75-5601. Secretary of health and environment; appointment and confirmation; creation of department of health and environment; department subject to K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby created a department of health and environment, the head of which shall be the secretary of health and environment, which office is hereby created. The governor shall appoint the secretary of […]
75-5602. Transfer of powers, duties and functions; preservation of rules and regulations, orders and directives. (a) All of the powers, duties, functions, records, property and personnel of the existing state board of health and the state department of health including the power to expend funds now or hereafter made available in accordance with appropriation acts […]
75-5603. Division of public health, establishment and administration; director of the division of public health, qualifications, appointment, compensation. (a) There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of health and environment a division of public health, the head of which shall be the director of the division of public health. Under […]
75-5604. Powers, duties and functions of existing divisions and directors transferred to new secretary; orders and directives continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing division of food and drug, division of registration and health statistics, division of vital statistics established by K.S.A. 65-2402, […]
75-5605. Division of environment established; administration of division; director of the division of environment, appointment and compensation; appointment of classified employee as director, effect. There is hereby established within and as a part of the department of health and environment a division of environment, the head of which shall be the director of the division […]
75-5606. Powers, duties and functions of existing division and director of environmental health and engineer of state board of health transferred to new secretary of health and environment; orders and directives of previous director and engineer continued in effect until revised, amended or repealed. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing […]
75-5608. Office of laboratory services established; powers, duties and functions; rules and regulations; fees. (a) There is hereby established under the supervision of the secretary of health and environment, an office of laboratory services. The office of laboratory services shall provide laboratory information and perform laboratory tests and experiments as directed by the secretary of […]
75-5608a. Office of laboratory services operating fund created; expenditures from fund; interest earnings. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the office of laboratory services operating fund. Expenditures from the office of laboratory services operating fund shall be used by the department of health and environment only for the purposes of operating the […]
75-5609. Powers, duties and functions of existing division and director of laboratories transferred to new head of office of laboratory services; orders and directives of previous director in effect until revised, amended or repealed. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the existing division of laboratories and the existing director of the division […]
75-5609a. Office of laboratory services; criminal history record check; fingerprinting. (a) The secretary of health and environment shall require any person offered a position of employment in and any employee of the office of laboratory services of the Kansas department of health and environment that will have access to a secured biological laboratory to be […]
75-5610. Appointment of subordinate officers and employees; classified and unclassified service. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law, the secretary of health and environment shall appoint, subject to the Kansas civil service act, all subordinate officers and employees of the respective divisions, bureaus, sections, offices or other units of the […]
75-5610a. Employees in health officer II class placed in unclassified service. On and after June 18, 1985, all employees of the department of health and environment in the health officer II job class, or any successor job class that may be approved under K.S.A. 75-2938 and amendments thereto and has substantially the same duties and […]
75-5611. Appointment of chief attorney, public information officer, personal secretary and special assistant, compensation; other attorneys and staff assistants, classified service. The secretary of health and environment may appoint a chief attorney and other attorneys for the department of health and environment. The chief attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary, shall be […]
75-5612. Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings. (a) No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced, or which could have been commenced, by or against any existing state agency mentioned in this order, or by or against any officer of the state in his or her official capacity or in relation […]
75-5613. Certain officers and employees serving on July 1, 1974, transferred to new department; civil service and retirement benefits preserved. Effective July 1, 1974, officers and employees who were engaged immediately prior to said date in the performance of powers, duties and functions of any existing state agency which becomes a part of the department […]
75-5616. Advisory committees; creation and compensation. The secretary of health and environment may create advisory committees. Such advisory committees shall receive as compensation an amount determined by the secretary and approved by the finance council. History: L. 1974, ch. 351, § 16; July 1.
75-5617. Disposition of property of agency where functions divided and transferred; determination by governor. In all cases where, under the provisions of this order, part or all of the powers, duties and functions of any existing state agency are divided between the department of health and environment and any other existing state agency or newly […]
75-5618. Conflicts as to disposition of powers, functions, duties or funds of agency dissolved or transferred; resolved by governor. When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any power, function or duty or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolishment, transfer, attachment or other change made by this order, […]
75-5619. Secretary may organize department; duties of division heads and staff assistants; delegation of authority; duties and powers of personnel of divisions. The secretary of health and environment may organize the department of health and environment in the manner he or she deems most efficient, so long as the same is not in conflict with […]
75-5620. Report by secretary; persons receiving. Not more than six (6) months after the effective date of this order, the secretary of health and environment shall report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. Such report shall contain specific recommendations for possible consolidation or transfer of […]
