Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities
65-173 Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty.

65-173. Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty. The secretary of health and environment is hereby directed and empowered to inspect or cause to be inspected the places mentioned in K.S.A. 65-172, or any amendments thereto, and to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to safeguard the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases; and any person violating any such rules or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50) nor less than five dollars ($5).
History: L. 1909, ch. 224, § 2; R.S. 1923, 65-173; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 44; L. 1975, ch. 312, § 4; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 65 - Public Health

Article 1 - Secretary Of Health And Environment, Activities

65-101 Health supervision; investigation of causes of disease, sickness and death; sanitation inspections; prevention of spread of disease; outreach services; rules and regulations; injunction; revocation by legislature or legislative coordinating co...

65-102 Registration of vital statistics and diseases; forms.

65-102a Materials relating to environmental concerns; public inspection; copies, fee, approval; disposition of moneys.

65-102b Confidentiality of information concerning noninfectious diseases; disclosure.

65-103 Special sanitary service.

65-103a Authority to receive federal or other funds.

65-103b Federal title X funding priorities for family planning services.

65-116a Definitions.

65-116b Tuberculosis suspects; order by health officer; scope of examination; care and treatment.

65-116c Precautions to prevent spread of infection, when; investigations.

65-116d Failure to do required acts; proceedings by county attorney.

65-116e Commitment to medical care facility; restraint; discharge, when; recommitment.

65-116g Penalty for violations of act or regulations.

65-116h Preservation of individual rights.

65-116i Expenses of care, maintenance and treatment; payment from state funds.

65-116j Care, maintenance and treatment; powers and duties of the secretary of health and environment.

65-116k Rules and regulations of the secretary of health and environment; payments for care and treatment.

65-116l Use of funds for care, maintenance or treatment; limitations.

65-116m Recovery of cost of care, maintenance or treatment from third parties.

65-118 Reporting to local health authority as to infectious or contagious diseases; persons reporting; immunity from liability; confidentiality of information; disclosure.

65-119 Duties and powers of local health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when.

65-122 Schools and child care facilities; non-admissions and exclusions; readmissions, when.

65-123 Funeral services.

65-126 Quarantine of city, township or county.

65-127 Penalty provision.

65-128 Rules and regulations of secretary to prevent spread and dissemination of diseases; testing and quarantine; protection of providers and recipients of services.

65-128a Chy J. Miller's law.

65-129 Penalties for unlawful acts.

65-129b Infections or contagious diseases; authority of local health officer or secretary; evaluation or treatment orders, isolation or quarantine orders; enforcement.

65-129c Same; orders for isolation or quarantine; form and content; notice; hearing in district court; application and effect; procedure; orders for relief; emergency rules of procedure.

65-129d Same; unlawful discharge from employment.

65-129e Tuberculosis evaluation requirements for certain students; rules and regulations; evaluation criteria; treatment and monitoring of infected persons.

65-129f Tuberculosis prevention and control for certain students; rules and regulations; prevention and control plan.

65-153 Child hygiene; duties of division of public health.

65-153b Newly born infant; treatment of eyes.

65-153c Same; duty of physician and others.

65-153d Same; rules and regulations.

65-153e Same; penalty for violating 65-153b to 65-153e.

65-153f Prenatal serological tests for syphilis and hepatitis b; approved laboratories; laboratory reports, confidentiality.

65-153g Same; how reported.

65-153h Same; misdemeanor.

65-156 Regulations and fees.

65-157 Same; analysis by office of laboratory services; disposition of fees.

65-159 Abatement of nuisances; failure to remove, penalties.

65-160 Same; duty of county attorney.

65-161 Definitions.

65-162a Public water supply systems; definitions.

65-163 Public water supply systems and water treatment residues; regulation; permits; investigations.

65-163a Same; cessation of water delivery, when; order by secretary, judicial review.

65-163c Same; public water supply fee fund; authorized expenditures; interest transferred from state general fund.

65-163d Public water supply project loan program; definitions.

65-163e Same; public water supply loan fund established; sources of revenue; purposes for disbursements therefrom.

65-163f Same; authority and duties of the secretary of health and environment; rules and regulations.

65-163g Same; project priority system development; priority list preparation, considerations.

65-163h Same; intended use plan for available moneys.

65-163i Same; applications for loans; loan agreements, provisions; provision of technical assistance by secretary.

65-163j Same; loan repayment sources of municipalities; imposition of charges by secretary; remedy for failure to repay project loans; maintenance of project accounts.

65-163k Same; annual reports.

65-163l Same; authority to issue bonds.

65-163m Same; bond resolutions, contents; authorities of secretary relating to issuance of bonds.

65-163n Same; bonds issued not state indebtedness; enforcibility of contracts, agreements and covenants.

65-163o Same; issuance of refunding bonds.

65-163p Same; disposition of revenue derived from bond sales.

65-163q Same; income from bonds exempt from taxation.

65-163r Same; bonds deemed legal and proper securities for investment by governmental entities.

65-163s Same; powers supplemental to other powers of the secretary; severability.

65-163t Same; publication of notice of bond issuance, contents; actions to contest, timing.

65-163u Same; general obligation bond issuance authority for municipalities; election not required and not subject to bonded debt limitations.

65-164 Sewage; definition; complaints, investigations, orders; administrative review.

65-165 Permits for discharge of sewage or extension of sewer system; exceptions; general permits; revocation or modification of permit.

65-166 Application for permit to discharge sewage.

65-166a Fees for administering water pollution control permit system; expiration of permits; reissuance; permits and fees for confined feeding facilities and truck washing facilities for animal wastes; disposition of moneys.

65-166b Water program management fund.

65-167 Sewage discharge; penalties for willful or negligent discharge of sewage without permit or in violation of terms of permit.

65-169 Same; penalties for failure to comply with requirements of secretary.

65-170 Director of the division of environment; duties in carrying out the provisions of 65-161 to 65-170.

65-170a Public water supply systems, water pollution, sewage discharge; "person" defined.

65-170b Same; access to properties and facilities; inspection and monitoring requirements.

65-170c Penalties for making false statement, representation or certification.

65-170d Public water supply systems; pollution violations; penalties; procedure; hearings.

65-170e Public water supply systems, water pollution, sewage discharge; action by attorney general; intervention in actions by persons having an identifiable interest.

65-170f Same; disposition of recovered penalties.

65-170g Disclosure of information; trade secrets; confidential information.

65-171a Stream pollution detrimental to animal or aquatic life.

65-171b Same; abatement.

65-171c Same; technical advisers.

65-171d Prevention of water pollution; standards; permits; exemption; orders; hearings; appeals; fees; confined feeding facilities, registration prior to construction, separation distance requirements, exemptions.

65-171e Same; investigations, services and orders; fees.

65-171f Same; penalties for failure to comply with rules and regulations.

65-171g Protection of water and air from sewage contamination.

65-171h Minimum standards for sanitary water and sewage systems.

65-171i Feedlot law administration not affected by this act.

65-171j Discharge of substances containing mercury into waters of state prohibited; penalty.

65-171l Same; analyses to performed by laboratory certificated by secretary.

65-171m Public water supply systems; primary drinking water standards; rules and regulations, authority to adopt, scope; stringency of standards; requiring fluorides prohibited.

65-171n Same; development of emergency plans by secretary.

65-171o Public water supply systems; suppliers to provide notice, when; form of notice.

65-171p Public water supply systems; variances; conditions; notice; requests for public hearing; scheduled compliance.

65-171q Same; exemptions; required findings; notice; requests for public hearings; scheduled compliance.

65-171r Same; prohibited acts.

65-171s Same; violation of standards; penalties; procedure; hearing; judicial review.

65-171t Same; attorney general to seek injunctive relief.

65-171u Liability for damages to environment; recovery by attorney general, when; disposition of damages recovered.

65-171v Responsibility of cleanup operations for water or soil pollutants; definitions; duties of secretary; recovery of costs by attorney general and disposition thereof; penalties.

65-171x Application of acts to federal agencies.

65-171y Public water supply system regulation of lawn irrigation systems.

65-172 Sanitary supervision by secretary of health and environment.

65-173 Inspections; rules and regulations; penalty.

65-176 Inspections; rules and regulations; reports; terms "sanitary conditions" and "health supervision" construed.

65-177 Study of diseases and deaths from maternal, perinatal and anesthetic causes; "data" defined; medical records; confidentiality, use; liability, immunity; admissibility as evidence; reports, contents.

65-178 Same; nonliability for furnishing information for studies.

65-179 Same; unauthorized disclosure; penalty; construction of act.

65-180 Educational, screening, testing and follow-up program concerning phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, galactosemia, maple syrup urine disease and certain other genetic diseases; registry of cases; food and treatment products; reimbursem...

65-181 Same; tests in accordance with rules and regulations of secretary.

65-182 Same; provisions inapplicable where parents object on religious grounds.

65-183 Same; report by physicians to secretary.

65-184 Purpose of act.

65-185 Definitions.

65-187 Powers and duties of secretary.

65-188 Enforcement of act; injunction, mandamus or quo warranto.

65-189c Subdivider to submit engineering study and sanitation plan; review and approval; information required in instrument of conveyance; construction and use of buildings and facilities; sanitation plan and construction of water and sewage systems...

65-189d Subdivided lands to be platted; plan and estimate of cost of water, sewage and refuse service required.

65-189e Act inapplicable to certain lands.

65-189f Rules and regulations providing for granting exceptions.

65-197 Advanced training for professional employees; payment of cost; rules and regulations.

65-1,105 Establishment of statewide program of blood tests and counseling authorized; contracts; financial assistance for persons with sickle cell anemia; requirements for eligibility for financial assistance; duties of secretary of health and enviro...

65-1,105a Financial assistance for persons with sickle cell anemia; recovery of cost from third party; subrogation.

65-1,105b Information to be given parents or guardian of child entering school for first time; assistance of secretary of health and environment.

65-1,106 Statewide program for sickle cell anemia testing; information confidential; exception; penalty.

65-1,107 Secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations relating to procedures, testing protocols, qualifications of personnel and equipment of certain laboratories; list of approved preliminary screening devices for testing of br...

65-1,108 Unlawful to perform certain tests unless performed in approved laboratory; penalty for violation; exclusions.

65-1,108a Information obtained through certain tests conducted by approved laboratories confidential; exceptions; penalties for violations.

65-1,109 Testing human breath for law enforcement purposes; unlawful acts; penalty.

65-1,109a Certification of laboratories performing environmental analyses.

65-1,110 Establishments maintaining restroom facilities for the public; facilities to be available without charge.

65-1,111 Same; enforcement.

65-1,112 Spinal cord injury treatment program; components.

65-1,113 Health manpower planning; collection of information; confidentiality.

65-1,114 Definitions.

65-1,115 Contract for health data and information relating to diabetes mellitus.

65-1,116 Confidentiality of information; exceptions.

65-1,117 Penalty for disclosure of confidential information.

65-1,118 Act not to effect mode of treatment.

65-1,119 Rules and regulations.

65-1,120 Definitions.

65-1,121 Medication aides; continuing education; requirements; fees.

65-1,122 Diabetes; development of plans to reduce incidence of disease; biennial reporting; requirements.

65-1,131 Definitions.

65-1,132 Establishment of program for treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia; state assistance, requirements for eligibility; rules and regulations.

65-1,133 Duties of secretary.

65-1,134 Rules and regulations.

65-1,135 Payment of claims in subsequent fiscal year; limitation.

65-1,148 Sanitation standards defined; rules and regulations of the secretary establishing sanitation standards for persons and entities regulated by state board of barber examiners and state board of cosmetology.

65-1,157a Newborn infant hearing screening; informed consent; confidentiality of information; application for and receipt of grants; rules and regulations.

65-1,158 Community-based teenage pregnancy reduction program; behavioral and educational objectives; grants, proposals and requirements, competitive awards and administration; duties of secretary; receipt of federal and other grants; rules and regula...

65-1,159 Development and submission of proposal; components.

65-1,159a Senator Stan Clark pregnancy maintenance initiative program; objectives; grants; annual report to legislature.

65-1,160 Public awareness program on effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs.

65-1,161 Educational materials and guidance for health care providers; services available from local health departments; effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs.

65-1,162 Educational program for health care providers regarding drugs.

65-1,163 Identification and referral of pregnant women at risk for prenatal substance abuse.

65-1,164 Same; service coordination for woman and family.

65-1,165 Same; referred pregnant woman first priority user of treatment through the Kansas department for aging and disability services.

65-1,166 Toll free information line.

65-1,167 Construction of act.

65-1,168 Cancer registry; definitions.

65-1,169 Same; collection of data; rules and regulations; reporting of cases.

65-1,170 Same; uses of nonconfidential data.

65-1,171 Same; confidential data; exceptions to prohibition on disclosure; data not subject to subpoena or open records act; storage of data.

65-1,172 Same; uses of confidential data.

65-1,173 Same; panel to establish policies for release of nonconfidential data; release of statistical data.

65-1,174 Same; immunity from civil or criminal liability for reporting; privilege under 60-427 not applicable to reports under this act; section not applicable to unauthorized disclosure due to gross negligence or willful misconduct.

65-1,174a Cancer screening program.

65-1,175 Surface water quality standards; definitions.

65-1,176 Same; mixing zone to be used; standards for ammonia, chlorides and atrazine; permit conditions; assistance in meeting standards.

65-1,178 Definitions.

65-1,179 Permit application; public notice, comment, hearing; department action, when.

65-1,180 Required distances from water.

65-1,181 Manure management plan; lagoon standards; monitoring wells, when.

65-1,182 Nutrient utilization plan; requirements for land application of manure or wastewater.

65-1,183 Waste management system; standards for operators; failure or unplanned release.

65-1,184 Emergency response plan.

65-1,185 Retention of facility's records and plans.

65-1,186 Facility operator; certification; responsibility for employee training.

65-1,187 Odor control plan.

65-1,188 Dead animal handling plan.

65-1,189 Facility closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.

65-1,190 Lagoon closure plan; demonstration of financial ability.

65-1,191 Inspections.

65-1,192 Preexisting facilities; application of separation distances.

65-1,193 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit; penalties for certain violations.

65-1,194 Application of certain standards to certain large facilities.

65-1,195 Kansas state university; duties.

65-1,196 Standards and requirements; application; powers of secretary of health and environment.

65-1,197 Advisory committee.

65-1,198 Rules and regulations; reports to legislature.

65-1,199 Rules and regulations for composting dead livestock.

65-1,200 Citation of act.

65-1,201 Definitions.

65-1,202 Development and implementation of prevention program; licensure training and inspections; fees; rules and regulations.

65-1,203 Licensure or certification to perform lead-based paint activities.

65-1,204 Same; qualification requirements.

65-1,205 Remittance of fees.

65-1,206 Lead-based paint hazard fee fund; sources of revenue; expenditures.

65-1,207 Denial, suspension or revocation of license or certificate or accreditation of training program, when; suspension of abatement program; administrative review.

65-1,208 Noncompliance; notice; duty to meet compliance requirements.

65-1,209 Violations; criminal penalties.

65-1,210 Same; civil penalties; corrective action; appeals; grants to communities to eliminate hazards.

65-1,211 Same; additional remedies.

65-1,212 Implementation of act by entities engaging in lead-based paint activities; when.

65-1,213 Statutory audit privilege not applicable.

65-1,215 Renal disease program, exception; support staff; standards; rules and regulations; renal disease fund.

65-1,221 Intent.

65-1,222 Definitions.

65-1,223 Exclusions from act.

65-1,224 Environmental use control; application; requirements; approval or disapproval.

65-1,225 Same; recording with register of deeds; enforcement.

65-1,226 Same; funding requirements; categories of property.

65-1,227 Same; term; removal or expiration; modification; liability.

65-1,228 Same; restrictions or prohibitions.

65-1,229 Same; enforcement.

65-1,230 Same; department oversight and tracking.

65-1,231 Environmental use control fund.

65-1,232 Rules and regulations.

65-1,233 Publication of approved use controls.

65-1,234 Review of agency actions.

65-1,235 Severability.

65-1,241 Definitions; establishment of birth defects information system; aspects of implementation of system.

65-1,242 Use of birth defects information system.

65-1,243 Confidentiality of records.

65-1,244 Removal of information from system; form.

65-1,245 Rules and regulations.

65-1,246 Annual report.

65-1,247 Expedited processing and issuance of certain permits.

65-1,248 Breastfeeding; where.

65-1,249 Umbilical cord banks; regulation of operations; rules and regulations; education and training in collection and maintenance procedures; duties and functions of department of health and environment, Kansas bioscience authority.

65-1,250 Umbilical cord donation information act.

65-1,251 Influenza immunization for children; awareness and participation.

65-1,252 Division of health care finance; director; officers and employees.

65-1,253 Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions; Kansas health policy authority abolished.

65-1,254 Same; transfer of powers, duties and functions to division; reference; rules and regulations.

65-1,255 Same; division successor to funds and liability.

65-1,256 Same; division successor to property and rights; conflict resolution.

65-1,257 Transition; preservation of civil actions and proceedings; no abatement of criminal actions.

65-1,258 Same; transfer of officers and employees; preservation of civil service rights; retirement benefits, leave balances and other rights.

65-1,259 Prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs.

65-1,260 Palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council; creation; membership; duties.

65-1,261 State palliative care consumer and professional information and education program; creation; duties of department of health and environment.