(a) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another person’s pain or discomfort does not violate Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5407, and amendments thereto, unless the medications or procedures are knowingly administered, prescribed or dispensed with the intent to cause death. A mid-level practitioner as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1626, and amendments thereto, who prescribes medications or procedures to relieve another person’s pain or discomfort does not violate Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5407, and amendments thereto, unless the medications or procedures are knowingly prescribed with the intent to cause death.

(b) A licensed health care professional, family member or other legally authorized person who participates in the act of, or the decision making process which results in the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure does not violate Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5407, and amendments thereto.

(c) Providing spiritual treatment through prayer alone, in lieu of medical treatment, does not violate Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5407, and amendments thereto.