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KS Stat § 65-2420 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2420 Same; procedure.

65-2420. Same; procedure. (a) Certificates accepted subsequent to six (6) months after the time prescribed for filing with the state registrar shall contain the date of the delayed filing and be marked "delayed."(b) A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the acceptance for delayed filing shall be endorsed on the certificates.(c) The secretary shall prescribe the fees to be paid to the state registrar for filing a delayed certificate of birth.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 20; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 128; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2421 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2421 Same; evidence.

65-2421. Same; evidence. The probative value of a "delayed" certificate shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 21; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2422a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2422a Change of name; new certificate of birth issued, when.

65-2422a. Change of name; new certificate of birth issued, when. In cases in which a person has lawfully obtained a change of name by a court of competent jurisdiction, such person may present a duly authenticated copy of the court order changing his name and request a new certificate of birth. A new certificate shall then be issued, which shall show the new name as ordered by the court; the certificate shall be marked "amended." The person whose name has been changed may receive copies of his certificate of birth showing the name as originally entered only upon court order.History: L. 1963, ch. 319, § 7; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2422b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2422b Records of divorces and annulments.

65-2422b. Records of divorces and annulments. For each divorce and annulment of marriage granted by any court in this state, a report shall be prepared and filed by the clerk of court with the state registrar of vital statistics. The information necessary to prepare the report shall be furnished to the clerk of the court by the prevailing party or the legal representative of the prevailing party on forms prescribed and furnished by the state registrar of vital statistics. On or before the 15th day of each month, the clerk of the court shall forward to the state registrar of vital statistics the report of each divorce and annulment granted during the preceding calendar month and such related reports as may be required by rules and regulations issued under this act. The information provided shall include the social security numbers of both parties. Information in the report which will assist the secretary for children and families in establishing, modifying or enforcing a support obligation shall be made available to the secretary for children and families or the secretary's designee.History: L. 1963, ch. 319, § 8; L. 1984, ch. 234, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 258; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2422c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2422c Minor correction of records.

65-2422c. Minor correction of records. The secretary may by regulation prescribe procedures for making minor corrections to certificates or records. Any certificate so corrected shall be marked "amended," and shall have such further marking as shall be prescribed by the secretary. The medical certification portion of a death certificate signed by a district coroner acting in the district coroner's official capacity shall not be modified by anyone except the district coroner who signed the death certificate.History: L. 1963, ch. 319, § 9; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 130; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2423 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2423 Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements.

65-2423. Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements. (a) In cases of adoption the state registrar upon receipt of a certified decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, and the report of adoption form shall prepare a supplementary certificate or abstract in the new name of the adopted person and seal and file the original certificate of birth with such certified copy or abstract attached thereto. Such sealed documents may be opened by the state registrar only upon the demand of the adopted person if of legal age or by an order of court. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order of annulment of adoption the state registrar shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files.(b) For any child born in a foreign country but adopted in Kansas or born and adopted in a foreign country and such adoption is filed and entered pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2144, and amendments thereto, the state registrar, upon request, shall complete and register a birth certificate upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, the report of adoption form and proof of the date and place of the child's birth. The certificate shall show the new name of the child as specified in the decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, and such further information concerning the adopting parents as may be necessary to complete the birth certificate. The certificate shall show the true country of birth and the date of birth of the child. The certificate shall state the following: "This certificate is issued pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-2423, and amendments thereto."History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 23; L. 1978, ch. 247, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 301, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 116, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 160, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 140, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2425 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2425 Institution inmates or patients; records and reports.

65-2425. Institution inmates or patients; records and reports. Persons in charge of institutions for care of [or] correction or for treatment of disease, injury or childbirth shall record and report all statistical data required by this act relating to their inmates or patients.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 25; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2426a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2426a Authorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation.

65-2426a. Authorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation. (a) (1) No dead body, as defined in K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto, shall be cremated unless a coroner's permit to cremate has been executed to authorize such cremation, if the death or cause of death occurred within the state of Kansas or in a state where such permit to cremate is required.(2) A telefacsimile or electronic signed copy of the coroner's permit to cremate that authorizes the cremation shall constitute legal authorization for such cremation under this section.(b) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform vital statistics act.(c) Any person who knowingly violates this section, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.History: L. 1965, ch. 164, § 19; L. 1982, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 13; L. 2014, ch. 128, § 5; L. 2021, ch. 59, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2427 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2427 Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.

65-2427. Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body. When death or stillbirth occurs outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and regulations in force where the death or stillbirth occurred, the permit shall authorize the transportation of the body into or through this state.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 27; L. 1982, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2428a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2428a Permit for transportation of dead body to location outside state.

65-2428a. Permit for transportation of dead body to location outside state. No dead body located in this state shall be transported to a location outside the boundaries of this state, either by commercial or private conveyance, without a permit issued by a funeral director or the state registrar on a form provided by the state registrar.This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform vital statistics act.History: L. 1982, ch. 266, § 4; L. 1990, ch. 226, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2433 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2433 Registration of divorces, annulments and adoptions.

65-2433. Registration of divorces, annulments and adoptions. For each divorce, annulment of marriage, adoption or annulment of adoption, the clerk of the court shall prepare within thirty (30) days after the decree becomes final, certificate of such decree on a form furnished by the state registrar and before the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month the clerk shall forward to the state registrar the certificates prepared by him during the preceding calendar month.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 33; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2434 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2434 Crimes, prosecution, penalties.

65-2434. Crimes, prosecution, penalties. (a) Vital records identity fraud related to birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates shall be prosecuted pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5918, and amendments thereto.(b) Any person who knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, a dead body located in this state to a location outside the boundaries of this state without an accompanying permit issued in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-2428a, and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.(c) Except where a different penalty is provided in this section, any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or neglects or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon such person by this act, shall be fined not more than $200.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 34; L. 1982, ch. 266, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 160, § 6; L. 2005, ch. 131, § 3; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 240; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2435 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2435 Invalidity of part.

65-2435. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such 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 declared to be severable.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 35; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2436 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2436 Uniformity of interpretation.

65-2436. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 36; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2437 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2437 Short title.

65-2437. Short title. This act may be cited as the "uniform vital statistics act."History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 37; June 30.
KS Stat § 65-2438 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2438 Notification of person transporting dead body for disposition that deceased had an infectious or contagious disease; form; notification of embalmer, funeral director or other person taking possession of body; confidential information; penalties for violations; "infectious or contagious disease" defined.

65-2438. Notification of person transporting dead body for disposition that deceased had an infectious or contagious disease; form; notification of embalmer, funeral director or other person taking possession of body; confidential information; penalties for violations; "infectious or contagious disease" defined. (a) When a person who has been diagnosed as having an infectious or contagious disease dies, the attending physician or, if there is no attending physician, the director of nursing, or the director's designee, at a medical care facility or adult care home, if the person dies at the medical care facility or adult care home, or a family member or person making arrangements for the disposition of the dead body who knows of such diagnosis, shall indicate, on a form promulgated by the secretary, that the deceased person had an infectious or contagious disease. The completed form shall accompany the body when it is transported for disposition.(b) Any person who transports a dead body for disposition and who has been notified pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) that the deceased person had been diagnosed as having an infectious or contagious disease shall present notification thereof accompanying the dead body to any embalmer, funeral director or other person taking possession of the dead body.(c) Any person who completes the form required in subsection (a) in good faith and without malice shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed in an action resulting from such report.(d) Any information relating to an infectious or contagious disease which is required to be disclosed or communicated under subsections (a) and (b) shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed or made public beyond the disclosure necessary under subsections (a) and (b).(e) Any person required to perform duties specified under subsection (a) or (b) who knowingly refuses or omits to perform such duties is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (d) shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.(f) As used in this section, "infectious or contagious disease" means the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus and any other causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and any disease designated as infectious or contagious by the secretary of health and environment by rules and regulations under K.S.A. 65-128 and amendments thereto.History: L. 1988, ch. 232, § 8; L. 1994, ch. 135, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2439 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2439 Meriden's law.

65-2439. Meriden's law. The changes to law in this act shall be known as Meriden's law.History: L. 2014, ch. 128, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2440 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act|65-2440 Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.

65-2440. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (a) A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be established by the state registrar.(b) The certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall contain personal and demographic information describing the stillbirth event and shall not contain any information relating to the child's death.(c) The certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth is not proof of a live birth.(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform vital statistics act, K.S.A. 65-2401 et seq., and amendments thereto.History: L. 2014, ch. 128, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2701 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 27 - Hazardous Household Articles|65-2701 Hazardous household articles; definitions.

65-2701. Hazardous household articles; definitions. For the purposes of this act, the term "hazardous household article" means: Any article which purports to be useful in the accomplishment of any domestic task, any article for personal use, or any toy, which is a substance or which contains substances that may be injurious to human beings. "Hazardous household article" does not include the following: Foods, drugs or cosmetics as defined in K.S.A. 65-656, and amendments thereto; agricultural chemicals as defined in K.S.A. 2-2202, and amendments thereto; livestock remedies as defined in K.S.A. 47-501 prior to its repeal; or state pharmacy act definitions included in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1957, ch. 341, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 25, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2702 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 27 - Hazardous Household Articles|65-2702 Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment.

65-2702. Powers and duties of secretary of health and environment. It shall be the duty of the secretary of health and environment to inquire into the composition of hazardous household articles, to determine their potentialities for harm, and take such steps as may be deemed necessary to protect the public from the use of hazardous household articles. To accomplish this end, the secretary is authorized to take samples and cause them to be analyzed, to review labeling and advertising, and to require disclosure for formulas when necessary in the public interest.History: L. 1957, ch. 341, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 102; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2703 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 27 - Hazardous Household Articles|65-2703 Rules and regulations, filing.

65-2703. Rules and regulations, filing. The secretary of health and environment is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to protect the public from improper use of poisonous household articles, and as are necessary to administer the provisions of this act; such rules and regulations may include requirements for: Cautionary labeling, the setting out on labels of specific toxic ingredients, adequate directions for safe use, specific warnings against common types of misuse, specific prohibition of sale of articles which are inherently so hazardous that they are unsafe for domestic use under any type of labeling. Such rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as required by law.History: L. 1957, ch. 341, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 506, § 33; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 103; L. 1988, ch. 366, § 18; June 1.
KS Stat § 65-2704 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 27 - Hazardous Household Articles|65-2704 Unlawful acts; penalties.

65-2704. Unlawful acts; penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation to hold for sale, offer for sale or sell any household article in violation of any regulation adopted as authorized under the provisions of this act. Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation who shall violate any regulation adopted by the board shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That after a first conviction of a violation of any regulation of the board adopted under the provisions of this act, convictions for subsequent violations of the regulations adopted hereunder shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1000) or by imprisonment for not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1957, ch. 341, § 4; June 29.
KS Stat § 65-2801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 28 - Healing Arts|65-2801 Purpose.

65-2801. Purpose. Recognizing that the practice of the healing arts is a privilege granted by legislative authority and is not a natural right of individuals, it is deemed necessary as a matter of policy in the interests of public health, safety and welfare, to provide laws and provisions covering the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use, control and regulation to the end that the public shall be properly protected against unprofessional, improper, unauthorized and unqualified practice of the healing arts and from unprofessional conduct by persons licensed to practice under this act.History: L. 1957, ch. 343, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-2802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 28 - Healing Arts|65-2802 Definitions.

65-2802. Definitions. For the purpose of this act the following definitions shall apply:(a) The healing arts include any system, treatment, operation, diagnosis, prescription or practice for the ascertainment, cure, relief, palliation, adjustment or correction of any human disease, ailment, deformity, injury, alteration or enhancement of a condition or appearance and includes specifically, but not by way of limitation, the practice of medicine and surgery; the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery; and the practice of chiropractic.(b) "Board" shall mean the state board of healing arts.(c) "License," unless otherwise specified, shall mean a license to practice the healing arts granted under this act.(d) "Licensed" or "licensee," unless otherwise specified, shall mean a person licensed under this act to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery or chiropractic.(e) "Healing arts school" shall mean an academic institution which grants a doctor of chiropractic degree, doctor of medicine degree or doctor of osteopathy degree.(f) Wherever the masculine gender is used, it shall be construed to include the feminine, and the singular number shall include the plural when consistent with the intent of this act.History: L. 1957, ch. 343, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 273, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 42, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 131, § 5; July 1, 2015.
KS Stat § 65-2803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 28 - Healing Arts|65-2803 Prerequisite to practice a profession regulated by the board; exceptions; penalties.

65-2803. Prerequisite to practice a profession regulated by the board; exceptions; penalties. (a) Unless otherwise specified by the board or as provided in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-28,134, and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person who does not have a license, registration, permit or certificate to engage in the practice of any profession regulated by the board or whose license, registration, permit or certificate to practice has been revoked or suspended to engage in the practice of any profession regulated by the board.(b) This section shall not apply to any healthcare provider who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance at the scene of an emergency or accident as authorized by K.S.A. 65-2891, and amendments thereto.(c) The commission of any act or practice declared to be a violation of this section may render the violator liable to the state or county for the payment of a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day for each day a person engages in the unlawful practice of a profession regulated by the board. In addition to such civil penalty, such violator may be assessed reasonable costs of investigation and prosecution.(d) Violation of this section is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.History: L. 1957, ch. 343, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 32, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 131, § 6; L. 2019, ch. 52, § 3; March 1, 2020.
KS Stat § 65-2804 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 28 - Healing Arts|65-2804 Attainment of legal age required prior to receiving permanent license.

65-2804. Attainment of legal age required prior to receiving permanent license. No person shall receive a permanent license under this act until the person has furnished satisfactory evidence to the board that the person has attained legal age.History: L. 1957, ch. 343, § 4; L. 1969, ch. 299, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 231, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 273, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 213, § 6; July 1.