{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-4403","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 60-4403","heading":"Standard of conduct of licensed health care professional related to assisting suicide; family member conduct; spiritual treatment.","body":"(a) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another person's pain or discomfort does not violate K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto, unless the medications or procedures are knowingly administered, prescribed or dispensed with the intent to cause death. A mid-level practitioner as defined in K.S.A. 65-1626, and amendments thereto, who prescribes medications or procedures to relieve another person's pain or discomfort does not violate K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto, unless the medications or procedures are knowingly prescribed with the intent to cause death.\n(b) A licensed health care professional, family member or other legally authorized person who participates in the act of, or the decision making process which results in the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure does not violate K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto.\n(c) Providing spiritual treatment through prayer alone, in lieu of medical treatment, does not violate K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto.","path":["Chapter 60.—PROCEDURE, CIVIL","Article 44.—PREVENTION OF ASSISTED SUICIDE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_044_0003.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:22:16Z","sha256":"d9d5993bb4534265a0e89d1f6695042691d428339dd6b30e9e992b7b763dfc9a","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-4402","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-60-4404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}