65-444. Same; performance in hospital; refusal to permit; adoption of criteria and procedures; conditions; emergency. - Kansas Statutes

65-444

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 4.--HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES

      65-444.   Same; performance in hospital; refusal to permit; adoption ofcriteria and procedures; conditions; emergency.No hospital, hospital administrator or governing board shall be requiredto permit the termination of human pregnancies within its institution andthe refusal to permit such procedures shall not be grounds for civilliability to any person. A hospital may establish criteria and proceduresunder which pregnancies may be terminated within its institution, inaddition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating oraccrediting agencies: Provided, No pregnancy shall be purposelyterminated until the opinions of three (3) duly licensed physiciansattesting to the necessity of such termination have been recorded inwriting in the permanent records of the hospital, except in an emergency asdefined in section 21-3407 (2) (b) of the Kansas criminal code.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 182, § 2; July 1, 1970.