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KS Stat § 65-3226 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3226 Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.

65-3226. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal. (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:(1) A record signed by:(A) The individual; or(B) subject to subsection (b), another acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;(2) the individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or(3) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) must:(1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and(2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:(1) In the manner provided in subsection (a) for making a refusal;(2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3224, and amendments thereto, that is inconsistent with the refusal; or(3) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.(d) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 65-3227(h), and amendments thereto, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3227 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3227 Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.

65-3227. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3224, and amendments thereto, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3225, and amendments thereto.(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3225, and amendments thereto, is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in K.S.A. 65-3223 or 65-3228, and amendments thereto, from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3224 or 65-3229, and amendments thereto.(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3224, and amendments thereto, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3225, and amendments thereto, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3229, and amendments thereto.(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under K.S.A. 65-3225, and amendments thereto, by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under K.S.A. 65-3224 or 65-3229, and amendments thereto.(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under K.S.A. 65-3223, and amendments thereto, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under K.S.A. 65-3223, and amendments thereto, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in K.S.A. 65-3223, and amendments thereto, is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under K.S.A. 65-3224 or 65-3229, and amendments thereto.(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3228 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3228 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

65-3228. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred by K.S.A. 65-3226 or 65-3227, and amendments thereto, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:(1) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under K.S.A. 65-3223(2), and amendments thereto, immediately before the decedent's death;(2) the spouse of the decedent;(3) adult children of the decedent;(4) parents of the decedent;(5) adult siblings of the decedent;(6) adult grandchildren of the decedent;(7) grandparents of the decedent;(8) the persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of death;(9) an adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent and who was familiar with the decedent's personal values; and(10) any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.(b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (9) entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under K.S.A. 65-3230, and amendments thereto, knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available. If both parents are living and available to decide, an anatomical gift may be made only if both parents agree.(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 9; L. 2018, ch. 31, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3229 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3229 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.

65-3229. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part. (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under K.S.A. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.(b) Subject to subsection (d) [c], an anatomical gift by a person authorized under K.S.A. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under K.S.A. 65-3228, and amendments thereto, may be:(1) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or(2) revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.(c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 10; L. 2018, ch. 31, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3231 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3231 Search and notification.

65-3231. Search and notification. (a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3232 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3232 Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.

65-3232. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine. (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under K.S.A. 65-3230, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3234 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3234 Coordination of procurement and use.

65-3234. Coordination of procurement and use. Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3235 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.

65-3235. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a severity level 5, nonperson felony.(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 16; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3236 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3236 Other prohibited acts.

65-3236. Other prohibited acts. A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift or a refusal commits a severity level 10, nonperson felony.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 17; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3237 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3237 Immunity.

65-3237. Immunity. (a) A person or healthcare provider that acts in accordance with this act or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or in good faith attempts to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this act, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in K.S.A. 65-3228(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8), and amendments thereto, relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 18; L. 2018, ch. 31, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3238 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3238 Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.

65-3238. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity. (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:(1) This act;(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 19; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3239 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3239 Establishing a statewide donor registry; requirements; first person consent organ and tissue donor registry.

65-3239. Establishing a statewide donor registry; requirements; first person consent organ and tissue donor registry. (a) Information obtained under K.S.A. 8-247 and 8-1325, and amendments thereto, from the division of vehicles by the Kansas federally designated organ procurement organization shall be used for the purpose of establishing a statewide organ and tissue donor registry accessible to in-state recognized cadaveric organ and cadaveric tissue agencies for the recovery or placement of organs and tissue and to procurement agencies in another state when a Kansas resident is a donor of an anatomical gift and is not located in Kansas at the time of death or immediately before the death of the donor. No organ or tissue donation organization may obtain information from the organ and tissue donor registry for the purposes of fund-raising. Organ and tissue donor registry information shall not be further disseminated unless authorized in this section or by federal law. Dissemination of organ and tissue donor registry information may be made by the Kansas federally designated organ procurement organization to a recognized in-state procurement agency for other tissue recovery, or an out-of-state federally designated organ procurement agency. An individual who agrees to have such individual's name in the first person consent organ and tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the donation of any of such individual's organs or tissues upon such individual's death as recorded in the registry.(b) The Kansas federally designated organ procurement organization may acquire donor information from sources other than the division of vehicles.(c) All costs associated with the creation and maintenance of the organ and tissue donor registry shall be paid by the Kansas federally designated organ procurement organization. Such organization shall also pay the costs of providing and maintaining the written information and educational materials required to be distributed under subsection (g) of K.S.A. 8-247, and amendments thereto, and under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1325, and amendments thereto.(d) An individual does not need to participate in the organ and tissue donor registry to be a donor of organs or tissue. The registry is to facilitate organ and tissue donations and not inhibit Kansans from being donors upon death.(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the revised uniform anatomical gift act.History: L. 2002, ch. 60, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 127, § 32; L. 2010, ch. 141, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3240 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3240 Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive.

65-3240. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive. (a) In this section:(1) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor.(2) "Declaration" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor.(3) "Health-care decision" means any decision made regarding the health care of the prospective donor.(b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health-care directive, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of an organ for transplantation or therapy may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor, unless the declaration expressly provides to the contrary.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 20; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3241 Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.

65-3241. Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization. (a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.(b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with K.S.A. 65-3242, and amendments thereto, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 21; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3243 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3243 Uniformity of application and construction.

65-3243. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 23; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3244 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 32 - Anatomical Gifts And Organ Transplantation|65-3244 Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

65-3244. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act. This act modifies, limits and supersedes the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).History: L. 2007, ch. 127, § 24; July 1.
KS Stat § 65-3301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 33 - Water Pollution Control|65-3301 Statement of purpose.

65-3301. Statement of purpose. Because the pollution of waters constitutes a menace to public health, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water; and since federal legislation provides incentives for state financial participation in the construction of public water pollution control facilities by increasing the portion of federal aid contributed when the state also participates; the legislature hereby determines that it is essential for the public health, safety and welfare of the state and the residents thereof and advantageous to state and local government taxpayers to undertake a program to financially assist the construction of public facilities to abate and prevent the pollution of water, such program to be undertaken as a cooperative partnership with municipalities and with the United States government and agencies thereof.History: L. 1970, ch. 263, § 1; Mar. 21.
KS Stat § 65-3302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 33 - Water Pollution Control|65-3302 State water pollution control account; municipality defined.

65-3302. State water pollution control account; municipality defined. An account to be known as the state water pollution control account is hereby created in the state treasury to provide financial assistance to municipalities of this state in the construction of those portions of water pollution control projects which qualify for federal aid and assistance under the provisions of public law 660 of the 84th congress, known as the federal water pollution control act, as amended, including the clean water restoration act of 1966. (P.L. 89-753). For the purposes of this act, municipalities shall include any county, city, sewer district or other public agency or any combination thereof.History: L. 1970, ch. 263, § 2; Mar. 21.
KS Stat § 65-3303 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 65 - Public Health|Article 33 - Water Pollution Control|65-3303 Grants-in-aid to municipalities; state participation limited.

65-3303. Grants-in-aid to municipalities; state participation limited. The secretary of health and environment, hereafter referred to as the "secretary" is hereby authorized and empowered, pursuant to the provisions of this act, to order and make approved grants from such account to municipalities. The state's contribution towards the construction of water pollution control projects shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the eligible cost of each project or portions of such projects as qualify under the provisions of the aforesaid federal act.History: L. 1970, ch. 263, § 3; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 152; July 1.