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K.S.A. § 65-5601 (2026)

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65-5601. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 65-5601 through 65-5605, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Patient" means a person who consults or is examined or interviewed by treatment personnel.

(b) "Treatment personnel" means any employee of a treatment facility who receives a confidential communication from a patient while engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of a mental, alcoholic, drug dependency or emotional condition, if such communication was not intended to be disclosed to third persons.

(c) "Ancillary personnel" means any employee of a treatment facility who is not included in the definition of treatment personnel.

(d) "Treatment facility" means a community mental health center, community service provider, psychiatric hospital and state institution for people with intellectual disability.

(e) "Head of the treatment facility" means the administrative director of a treatment facility or the designee of the administrative director.

(f) "Community mental health center" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 39-2002, and amendments thereto.

(g) "Psychiatric hospital" means Larned state hospital, Osawatomie state hospital, south central regional mental health hospital and hospitals licensed under K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(h) "State institution for people with intellectual disability" means Parsons state hospital and the Kansas neurological institute.

(i) "Community service provider" means: (1) A community facility for people with intellectual disability organized pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 19-4001 through 19-4015, and amendments thereto, and licensed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto; (2) community service provider as provided in the developmental disabilities reform act; or (3) a nonprofit corporation that provides services for people with intellectual disability pursuant to a contract with an intellectual disability governing board.

History: L. 1986, ch. 212, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 234, § 18; L. 1996, ch. 167, § 60; L. 2012, ch. 91, § 53; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 25; L. 2025, ch. 90, § 16; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2021 · leading case: State v. Shoptaw, 56 P.3d 303 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002).
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State v. Shoptaw, 56 P.3d 303 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “” The Miami County Mental Health Center filed a motion to quash the subpoena based on the doctor-patient privilege of K.S.A. 65-5601 et seq. K.S.A. 65-5602(a) contains the following language: “A patient of a treatment facility has a privilege to prevent treatment personnel or…”
State v. Berberich, 978 P.2d 902 (Kan. 1999). “There appears to be a privilege to patients of a treatment facility (K.S.A. 65-5601 et seq.) that would include any employee of a treatment facility.”
State v. Chighisola, 430 P.3d 996 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “75-3307b before Chighisola's trial, it is unclear why the Legislature still references this statute in K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-5601. In any event, we cannot infer from the repeal of K.”
Hosey v. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 160 F.R.D. 161 (D. Kan. 1995). “60-437 is not inconsistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-5601 et seq., and the purposes set forth therein.”
Smith v. United States Marshal Serv. (D. Kan. 2021). · cites it 2× “Petitioner alleges that this disclosure violated K.S.A. § 65-5601, et seq. Petitioner proceeds under 28 U.”
— K.S.A. § 65-5601(d) — 1 case
State v. Chighisola, 430 P.3d 996 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). “75-3307b before Chighisola's trial, it is unclear why the Legislature still references this statute in K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-5601. In any event, we cannot infer from the repeal of K.”
— K.S.A. § 65-5601(f) — 1 case
State v. Chighisola, 430 P.3d 996 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018). “75-3307b before Chighisola's trial, it is unclear why the Legislature still references this statute in K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 65-5601. In any event, we cannot infer from the repeal of K.”
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