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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this act:
(a) “Abortion” means an abortion as defined by K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.
(b)(1) “Consideration” means:
(A) Any payment made or debt incurred;
(B) any gift, honorarium or recognition of value bestowed;
(C) any price, charge or fee which is waived, forgiven, reduced or indefinitely delayed;
(D) any loan or debt which is canceled or otherwise forgiven; or
(E) the transfer of any item from one person to another or provision of any service or granting of any opportunity for which a charge is customarily made, without charge or for a reduced charge.
(2) “Consideration” shall not mean:
(A) A payment in an amount not to exceed $25 for the cost of transporting, processing, preserving and storing fetal tissue; or
(B) a payment in an amount not to exceed the actual cost, as documented by the delivery service, of transporting fetal tissue.
(c) “Delivery service” means a common carrier as defined by K.S.A. 66-105, and amendments thereto, or other person or entity used to transport fetal tissue.
(d) “Fetal tissue” means any tissue, cells or organs obtained from a dead human embryo or fetus after an abortion or after a stillbirth.
(e) “Person” means a person as defined by K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto.
(f) “Stillbirth” means a stillbirth as defined by K.S.A. 65-2401, and amendments thereto.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 65. Public Health § 65-67a01. Fetal organs or tissue; definitions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-65-public-health/ks-st-sect-65-67a01/
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