65-1753. Dead human bodies; removal and delivery. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law and in accordance with any applicable legal requirements, a dead human body which is removed from the location of death shall be transported only to a licensed funeral establishment, a licensed branch funeral establishment containing an embalming preparation room or a holding facility, a licensed crematory containing a holding facility, a hospital, a cemetery, a coroner or medical examiner facility, the university of Kansas medical center, a federally certified organ procurement organization serving the state of Kansas or other location of final disposition.
(b) A dead human body which is to be removed in accordance with subsection (a) to a federally certified organ procurement organization serving the state of Kansas shall be removed only upon the release of a person listed in the order of priority pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3228, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2004, ch. 57, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 152, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 17 - Regulation Of Embalmers And Funeral Directors; Funeral Establishments
65-1701 License; application, issuance; registration and display.
65-1701a Educational requirements; registration and examination, fees; apprenticeship.
65-1701b Reciprocal licenses; fees.
65-1702a Temporary embalming permits for certain purposes; conditions and limitations.
65-1703 Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; definitions.
65-1705 Penalties for violations.
65-1706 Use of bodies by school for teaching embalming.
65-1707 Penalty for embalming without permission of coroner, when.
65-1710 Questions used for examination.
65-1713 Funeral director defined; business name.
65-1713a Funeral establishment defined; branch establishments; prearranged funeral agreements.
65-1713b Funeral service or interment, who in charge of.
65-1715 Same; examination fee.
65-1718 Disposition of moneys; mortuary arts fee fund.
65-1721 Qualifications; persons from other states; examination.
65-1723 Powers of state board of mortuary arts; fees and expenses.
65-1725 Severability of 1935 act.
65-1725a Severability of 1941 act.
65-1726 Penalties for violations.
65-1727 Fees; fixed by rules and regulations; notice to licensee; licensure by endorsement.
65-1728 Eye enucleation; embalmers and other persons; certificate of competence; liability.
65-1730 Rules and regulations.
65-1731 Failure, neglect or refusal to pay fee classified as class B misdemeanor.
65-1752 Solicitation of clients; prohibitions.
65-1753 Dead human bodies; removal and delivery.
65-1761 Licensure of crematory; requirements of crematory and holding facility.
65-1765 Failure to remove pacemaker or hazardous implants; liability for damage.
65-1766 Rules and regulations; policies; licensure, revocation, suspension or denial of; penalty.
65-1767 Conflicting Kansas laws; precedence of this act.
65-1768 Licensure; fees; expiration of license; exemption from licensure; unlawful operation.
65-1770 Cremations; conducted by whom and where.
65-1771 Licensure of crematory operator; application; qualifications.
65-1772 Same; renewal; reinstatement; rules and regulations.