(a) "Hotel" means every building or other structure which is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay primarily to transient guests and in which four or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, regardless of whether such building or structure is designated as a cabin camp, tourist cabin, motel or other type of lodging unit.
(b) "Rooming house" means every building or other structure which is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests and in which eight or more guests may be accommodated, but which does not maintain common facilities for the serving or preparation of food for such guests.
(c) "Boarding house" means every building or other structure which is kept, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for pay to transient or permanent guests and in which eight or more guests may be accommodated, and which maintains common facilities for the serving or preparation of food for such guests. The term "boarding house" shall not include facilities licensed under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 75-3307b and amendments thereto.
(d) "Lodging establishment" means a hotel, rooming house or boarding house.
(e) "Food service establishment" means any place in which food is served or is prepared for sale or service on the premises or elsewhere. Such term shall include, but not be limited to, fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order cafe, luncheonette, grill, tea room, sandwich shop, soda fountain, tavern, private club, roadside stand, industrial-feeding establishment, catering kitchen, commissary and any other private, public or nonprofit organization or institution routinely serving food and any other eating or drinking establishment or operation where food is served or provided for the public with or without charge.
(f) "Food" means any raw, cooked or processed edible substance, beverage or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale, in whole or in part, for human consumption.
(g) "Food vending machine" means any self-service device which, upon insertion of a coin, coins or tokens, or by other similar means, dispenses unit servings of food, either in bulk or in packages without the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation but shall not include any vending machine dispensing only bottled or canned soft drinks, or prepackaged and nonpotentially hazardous food, chewing gum, nuts or candies.
(h) "Food vending machine company" means any person who is in the business of operating and servicing food vending machines.
(i) "Food vending machine dealer" means any manufacturer, remanufacturer or distributor of food vending machines who sells food vending machines to food vending machine companies.
(j) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or other association of persons.
(k) "Municipality" means any city or county of this state.
(l) "Secretary" means the secretary of agriculture.
(m) "Department" means the Kansas department of agriculture.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 5; L. 1986, ch. 324, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 9; Oct. 1.
(b) Each license shall designate whether the licensed lodging unit is a hotel, rooming house or boarding house. Any person obtaining a license to engage in the business of conducting a rooming house or boarding house shall not have the right to use the name "hotel" in connection with such business. Every license issued hereunder shall be displayed conspicuously in the lodging establishment for which it is issued, and no such license shall be transferable to any other person or location. Whenever any such license is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a duplicate license shall be issued to any otherwise qualified licensee upon application therefor and the payment of a fee in the amount of $3.
(c) The fee for a license to conduct a lodging establishment in this state for all or any part of any calendar year shall be $30, except that the fee for any lodging establishment containing 10 sleeping rooms shall be $35 and for every additional 10 rooms therein, an additional fee of $5 shall be charged. All lodging establishments which are new, newly constructed or have a change of ownership shall pay an application fee which may be adjusted in accordance with the type of establishment or based on other criteria as determined by the secretary, but in no event shall any application fee exceed $100 in addition to the license fee.
(d) Any person who, on the effective date of this act, has a valid license to operate a hotel or rooming house shall be a licensee under the provisions of this act, and any such license is hereby deemed to be a license to operate a lodging establishment issued under the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 6; L. 1978, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 55; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 10; Oct. 1.
(b) A food service establishment operated in connection with any premises licensed, registered or permitted by the department of health and environment pursuant to any other law, which is inspected and regulated pursuant to that law, shall not be required to obtain a license under subsection (a). No provision of this act authorizes the secretary of agriculture to inspect or cause to be inspected such food service establishment under the provisions of this act. This exemption shall not apply to a food service establishment whose primary function is not operated in connection with any premises licensed, registered or permitted pursuant to such other law.
(c) Applications for licenses under subsection (a) shall be made on forms prescribed by the secretary, and each such application shall be accompanied by an application fee and by a license fee, each of which shall be established in an amount fixed by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture. Application fees may be adjusted in accordance with the type of establishment or based on other criteria as determined by the secretary, but in no event shall any application fee exceed $200. Such license fee shall not exceed $200 and shall be fixed in an amount which, together with the application fee, is sufficient to defray the cost of administering the food service establishment inspection and licensure activities of the secretary. Prior to the issuance of any such license, the secretary shall inspect or cause to be inspected the food service establishment designated in the application, to determine that it complies with the standards for food service establishments promulgated pursuant to this act. If such food service establishment is found to be in compliance, the secretary shall issue the license. If the application for license is denied, the secretary shall give written notice thereof to the applicant, stating also that the applicant is entitled to a hearing thereon if a written request therefor is filed with the secretary within 20 days of the date such notice is sent. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) Every license issued hereunder shall be displayed conspicuously in the food service establishment for which it is issued, and no such license shall be transferable to any other person or location. Whenever any such license is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a duplicate license shall be issued to any otherwise qualified licensee upon application therefor and the payment of a fee in the amount of $5.
(e) A premises where prepackaged individual meals are distributed to persons eligible under the federal older Americans act shall not pay any fee prescribed under subsection (c).
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 205, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 154, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 181, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 181, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 56; L. 1993, ch. 196, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 203, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 11; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 12; L. 2009, ch. 59, § 5; July 1.
(b) The license fee for a food vending machine company shall be an amount equal to the product of the total number of food vending machines to be operated and serviced by the food vending machine company during the calendar year, multiplied by $3, except that no food vending machine shall be included in such total number which is operated and serviced by a state institution or a public school.
(c) Every license issued hereunder shall be displayed conspicuously on the premises of the food vending machine company for which it is issued, and no such license shall be transferable to any other person nor shall such license be valid for the operation and service of any food vending machines other than those specified in the application for a license under subsection (a) or those additional food vending machines for which operation and servicing are authorized pursuant to subsection (f). Whenever any such license is lost, destroyed or mutilated, a duplicate license shall be issued to any otherwise qualified licensee upon application therefor and the payment of a fee in the amount of $5.
(d) Each licensed food vending machine company shall keep a current record of the location of each food vending machine which such company is licensed to operate and service, and such record shall be available at any reasonable time to the secretary. Each licensed food vending machine company shall cause the name of such company, the service telephone number and such additional information as the secretary may require, to be displayed conspicuously on each food vending machine that such company is licensed to operate and service.
(e) Each licensed food vending machine company shall notify the secretary within 10 days of the brand name and serial number of all food vending machines that become inoperative and are thereafter disposed of by such company or that are obtained by such company for use in addition to those which the food vending machine company is currently licensed to operate and service. Except for food vending machines obtained through isolated or occasional purchases thereof from a licensed food vending machine company, food vending machine companies shall be licensed to operate and service only food vending machines which are obtained from food vending machine dealers licensed pursuant to subsection (g).
(f) Whenever food vending machines are obtained by a licensed food vending machine company which are to be operated and serviced in addition to those currently authorized under the license, such company may apply to the secretary to include such additional machines under the license of such company. Such application shall be in the form prescribed by the secretary and each such application shall specify the brand name and serial number of each such additional machine and shall be accompanied by a fee of $2 for each such additional machine. Prior to the issuance of such authorization, the secretary shall inspect or cause to be inspected each additional food vending machine to determine that it is in compliance with the applicable food service standards promulgated pursuant to this act. Only such additional machines which are in compliance with such standards shall be included under the license of such company.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a food vending machine dealer and to sell food vending machines to food vending machine companies licensed in this state unless such person shall have a valid license therefor issued by the secretary of agriculture. Applications for such licenses shall be on forms prescribed by the secretary and each such application shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in this subsection. A person without this state may make application to the secretary for a license as a food vending machine dealer and be granted such a license by the secretary and thereafter shall be subject to all of the applicable provisions of this act and entitled to act as a licensed food vending machine dealer in this state, subject however, to such person filing proof with the application to the secretary of agriculture that such person has appointed the secretary of state of Kansas as agent for receipt of service of process relating to any matter or issue arising under this act. The fee for a food vending machine dealer's license for all or any part of any calendar year shall be $25.
(h) A licensed food vending machine dealer shall report to the secretary of agriculture on or before the last day of each calendar month all sales of food vending machines made during the preceding month to Kansas vending machine companies, on forms prescribed by such secretary, showing the name and address of the purchaser, brand name and serial number of the machine and its sale price.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 8; L. 1976, ch. 205, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 154, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 57; L. 2008, ch. 48, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 150, § 3; Oct. 1.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 9; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 58; L. 1993, ch. 196, § 2; July 1.
(1) Water supply;
(2) heating;
(3) lighting;
(4) ventilation;
(5) toilet and other sanitary facilities;
(6) conditions increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities;
(7) bedding and furnishings;
(8) sewage disposal; and
(9) such other minimum conditions which the secretary deems necessary for the operation and maintenance of a lodging establishment in a safe and sanitary manner.
(b) The standards promulgated pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall be designed to ensure the health, comfort and safety of the guests in lodging establishments. Such standards may be based upon or incorporate by reference specific editions, or portions thereof, of nationally recognized codes establishing lodging standards. Such standards shall be applicable uniformly throughout the state, except that the secretary may establish different standards for each of the various classes of lodging establishments. Any provision of an ordinance or resolution of any municipality, prescribing safety and sanitation standards for lodging establishments, which does not conform to the minimum standards promulgated by the secretary pursuant to this section, shall be null and void; but nothing herein shall be construed as precluding any municipality from establishing by ordinance or resolution standards which are more stringent than those established by the secretary.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 10; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 14; Oct. 1.
(1) Preparation, sale, serving and storage of food;
(2) water supply;
(3) heating;
(4) lighting;
(5) ventilation;
(6) toilet and other sanitary facilities;
(7) conditions increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities;
(8) sewage disposal; and
(9) such other minimum conditions which the secretary deems necessary for the operation and maintenance of a food service establishment in a safe and sanitary manner.
(b) The standards promulgated pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall be designed to ensure the health, comfort and safety of the guests in food service establishments. Such standards may be based upon or incorporate by reference specific editions, or portions thereof, of nationally recognized codes establishing food service standards. Such standards shall be applicable uniformly throughout the state, and any provision of an ordinance or resolution of any municipality, prescribing safety and sanitation standards for food service establishments, which does not conform to the minimum standards promulgated by the secretary pursuant to this section, shall be null and void; but nothing herein shall be construed as precluding any municipality from establishing by ordinance or resolution food service standards which are more stringent than those established by the secretary: Provided, That no such ordinance or resolution shall be effective unless and until it has been approved by the secretary.
(c) In addition to the food service standards promulgated pursuant to this section, the secretary shall adopt rules and regulations establishing specific requirements for sanitary design, construction, location, servicing and operation of food vending machines. Such standards may be based upon, or may incorporate by reference, recommended vending sanitation codes of the United States public health service which are in existence on the effective date of this act.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 11; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 15; Oct. 1.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 12; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 59; L. 1993, ch. 196, § 3; July 1.
(b) Upon completion of the hearing, the secretary may affirm, rescind or modify the order denying, suspending or revoking the applicant's license. Any person aggrieved by any such decision of the secretary may appeal to the district court in the manner provided by the act for judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 13; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 60; L. 2004, ch. 145, § 12; July 1, 2005.
(b) The secretary and the state fire marshal are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract authorizing the state fire marshal and the fire marshal's deputies or lawful agents to enforce all or any portion of the lodging or food service standards promulgated pursuant to this act. Such contract shall designate specific lodging or food service establishments, or types of lodging or food service establishments, wherein such authority may be exercised. Any inspection of such establishments by the state fire marshal or the fire marshal's deputies or lawful agents, to determine compliance with lodging or food service standards established pursuant to this act, and any notice of noncompliance issued as a result of any such inspection, shall have the same force and effect as if such had been done by the secretary.
Such contract also may provide similar authority for the secretary of agriculture and the secretary's officers, employees and agents with respect to enforcement of all or any portion of the Kansas fire prevention code in specified lodging or food service establishments, or in types of lodging or food service establishments. Any inspection of such establishments by the secretary, or the secretary's officers, employees and agents, to determine compliance with the Kansas fire prevention code, shall have the same force and effect as if performed by the state fire marshal or the marshal's deputies and agents.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 14; L. 1976, ch. 205, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 61; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 16; L. 2009, ch. 59, § 6; July 1.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 15; July 1.
(b) The secretary shall remit all moneys received by the secretary from fees from food service establishments located in a municipality where food service inspection services are provided by a local agency under contract with the secretary to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the food service inspection reimbursement fund which is hereby created. On July 1, 1988, and on the first day of each month thereafter, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the food service inspection reimbursement fund to the state general fund an amount equal to 20% of all money credited to such fund during the preceding month. Expenditures from the food service inspection reimbursement fund shall be made to reimburse each local agency under contract with the secretary for food service inspection services in an amount equal to 80% of the money received from food service establishments in the municipality served by the local agency. All expenditures from the food service inspection reimbursement fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary or a person designated by the secretary.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 16; L. 1983, ch. 286, § 9; L. 1985, ch. 139, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 135, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 106; July 1.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 17; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 62; July 1, 1985.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 18; Repealed, L. 1985, ch. 140, § 3; July 1.
(1) Failed to comply with the standards established pursuant to this act; or
(2) failed to comply with any provision or requirement of the Kansas food service and lodging act, and amendments thereto, or any rule or regulation adopted thereunder.
(b) Upon conviction, any person who violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor, except that upon any subsequent conviction such person shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) The secretary may seek injunctive relief from the appropriate district court to enjoin any operator of a food service establishment, lodging establishment or food vending machine company from conducting business when such operator has failed to make application for or to obtain a license for such purpose as required by the food service and lodging act or when such license has been suspended or revoked.
History: L. 1975, ch. 314, § 19; L. 1982, ch. 181, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 59, § 7; July 1.
(b) In no case shall a temporary suspension of a license under this section be in effect for a period of time in excess of 90 days. At the end of such period of time, the licensee shall be reinstated to full licensure unless the secretary has suspended or revoked the license, after notice and hearing, or the license has expired as otherwise provided under the food service and lodging act.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 1982, ch. 181, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 63; July 1, 1985.
(b) The secretary of agriculture, upon a finding that a person has violated any provision of the food service and lodging act or any rule and regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may impose a civil penalty within the limits provided in this section upon such person, which civil penalty shall be in an amount to constitute an actual and substantial economic deterrent to the violation for which the civil penalty is assessed.
(c) No civil penalty shall be imposed pursuant to this section except upon the written order of the secretary of agriculture to the person who committed the violation. Such order shall state the violation, the penalty to be imposed and the right of such person to appeal to the secretary. Any such person, within 20 days after notification, may make written request to the secretary for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The secretary shall affirm, reverse or modify the order of the secretary and shall specify the reasons therefor.
(d) Any person aggrieved by an order of the secretary made under this section may appeal such order to the district court in the manner provided by the act for judicial review and civil enforcement of agency actions.
(e) Any penalty recovered pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund.
(f) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 1982, ch. 181, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 140, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 107; L. 2008, ch. 84, § 17; Oct. 1.
History: L. 1982, ch. 181, § 6; July 1.
(b) Any violation of the provisions of this section is a class C misdemeanor.
History: L. 1977, ch. 147, § 1; July 1.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 1988, ch. 134, § 1; July 1, 1989.
(b) Whenever, upon inspection, it is determined that any lodging establishment does not comply with the applicable standards promulgated in the rules and regulations of the secretary, the secretary shall give written notice to the owner, proprietor or agent in charge of such establishment of the changes or alterations necessary to comply with such standards.
(1) The notice shall order the establishment to comply with the applicable standards within a period of time specified in the notice, which shall be not less than 10 days, except that a shorter period of time may be provided in the notice whenever the secretary believes it essential to protect the public health and safety.
(2) The notice also shall state that the license for such establishment shall be subject to suspension or revocation for failure to comply with the applicable standards within the time specified.
(3) The licensee of any establishment given a notice pursuant to this section may apply to the secretary for an extension of the time specified in the notice. The secretary shall review such application and may grant or deny such application or modify the provisions of the notice with respect to the time for compliance with any of the particulars stated in the notice.
(c) Upon reinspection of any lodging establishment given a notice pursuant to this section, if it is determined that such establishment does not comply with the applicable standards promulgated in the rules and regulations of the secretary, the secretary may suspend or revoke the license issued for such establishment. If the secretary suspends or revokes the license, the secretary shall send written notice to the licensee that the license for such establishment will be suspended or revoked, effective 20 days after the date such notice is sent, unless within such time the licensee files with the secretary a written request for a hearing on the proposed suspension or revocation. All hearings pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
(d) The secretary is authorized to receive lodging inspection reports from qualified individuals, private entities or public entities to determine compliance with lodging standards promulgated pursuant to the food service and lodging act, and amendments thereto. The secretary is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to receive such inspection reports. Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated on or before July 1, 2010.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 2009, ch. 59, § 1; July 1.
(b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 2009, ch. 59, § 2; July 1.