65-672. Same; advertisements of food, drugs, devices or cosmetics deemed false, when. (a) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.
(b) For the purpose of this act the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false, except that no advertisement not in violation of subsection (a) shall be deemed to be false under this subsection if it is disseminated only to a physician, dentist or veterinarian, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public-health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices: Provided, That whenever the secretary determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the secretary shall by regulation authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such condition and restriction as the secretary may deem necessary in the interests of public health: Provided, That this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious.
History: L. 1953, ch. 286, § 18; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 111; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 6 - Food, Drugs And Cosmetics
65-636 Exhibition of title "drugstore," "pharmacy" or "apothecary."
65-643 Caustic or corrosive substances; definition of terms.
65-645 Same; condemnation and disposition.
65-646 Same; enforcement of act.
65-649 Same; sale of household products.
65-655 Food, drug and cosmetic act; title.
65-658 Same; injunction to restrain violation of 65-657.
65-662 Same; minor violations; notice or warning.
65-663 Same; regulations prescribing definitions and standards of identity for food.
65-664 Same; food deemed adulterated, when.
65-665 Same; food deemed misbranded, when.
65-668 Same; drugs or devices deemed adulterated, when.
65-669 Same; drugs or devices deemed misbranded, when.
65-669a New drugs; selling, offering or giving away, restrictions; investigational uses.
65-670 Same; cosmetic deemed adulterated, when.
65-671 Same; cosmetic deemed misbranded, when.
65-672 Same; advertisements of food, drugs, devices or cosmetics deemed false, when.
65-674 Same; free access to establishments and vehicles for inspections and samples.
65-675 Same; reports and dissemination of information.
65-678 Same; cooperation with federal food and drug administration.
65-679 Same; act not to limit authority established under certain other acts.
65-680 Same; invalidity of part.
65-685 Same; enforcement of criminal provisions.
65-687 Limitation on liability of donor for donated food.
65-689 Same; license requirements, fees, inspections, denial, hearing, display; exceptions.
65-690 Same; temporary suspension of license.
65-691 Food establishments and food processing plants; licensure.