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KS Stat § 65-119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-119 Duties and powers of local health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when.

65-119. Duties and powers of local health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when. (a) Any county or joint board of health or local health officer having knowledge of any infectious or contagious disease, or of a death from such disease, within their jurisdiction, shall immediately exercise and maintain a supervision over such case or cases during their continuance, seeing that all such cases are properly cared for and that the provisions of this act as to isolation, restriction of communication, quarantine and disinfection are duly enforced. The county or joint board of health or local health officer shall communicate without delay all information as to existing conditions to the secretary of health and environment. The local health officer shall confer personally, if practicable, otherwise by letter, with the person in attendance upon the case, as to its future management and control. The county or joint board of health or local health officer is hereby empowered and authorized to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of any and all infectious or contagious disease.(b) Any disclosure or communication of information relating to infectious or contagious diseases required to be disclosed or communicated under subsection (a) of this section shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed or made public beyond the requirements of subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-118, except as otherwise permitted by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-118.History: L. 1901, ch. 285, § 3; R.S. 1923, 65-119; L. 1953, ch. 283, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 8; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 189, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-122 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-122 Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions and exclusions; readmissions, when.

65-122. Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions and exclusions; readmissions, when. No person afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease dangerous to the public health shall be admitted into any public, parochial or private school or licensed child care facility. It shall be the duty of the parent or guardian, and the principal or other person in charge of any public, parochial, private school or licensed child care facility to exclude therefrom any child or other person affected with a disease suspected of being infectious or contagious until the expiration of the prescribed period of isolation or quarantine for the particular infectious or contagious disease. If the attending person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or local health officer finds upon examination that the person affected with a disease, suspected of being infectious or contagious is not suffering from an infectious or contagious disease, he or she may submit a certificate to this effect to the person in charge of the public, parochial, private school or licensed child care facility and such person shall be readmitted to school or to the child care facility.History: L. 1901, ch. 285, § 6; R.S. 1923, 65-122; L. 1953, ch. 283, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-123 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-123 Funeral services.

65-123. Funeral services. Funeral services for individuals who have died while suffering from an infectious or contagious disease shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment. In diseases requiring quarantine of contacts, a public funeral service may be permitted only if the casket remains closed and those contacts subject to quarantine who attend the funeral are adequately segregated from the public.History: L. 1901, ch. 285, § 7; R.S. 1923, 65-123; L. 1953, ch. 283, § 4; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 9; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-126 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-126 Quarantine of city, township or county.

65-126. Quarantine of city, township or county. Whenever the county or joint board of health or the local health officer neglects to properly isolate and quarantine infectious or contagious diseases and persons afflicted with or exposed to such diseases as may be necessary to prevent the spread thereof, the secretary of health and environment may quarantine any area in which any of these diseases may show a tendency to become epidemic.History: L. 1901, ch. 285, § 10; R.S. 1923, 65-126; L. 1953, ch. 283, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 10; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-127 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-127 Penalty provision.

65-127. Penalty provision. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 65-118, 65-119, 65-122, 65-123 and 65-126, and any amendments thereto, or failing to comply with any requirements thereof shall be fined, upon conviction, not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.History: L. 1901, ch. 285, § 11; R.S. 1923, 65-127; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-128 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-128 Rules and regulations of secretary to prevent spread and dissemination of diseases; testing and quarantine; protection of providers and recipients of services.

65-128. Rules and regulations of secretary to prevent spread and dissemination of diseases; testing and quarantine; protection of providers and recipients of services. (a) For the protection of the public health and for the control of infectious or contagious diseases, the secretary of health and environment by rules and regulations shall designate such diseases as are infectious or contagious in their nature.(b) The secretary of health and environment is authorized to issue such orders and adopt rules and regulations as may be medically necessary and reasonable to prevent the spread and dissemination of diseases injurious to the public health, including, but not limited to, providing for the testing for such diseases and the isolation and quarantine of persons afflicted with or exposed to such diseases.(c) No later than January 1, 2014, the secretary shall develop and adopt rules and regulations providing for the protection of individuals who provide medical or nursing services, clinical or forensic laboratory services, emergency medical services and firefighting, law enforcement and correctional services, or who provide any other service, or individuals who receive any such services or are in any other employment where the individual may encounter occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials.History: L. 1917, ch. 205, § 1; R.S. 1923, 65-128; L. 1953, ch. 283, § 6; L. 1965, ch. 506, § 25; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 11; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 7; L. 1988, ch. 232, § 9; L. 2013, ch. 112, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-128a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-128a Chy J. Miller's law.

65-128a. Chy J. Miller's law. The changes to law in K.S.A. 65-116a and 65-128 made by this act* shall be known as Chy J. Miller's law.History: L. 2013, ch. 112, § 3; July 1.* This act is 2013 Substitute for House Bill No. 2183; L.2013, ch. 112.
KS Stat § 65-129 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-129 Penalties for unlawful acts.

65-129. Penalties for unlawful acts. Any person violating, refusing or neglecting to obey any of the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of health and environment for the prevention, suppression and control of infectious or contagious diseases, or who leaves any isolation area of a hospital or other quarantined area without the consent of the local health officer having jurisdiction, or who evades or breaks quarantine or knowingly conceals a case of infectious or contagious disease shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.History: L. 1917, ch. 205, § 2; R.S. 1923, 65-129; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 12; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-129b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-129b Infections or contagious diseases; authority of local health officer or secretary; evaluation or treatment orders, isolation or quarantine orders; enforcement.

65-129b. Infections or contagious diseases; authority of local health officer or secretary; evaluation or treatment orders, isolation or quarantine orders; enforcement. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 65-119, 65-122, 65-123, 65-126 and 65-128, and amendments thereto, and any rules or regulations adopted thereunder, in investigating actual or potential exposures to an infectious or contagious disease that is potentially life-threatening, the local health officer or the secretary:(1) (A) May issue an order requiring an individual who the local health officer or the secretary has reason to believe has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease to seek appropriate and necessary evaluation and treatment;(B) when the local health officer or the secretary determines that it is medically necessary and reasonable to prevent or reduce the spread of the disease or outbreak believed to have been caused by the exposure to an infectious or contagious disease, may order an individual or group of individuals to go to and remain in places of isolation or quarantine until the local health officer or the secretary determines that the individual no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting the disease or condition to the public;(C) if a competent individual of 18 years of age or older or an emancipated minor refuses vaccination, medical examination, treatment or testing under this section, may require the individual to go to and remain in a place of isolation or quarantine until the local health officer or the secretary determines that the individual no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting the disease or condition to the public; and(D) if, on behalf of a minor child or ward, a parent or guardian refuses vaccination, medical examination, treatment or testing under this section, may require the minor child or ward to go to and remain in a place of isolation or quarantine and must allow the parent or guardian to accompany the minor child or ward until the local health officer or the secretary determines that the minor child or ward no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting the disease or condition to the public; and(2) may order any sheriff, deputy sheriff or other law enforcement officer of the state or any subdivision to assist in the execution or enforcement of any order issued under this section.History: L. 2005, ch. 122, § 2; Apr. 21.
KS Stat § 65-129d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-129d Same; unlawful discharge from employment.

65-129d. Same; unlawful discharge from employment. It shall be unlawful for any public or private employer to discharge an employee solely because the employee or an immediate family member of the employee is under an order of isolation or quarantine. The violation of this section is punishable as a violation of K.S.A. 65-129, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2005, ch. 122, § 4; Apr. 21.
KS Stat § 65-129e (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-129e Tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students; rules and regulations; evaluation criteria; treatment and monitoring of infected persons.

65-129e. Tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students; rules and regulations; evaluation criteria; treatment and monitoring of infected persons. (a) The secretary of health and environment is hereby authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations establishing tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students entering classrooms of a postsecondary educational institution in Kansas who are considered as high risk for tuberculosis as defined by the department of health and environment. These rules and regulations shall establish evaluation criteria in compliance with best practice standards as recommended by the division of tuberculosis elimination of the centers for disease control and prevention.(b) Each postsecondary educational institution shall develop and implement tuberculosis evaluation requirements with assistance of the department of health and environment. Each postsecondary educational institution shall designate a person who is responsible for the oversight and implementation of the requirements. Such person shall maintain the record for at least five years and the department of health and environment shall have the right to review and inspect the records upon request. Such person shall report immediately the positive findings of tuberculosis infection or disease to the department of health and environment.(c) Each student entering classrooms of a postsecondary educational institution in Kansas shall comply with the tuberculosis evaluation requirements implemented by such institution where the student is enrolled by providing requested information in accordance with a screening and evaluation through an enrollment process. Any student who is not in compliance with the requirements shall not be attending classes or eligible to enroll for a subsequent semester or term or to obtain an official academic transcript or diploma until the student is compliant with the requirements.(d) Nothing in this section and K.S.A. 65-129f, and amendments thereto, shall be construed as applying to individuals who are not attending the classes regularly but participating in the continuing education programs or any other seminar or function at the postsecondary educational institution.(e) "Postsecondary educational institution" used in this section and K.S.A. 65-129f, and amendments thereto, means any public or private university, municipal university, community college or technical college.(f) All costs associated with the evaluation requirements of the prevention and control plan shall be the responsibility of the student.(g) Any person found to be infected with tuberculosis infection or tuberculosis disease will be provided treatment and ongoing monitoring in accordance with K.S.A. 65-116a to 65-116m, inclusive, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2005, ch. 122, § 5; L. 2010, ch. 118, § 3; Apr. 29.
KS Stat § 65-129f (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-129f Tuberculosis prevention and control for certain students; rules and regulations; prevention and control plan.

65-129f. Tuberculosis prevention and control for certain students; rules and regulations; prevention and control plan. (a) The secretary of health and environment is hereby authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations establishing guidelines for a tuberculosis prevention and control plan for any postsecondary educational institution. The tuberculosis prevention and control plan shall be designed to reduce the risk of tuberculosis transmission and shall be based on the recommendations by the American thoracic society, the centers for disease control and prevention and the infectious diseases society of America. These rules and regulations shall be in compliance with the best practice standards as recommended by the division of tuberculosis elimination of the centers for disease control and prevention.(b) Each postsecondary educational institution shall develop and implement a tuberculosis prevention and control plan with assistance of the department of health and environment. Each postsecondary educational institution shall designate a person who is responsible for the oversight and implementation of the plan. Such person shall maintain the records created or collected in accordance with this section for at least five years and allow the department of health and environment to review and inspect the records upon request.History: L. 2010, ch. 118, § 2; Apr. 29.
KS Stat § 65-153 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153 Child hygiene; duties of division of public health.

65-153. Child hygiene; duties of division of public health. The general duties of the division of public health of the department of health and environment shall include the issuance of educational literature on the care of the baby and the hygiene of the child, the study of the causes of infant mortality and the application of preventive measures for the prevention and the suppression of the diseases of infancy and early childhood.History: L. 1915, ch. 269, § 2; R.S. 1923, 65-153; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 13; L. 2013, ch. 59, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-153b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153b Newly born infant; treatment of eyes.

65-153b. Newly born infant; treatment of eyes. Any physician or any person authorized by law to act as an obstetrician shall immediately upon the birth of an infant instill into the eyes of such newly born infant a prophylactic solution approved by the secretary of health and environment: Provided, however, That any person or parent shall not be required to employ such prophylactic if objection is made by written statement to the attending obstetrician within three days from the birth of said child: And provided further, That said written statement shall be attached to the birth certificate.History: L. 1929, ch. 218, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-153c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153c Same; duty of physician and others.

65-153c. Same; duty of physician and others. Any physician or any person authorized by law to act as an obstetrician in this state or any other person having the care of an infant, within six (6) months after its birth, who shall detect any inflammation, swelling or redness in the eyes of any such infant or any unnatural discharge therefrom, shall, if such person is licensed to practice medicine and surgery, treat such child with the necessary prophylactic, or, if such person is not licensed to practice medicine and surgery, shall immediately report the condition and the location of such infant to the county or joint board of health.History: L. 1929, ch. 218, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 20; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-153d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153d Same; rules and regulations.

65-153d. Same; rules and regulations. It shall be the duty of the secretary of health and environment to make the necessary regulations for the enforcement of this act.History: L. 1929, ch. 218, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-153e (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153e Same; penalty for violating 65-153b to 65-153e.

65-153e. Same; penalty for violating 65-153b to 65-153e. Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred ($500) dollars or by confinement in the county jail for six (6) months.History: L. 1929, ch. 218, § 4; May 28.
KS Stat § 65-153f (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153f Prenatal serological tests for syphilis and hepatitis b; approved laboratories; laboratory reports, confidentiality.

65-153f. Prenatal serological tests for syphilis and hepatitis b; approved laboratories; laboratory reports, confidentiality. Each physician or other person attending a pregnant woman in this state during gestation, with the consent of such woman, shall take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman within 14 days after diagnosis of pregnancy is made. Such sample shall be submitted for serological tests which meet the standards recognized by the United States public health service for the detection of syphilis and hepatitis b to a laboratory approved by the secretary of health and environment for such serological tests. Any state, United States public health service, or United States army, navy or air force laboratory or any laboratory approved by the state health agency of the state in which the laboratory is operated shall be considered approved for the purposes of this act. Any laboratory in this state, performing the tests required by this section shall make a report to the secretary of health and environment of all positive or reactive tests on forms provided by the secretary of health and environment and also shall make a report of the test results to the submitting physician or person attending the woman. Laboratory statements, reports, files and records prepared pursuant to this section shall be confidential and shall not be divulged to or open to inspection by any person other than state or local health officers or their duly authorized representatives, except by written consent of the woman.History: L. 1943, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 16; L. 1981, ch. 241, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 178, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 260, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-153g (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153g Same; how reported.

65-153g. Same; how reported. In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians and others permitted to attend pregnancy cases and required to report births and stillbirths shall state on a separate sheet accompanying the birth certificate or stillbirth certificate, as the case may be, whether a blood test for syphilis has been made during such pregnancy upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child for which a birth or stillbirth certificate is filed, and if made the date when such test was made, and if not made, the reason why such test was not made. Neither the fact that such a test was or was not made or was or was not required by law nor the result of any such test shall appear upon the birth certificate or be certified to any person for any purpose.History: L. 1943, ch. 225, § 2; June 28.
KS Stat § 65-153h (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-153h Same; misdemeanor.

65-153h. Same; misdemeanor. Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.History: L. 1943, ch. 225, § 3; June 28.
KS Stat § 65-156 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities|65-156 Regulations and fees.

65-156. Regulations and fees. The secretary of health and environment shall make rules and regulations for the collection of samples and analysis of water, either natural or treated, furnished by municipalities, corporations, companies or individuals to the public, and shall fix the fees for any services rendered under said rules and regulations to cover the cost of the services.History: L. 1915, ch. 327, § 1; R.S. 1923, 65-156; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 17; L. 1975, ch. 312, § 1; July 1.