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Kansas Statutes Chapter 65. Public Health § 65-2402. Duties of secretary of health and environment; persons offered employment in office of vital statistics, criminal history records check, use of information

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The secretary shall:

(1) Establish within the division of public health suitable offices properly equipped for the preservation of official records;

(2) maintain a complete cross-index on all records filed under the provisions of this act;

(3) install a statewide system of vital statistics;

(4) make and may amend, after notice and hearing, necessary regulations, give instructions and prescribe forms for collection, transcribing, compiling and preserving vital statistics; and

(5) enforce this act and the regulations made pursuant thereto.

(b) Any employee in the office of vital statistics who is subject to a criminal history records check shall be given a written notice that a criminal history records check is required. The secretary shall require such applicant to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 22-4714, and amendments thereto. If the criminal history record information is used to disqualify an applicant, the applicant shall be informed in writing of that decision.

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