist and such factors are stated on the record;

(d) agree to file a particular charge or count;

(e) agree not to file charges or counts; or

(f) make any other promise to the defendant, except that the prosecutor shall not enter into any agreement to decline to use a prior drug conviction of the defendant to elevate or enhance the severity level of a drug crime as provided in K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto, or make any agreement to exclude any prior conviction from the criminal history of the defendant.
K.S.A. § 4-3,899 — KS Code / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 4-3,899
4-3,899 - District 36.
Status: in_force

4-3,899. District 36. Representative district 36 shall consist of the following voting districts in Wyandotte county: (140090); and the following blocks in voting district (600710), tract 0441.04, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 003; and the following blocks in voting district (600720), tract 0441.04, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 001, block 002, block 004, block 005, block 006; and the following blocks in voting district (600720), tract 0441.04, block group 3, in Wyandotte county: block 002, block 003; and the following blocks in voting district (600730), tract 0441.03, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001, block 002, block 003, block 004, block 005, block 006, block 007; and the following blocks in voting district (600730), tract 0441.03, block group 3, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001, block 002, block 010, block 011, block 016; and the following blocks in voting district (600740), tract 0441.03, block group 3, in Wyandotte county: block 003, block 004, block 005, block 007; and the following blocks in voting district (600910), tract 0446.01, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 003; and the following blocks in voting district (600920), tract 0446.01, block group 1, in Wyandotte county: block 000; and the following blocks in voting district (600920), tract 0446.01, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001; and the following voting districts in Wyandotte county: (600930), (600960), (600990), (601000), (601010), (601020); and the following blocks in voting district (601030), tract 0442.01, block group 1, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001, block 002; and the following blocks in voting district (601030), tract 0446.01, block group 3, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001, block 002, block 003, block 004, block 005, block 006, block 007, block 008, block 009, block 010, block 011, block 012, block 013, block 014, block 015, block 016, block 017, block 018, block 019, block 020, block 021; and the following blocks in voting district (601030), tract 0446.01, block group 4, in Wyandotte county: block 000, block 001, block 002, block 003, block 004, block 005, block 006, block 007, block 008, block 011, block 012, block 013, block 014, block 015; and the following blocks in voting district (601030), tract 0446.02, block group 1, in Wyandotte county: block 007, block 008, block 013, block 014, block 015, block 017; and the following blocks in voting district (601030), tract 0448.04, block group 1, in Wyandotte county: block 001, block 002; and the following voting districts in Wyandotte county: (601050), (601060), (601070), (601080), (601090); and the following blocks in voting district (601100), tract 0448.03, block group 2, in Wyandotte county: block 012, block 013, block 014, block 015, block 016, block 017, block 018, block 019, block 020, block 021, block 022.
K.S.A. § 79-308 — KS Code / Chapter 79 / Article 3 / Section 79-308
79-308 - Statements to include tax situs information.
Status: in_force

79-308. Statements to include tax situs information. The personal property statements required by this act shall set forth the name of the township, city and school district in which such property is located, the residence address of the owner and such other information as required to establish the proper tax situs of all property.
K.S.A. § 65-540 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 5 / Section 65-540
65-540 - Residence not required for licensed child care homes; administration by director of early childhood on and after July 1, 2026.
Status: in_force

65-540. Residence not required for licensed child care homes; administration by director of early childhood on and after July 1, 2026. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall not require as a condition of licensure for a child care home that the licensee live in the child care home.

(b) On and after July 1, 2026, this section shall be administered by the director of early childhood.

(c) From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, this section shall be a part of and supplemental to article 5 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 48-3112 — KS Code / Chapter 48 / Article 31 / Section 48-3112
48-3112 - (KCMJ Art. 143) Uniformity of application and interpretation of act.
Status: in_force

48-3112. (KCMJ Art. 143) Uniformity of application and interpretation of act. (a) This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make it uniform, so far as practical, to make the law uniform with the law of the United States uniform code of military justice, title 10 of chapter 47 of the United States code. The information accompanying each punitive article of the United States uniform code of military justice shall be used in the defining and charging of any offense and the drafting of any charge and specifications to the extent that the United States code of military justice is consistent with this code.

(b) The decisions of the army court of criminal appeals, air force court of criminal appeals, coast guard court of criminal appeals, navy-marine corps court of criminal appeals and the United States court of appeals for the armed forces shall not be binding on proceedings under this code. Such decisions may be used for guidance in determining the guilt or punishment of any member of the state military forces subject to this code.
K.S.A. § 38-2275 — KS Code / Chapter 38 / Article 22 / Section 38-2275
38-2275 - Fees and expenses.
Status: in_force

38-2275. Fees and expenses. (a) When an appeal is taken pursuant to this code, fees if the guardian ad litem or of an attorney appointed to represent a parent shall be fixed by the district court. The fees, together with the costs of transcripts and records on appeal, shall be taxed as expenses on appeal. The court on appeal may assess the fees and expenses against a party or interested party or order that they be paid from the general fund of the county.

(b) When the court orders the fees and expenses assessed against a party or interested party, such fees shall be paid from the county general fund, subject to reimbursement by the party or interested party against whom the fees were assessed. The county may enforce the order as a civil judgment, except the county shall not be required to pay the docket fee or fee for execution.
K.S.A. § 40-1628 — KS Code / Chapter 40 / Article 16 / Section 40-1628
40-1628 - Reciprocal; return of savings to subscriber accounts.
Status: in_force

40-1628. Reciprocal; return of savings to subscriber accounts. A reciprocal may return to its subscribers any savings or credit which accrues to such subscriber's accounts.
K.S.A. § 12-636 — KS Code / Chapter 12 / Article 6 / Section 12-636
12-636 - Same; resolution; engineer's estimate and report.
Status: in_force

12-636. Same; resolution; engineer's estimate and report. Before making the improvements mentioned in K.S.A. 12-635, and amendments thereto, the governing body of the city, by resolution duly passed, shall declare it necessary for the public good and convenience that the property described in the resolution be protected from the overflow of the watercourse and shall require a competent engineer to make a survey thereof and file the same with the city clerk of the city with maps and profiles of the survey and a full and complete plan of protecting the property from the overflow or damage by water of the watercourse and also the physical characteristics and location of any right-of-way, roadbed, bridge or bridges, streets and alleys and other property liable to be injured or damaged by the overflow of the watercourse. The engineer shall also make an estimate of the cost of the entire work and improvement required to protect the property, showing the several items of the same. The engineer shall inspect and examine all lots and buildings thereon, rights-of-way, roadbeds, bridges, culverts, depot grounds, grades, streets, and all railroads, telephone and telegraph and other property liable to be injured or damaged by the overflow of the watercourse. The engineer shall file a report, in duplicate, with the city clerk. Upon the approval of engineer's report by the governing body of the city, the city clerk of the city shall immediately cause one copy of the engineer's report to be filed with the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture.
K.S.A. § 50-698 — KS Code / Chapter 50 / Article 6 / Section 50-698
50-698 - Duties of consumer to receive comparable new assistive device or refund; duties of manufacturer and assistive device lessor.
Status: in_force

50-698. Duties of consumer to receive comparable new assistive device or refund; duties of manufacturer and assistive device lessor. (a) To receive a comparable new assistive device or a refund due under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 50-697 and amendments thereto, a consumer shall offer to the manufacturer of the assistive device having the nonconformity to transfer possession of that assistive device to that manufacturer. No later than 30 days after that offer, the manufacturer shall provide the consumer with the comparable assistive device or refund. When the manufacturer provides the new assistive device or refund, the consumer shall return the assistive device having the nonconformity to the manufacturer, along with any endorsements necessary to transfer real possession to the manufacturer.

(b) To receive a refund due under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of K.S.A. 50-697 and amendments thereto, a consumer described under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of K.S.A. 50-696 and amendments thereto shall offer to return the assistive device having the nonconformity to its manufacturer. No later than 30 days after that offer, the manufacturer shall provide the refund to the consumer. When the manufacturer provides the refund, the consumer shall return to the manufacturer the assistive device having the nonconformity.

(c) To receive a refund due under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of K.S.A. 50-697 and amendments thereto, an assistive device lessor shall offer to transfer possession of the assistive device having the nonconformity to its manufacturer. No later than 30 days after that offer, the manufacturer shall provide the refund to the assistive device lessor. When the manufacturer provides the refund, the assistive device lessor shall provide to the manufacturer any endorsements necessary to transfer legal possession to the manufacturer.
K.S.A. § 32-1311 — KS Code / Chapter 32 / Article 13 / Section 32-1311
32-1311 - Requirements of county resolutions or city ordinances; compliance with act.
Status: in_force

32-1311. Requirements of county resolutions or city ordinances; compliance with act. A county or city may adopt resolutions or ordinances governing dangerous regulated animals that are more restrictive than this act. Such resolution or ordinance may include, but not be limited to, additional animals to the definition of a dangerous regulated animal, additional caging standards, and stricter care and treatment provisions. If a county or city already has a resolution or ordinance in existence that is substantially the same or more restrictive, such county or city shall be in compliance with this act.