{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6754","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-6754","heading":"Duty to preserve life and health of child born alive during abortion or attempted abortion; obligation to report failure of duty to law enforcement, when.","body":"(a) In the event an abortion or attempted abortion results in a child being born alive, any healthcare provider present at the time the child is born alive shall:\n(1) Exercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious healthcare provider would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age; and\n(2) ensure that the child who is born alive is immediately transported to a hospital.\n(b) Any healthcare provider or any employee of a medical care facility who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) shall immediately report such failure to an appropriate law enforcement agency.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 67.—ABORTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_067_0054.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:25:01Z","sha256":"8a067984ee95a1da58988c8c9318c2e6364c276b3c0da178a87cf3d24457220a","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6753","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-6755"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}