Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 65-4001 (2026)

Purpose of act

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65-4001. Purpose of act. It shall be the purpose of this act to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards:

(1) For the care and treatment of individuals in public and private treatment facilities as defined herein;

(2) for the construction, maintenance and operation of public and private treatment facilities as defined herein, which will promote safe and adequate treatment of such individuals in alcohol or other drug treatment facilities.

History: L. 1972, ch. 241, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 268, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 95, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1986–2014 · leading case: Univ. of Kansas Hosp. Auth. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 327 P.3d 430 (Kan. 2014).

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Univ. of Kansas Hosp. Auth. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 327 P.3d 430 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 2× “2d 1302 (1988) (Allen) (holding county responsible for medical treatment of individual brought to hospital after being held in county jail under Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, K.S.A. 65-4001 et seq.); and Dodge City Med.”

Allen Mem'l Hosp. v. BD OF BUTLER CTY COMM'RS, 753 P.2d 1302 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988). “Under the Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, K.S.A. 65-4001 et seq., a law enforcement officer "may" take an individual into custody without a warrant if the officer has a reasonable belief that the individual is intoxicated or incapacitated by alcohol and is likely to…”

Fudge v. City of Kansas City, 720 P.2d 1093 (Kan. 1986). · cites it 2× “); and the Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act (K.S.A. 65-4001 et seq. ) is to provide treatment for such afflicted persons with numerous safeguards to the rights of the patients.”

Susan B. Allen Mem'l Hosp. v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 753 P.2d 1302 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988). “Under the Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, K.S.A. 65-4001 et seq., a law enforcement officer “may” take an individual into custody without a warrant if the officer has a reasonable belief that the individual is intoxicated or incapacitated by alcohol and is likely to…”

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