{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3231","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-3231","heading":"Search and notification.","body":"(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:\n(1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 32.—ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_032_0031.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:24:01Z","sha256":"871720a2ed6d3fea2eddd42ec1fcd246a58aac2d0e3e0310c196f89ac366b950","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3230","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}