72-5210. Same; duties of public health departments and officers; fees, exception to payment. - Kansas Statutes

72-5210

Chapter 72.--SCHOOLS Article 52.--HEALTH PROGRAMS

      72-5210.   Same; duties of public health departments and officers; fees,exception to payment.A county, city-county or multicounty health department shall provide withoutdelay and to theextent that funds designated by such health department for the purchase ofvaccines are available the tests andinoculations required by this act to such pupils as are not providedtherewith by their parents or guardians and who have not been exemptedon religious or medical grounds. Such tests and inoculationsmay be provided on a sliding fee scale for administrativecharges with theexception that no child may be denied inoculations for inability to pay anadministrative fee. The local health officershall counsel and advise school boards concerning the administration ofthis act.

      History:   L. 1961, ch. 354, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 412, § 2; L.1978, ch. 291, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 30;L. 1994, ch. 206, § 2;L. 2002, ch. 12, § 1; July 1.