65-444. Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures. No medical care facility, medical care facility administrator or governing board of any medical care facility shall be required to permit the performance, referral for, or participation in medical procedures or in the prescription or administration of any device or drug which result in the termination of human pregnancies of an effect of which the medical care facility, administrator or board reasonably believes may result in the termination of human pregnancies within its facility and the refusal to permit such procedures, prescription or administration shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A medical care facility may establish criteria and procedures under which pregnancies may be terminated within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies.
History: L. 1969, ch. 182, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 233; L. 2012, ch. 112, § 2; 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.