65-119. Duties and powers of local health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when. - Kansas Statutes

65-119

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 1.--SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES

      65-119.   Duties and powers of local health officers; contagiousdiseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when.(a) Any county or joint board of health or local health officer havingknowledge of any infectious or contagious disease, or of a death fromsuch disease, within their jurisdiction, shall immediately exercise andmaintain a supervision over such case or cases during their continuance,seeing that all such cases are properly cared for and that theprovisions of this act as to isolation, restriction of communication,quarantine and disinfection are duly enforced. The county or jointboard of health or local health officer shall communicate without delayall information as to existing conditions to the secretary of health andenvironment. The local health officer shall confer personally, ifpracticable, otherwise by letter, with the person in attendance upon thecase, as to its future management and control. The county or jointboard of health or local health officer is hereby empowered andauthorized to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the controlof any and all infectious or contagious disease.

      (b)   Any disclosure or communication of information relating toinfectious or contagious diseases required to be disclosed orcommunicated under subsection (a) of this section shall be confidentialand shall not be disclosed or made public beyond the requirements ofsubsection (a) of this section or subsection (a) of K.S.A.65-118, except as otherwise permitted by subsection (c) of K.S.A.65-118.

      History:   L. 1901, ch. 285, § 3; R.S. 1923, 65-119; L. 1953,ch. 283, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 352, § 8; L. 1976, ch. 262, § 2; L.1979, ch. 189, § 2; July 1.