65-2401. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Vital statistics" includes the registration, preparation, transcription, collection, compilation, and preservation of data pertaining to birth, adoption, legitimation, death, stillbirth, marriage, divorce, annulment of marriage, induced termination of pregnancy, and data incidental thereto.
(b) "Live birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a human child, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
(c) "Gestational age" means the age of the human child as measured in weeks as determined by either the last date of the mother's menstrual period, a sonogram conducted prior to the 20th week of pregnancy or the confirmed known date of conception.
(d) "Stillbirth" means any complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a human child the gestational age of which is not less than 20 completed weeks, resulting in other than a live birth, as defined in this section, and which is not an induced termination of pregnancy.
(e) "Induced termination of pregnancy" means abortion, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.
(f) "Dead body" means a lifeless human body or such parts of a human body or the bones thereof from the state of which it reasonably may be concluded that death recently occurred.
(g) "Person in charge of interment" means any person who places or causes to be placed a stillborn child or dead body or the ashes, after cremation, in a grave, vault, urn or other receptacle, or otherwise disposes thereof.
(h) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
History: L. 1951, ch. 355, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 319, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 119; L. 1995, ch. 260, § 4; L. 2014, ch. 128, § 3; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 24 - Uniform Vital Statistics Act
65-2405 Appointment of state registrar; qualifications; compensation.
65-2406 Duties of state registrar.
65-2410 Same; state registrar to prepare and file, when.
65-2411 Children of unknown parentage; report to state registrar.
65-2414 Delayed determination of cause of death.
65-2416 Certificates as evidence; reproduction of records; certification.
65-2417 Certified copies or abstracts.
65-2419 Delayed birth certificates.
65-2422a Change of name; new certificate of birth issued, when.
65-2422b Records of divorces and annulments.
65-2422c Minor correction of records.
65-2425 Institution inmates or patients; records and reports.
65-2426a Authorization for cremation; when permit to cremate required; penalty for violation.
65-2427 Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
65-2428a Permit for transportation of dead body to location outside state.
65-2433 Registration of divorces, annulments and adoptions.
65-2434 Crimes, prosecution, penalties.