12-4909. Operation of home; administration and employees. - Kansas Statutes

12-4909

Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Article 49.--HOMES FOR AGED

      12-4909.   Operation of home; administration and employees. Every home for the aged established under this act and not leased by the governing body as provided under K.S.A. 12-4911 and amendments thereto, shall be operated under the supervision of the governing body and shall be for the benefit of all the inhabitants of such city, except that for an existing adult care home acquired by a city by gift or purchase to be used as a home for the aged, the governing body may appoint a board of trustees to supervise the operation of the home for the aged. The governing body of the city is hereby authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of the home for the aged. The governing body or, if a board of trustees has been appointed, the board of trustees shall appoint a responsible and qualified person who shall at all times be in charge of the home and who shall be known as the administrator, and such other employees as is deemed necessary for the proper and adequate care of the residents in the home.

      History:   L. 1965, ch. 146, § 9; L. 1986, ch. 85, § 8; April 24.