60-3501. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 60-3501 through 60-3509: (a) “Professional licensee” means any person licensed to practice a profession which a professional corporation is authorized to practice but does not include any health care provider as defined by K.S.A. 40-3401, and amendments thereto. (b) “Professional malpractice liability action” means any action for damages arising […]
60-3502. Convening of screening panel; selection of members; list of professional licensees maintained by state agency. (a) If a professional malpractice liability action is filed in a district court of this state and one of the parties to the action requests, by filing a memorandum with the court, that a professional malpractice screening panel be […]
60-3503. Same; notice to parties; designation or selection of professional licensee. The district judge shall notify the parties to the action that a screening panel has been convened. The plaintiff or claimant and the defendant or respondent shall each designate a person licensed in the same profession as the defendant or respondent within 21 days […]
60-3504. Organization and conduct of meetings; rules by supreme court. The screening panel shall convene with notice in writing to all parties and their counsel and shall decide, after consideration of any records or evidence available and the contentions of the parties, whether there was a departure from the standard practice of the profession involved […]
60-3505. Recommendations on issue; concurring and dissenting opinions; notice to parties; copy of opinion to judge; admissibility of screening panel report and subpoena of panel members in subsequent legal proceedings. (a) Within 180 days after the screening panel is commenced, such panel shall make written recommendations on the issue of whether the professional licensee departed […]
60-3506. Party may file action upon rejecting panel’s determination. If one or more of the parties rejects the final determination of the screening panel, the plaintiff may proceed with the action in the district court. History: L. 1987, ch. 214, § 6; July 1.
60-3507. Immunity of members from damages. No member of the screening panel shall be subject to a civil action for damages as a result of any action taken or recommendation made by such member acting without malice and in good faith within the scope of such member’s official capacity as a member of the screening […]
60-3508. Compensation and expenses of professional licensee members; payment by parties. (a) Each professional licensee member of the screening panel shall be paid a total of $500 for all work performed as a member of the panel exclusive of time involved if called as a witness to testify in court and, in addition thereto, reasonable […]
60-3509. Tolling of statute of limitations. In those cases before a screening panel which have not been formalized by filing a petition in a court of law, the filing of a memorandum requesting the convening of a screening panel shall toll any applicable statute of limitations and such statute of limitations shall remain tolled until […]
