K.S.A. 65-221: Same; services; fees; personnel; expenditures.

The county health department is hereby authorized to provide community nursing care services and to collect fees for said services, to those persons living in counties in the state where in the judgment of the county health department adequate home or clinic nursing care is not otherwise provided.

In order that it may effectively render community nursing care services, the county health department is authorized to employ the necessary personnel, including nursing and supervisory personnel, and shall have authority further to purchase equipment and materials necessary to maintain an effective program of community nursing care service.