65-442. Limited liability for medical care facilities and certain duly appointed officials thereof; good faith requirement. (a) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no action for damages shall arise against, any duly appointed member of the governing board or the duly appointed member of a committee of the medical staff of a licensed medical care facility for any act, statement or proceeding undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions and within the course of the performance of the duties of such committee of the medical staff if such member acted in good faith and without malice, and the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws that have been approved by the governing board of the medical care facility.
(b) There shall be no liability on the part of and no action for damages shall arise against any licensed medical care facility because of the rendering of or failure to render professional services within such medical care facility by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery if such person is not an employee or agent of such medical care facility.
History: L. 1967, ch. 344, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 205, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 248, § 12; L. 1976, ch. 267, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 4 - Hospitals And Other Facilities
65-407 Same; notices and statement of claims; requirements.
65-408 Same; persons liable to hospital; limitation of actions.
65-409 Hospital lien; fee for filing; authorized only by legislative enactment.
65-412 Administration of act by secretary of health and environment; state medical facilities plan.
65-413 General powers and duties.
65-415 Survey and planning activities.
65-416 State medical facilities plan; provisions.
65-417 Application for federal funds for survey and planning; expenditure.
65-419 Same; priority of projects.
65-420 Medical facility projects; application for funds.
65-421 Consideration and forwarding of applications; hearing.
65-422 Inspection of projects; certification.
65-423 Medical facilities project fund established; deposit of federal moneys; uses.
65-424a Medical facilities; definition.
65-424b Same; construction, operation and leasing by certain municipalities authorized.
65-428 Application for license; contents.
65-430 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing.
65-432 Time for compliance with rules, regulations and standards.
65-433 Inspections and investigations; rules and regulations; consultations.
65-435a Development of contents of annual report and inspection form; rules and regulations.
65-436 Information confidential; exceptions.
65-437 Annual report of licensing agency.
65-438 Appeal from decision of licensing agency.
65-442a Same; act inapplicable to adult care home licensed under chapter 39.
65-444 Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures.
65-451 Construction or modification of certain hospitals prohibited until July 1, 1986.
65-453 Same; emergency waiver, when; secretary of health and environment.
65-454 Same; action to enjoin violation.
65-469 Same; state policy to encourage rural health networks.
65-470 Same; participation in or affiliation with a rural health network; contracts.
65-473 Same; rules and regulations; minimum standards for rural health networks.
65-481 Rural emergency hospital act; citation of act.
65-485 Same; authorization to contract for federal reimbursement.
65-487 Same; rules and regulations.
65-488 Same; insurance coverage parity for services performance by a rural emergency hospital.