Kansas Statutes

Statute 65-3231: Search and notification. (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:

      (1)   A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and

      (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.

      (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.

      (c)   A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 127, § 12; July 1.