Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-944

  • Adult care home: means any nursing facility, nursing facility for mental health, intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disability, assisted living facility, residential healthcare facility, home plus, boarding care home and adult day care facility; all of which are classifications of adult care homes and are required to be licensed by the secretary for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-923
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Licensing agency: means the secretary for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-923
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, and the legal successor thereof. See Kansas Statutes 39-923
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the secretary for aging and disability services, as the licensing agency, in the manner provided by the Kansas judicial review act, may maintain an action in the name of the state of Kansas for injunction or other process against any person or agency to restrain or prevent the operation of an adult care home without a license under this act.