65-4927. Failure to report; remedies; immunity from civil liability. - Kansas Statutes

65-4927

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 49.--HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

      65-4927.   Failure to report; remedies; immunity from civil liability.(a) No person or entity shall be subject to liability in acivil action for failure to report as required by K.S.A. 65-4923 or 65-4924.

      (b)   The license of a person or entity required to report undersubsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-4923 may be revoked, suspended orlimited, or the licenseesubjected to public or private censure, by the appropriate statelicensing agency if the licensee is found, pursuant tothe Kansas administrativeprocedure act, to have willfully and knowingly failed to make any reportas required by K.S.A. 65-4923 or 65-4924.

      (c)   Willful and knowing failure to make a report required by K.S.A.65-4923 or 65-4924 isa class C misdemeanor.

      (d)   In no event shall a medical care facility or a professional societyor organization be liable in damages for the alleged failure to properlyinvestigate or act upon any report made pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4923.

      History:   L. 1986, ch. 229, § 8; July 1.