Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each
physician who performs an abortion on a minor who is younger than 14 years of
age shall perform, or shall ensure that the physician's staff performs, the
following steps:
(1) Keep at least one fetal
tissue collection kit provided by the K.B.I. on hand at all times and obtain
replacement kits from the K.B.I. as needed; and
(2) collect, preserve, and ship fetal tissue
using one of these fetal tissue collection kits.
(b) The document titled "Kansas bureau of
investigation fetal tissue collection kit instructions," dated October 26,
2005, is hereby adopted by reference. In accordance with the kit instructions
and within two hours after completing the abortion, each physician shall
perform, or shall ensure that the physician's staff performs, the following:
(1) Complete the evidence custody receipt
form provided by the K.B.I. and contained in the kit;
(2) collect the amount and type of tissue
prescribed by the kit instructions;
(3) preserve, secure, and label the tissue
specimen as instructed;
(4) ship
the tissue specimen and the original of the evidence custody receipt form to
the K.B.I. within the time limit and in the manner specified by the kit
instructions; and
(5) mail a copy
of the evidence custody receipt form by first-class mail to the appropriate law
enforcement department as follows:
(A) The
city police department, if the abortion is performed within the city limits; or
(B) the county sheriff's
department, if the abortion is performed outside the city limits.
(c) The evidence
custody receipt form shall contain the following information in plain, legible
printing or typeface:
(1) The name, address,
and telephone number of the medical care facility or other location where the
abortion is performed;
(2) the
name, address, and telephone number of the physician performing the abortion;
(3) the name, date of birth,
residential address, and telephone number of the minor upon whom the abortion
is performed;
(4) the name,
residential address, and telephone number of the parent or legal guardian of
the minor upon whom the abortion is performed;
(5) the date and time when the tissue
specimen is collected;
(6) the
date on which the tissue specimen is shipped;
(7) the signature of the person collecting
the tissue specimen; and
(8) the
signature of the person shipping the tissue specimen.
