{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-501","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-501","heading":"License or temporary permit required; exemptions.","body":"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to conduct or maintain a maternity center or a child care facility for children under 16 years of age without having a license or temporary permit therefor from the secretary of health and environment. Nothing in this act shall apply to:\n(1) A residential facility or hospital that is operated and maintained by a state agency as defined in K.S.A. 75-3701, and amendments thereto;\n(2) a summer instructional camp that is provided by a not-for-profit, school, verifiable nonpublic school or an employee of such school; or\n(3) a person or group of persons providing educational activities for children ages pre-K through high school to such persons' children.\n(b) Organizations or persons providing services defined as a day care in K.S.A. 65-503, and amendments thereto, and not included in this section may apply for and be granted a waiver as allowed under this act.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 5.—MATERNITY CENTERS AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_005_0001.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:24:36Z","sha256":"50e47d5c434e06d46acac8d5f23a1e1f678d935d11814253b8f8fa7fc6160e9b","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-4a12","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}