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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-447

  • Medical care facility: means a hospital, ambulatory surgical center or recuperation center, except that "medical care facility" does not include a hospice that is certified to participate in the medicare program under 42 C. See Kansas Statutes 65-425
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint-stock association, and the legal successor thereof. See Kansas Statutes 65-425

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 resulting in sterilization within its facility and the refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A medical care facility may establish criteria and procedures under which sterilizations may be performed within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies.