Kansas Statutes > Chapter 39 > Article 15 – Adult Family Homes


§ 39-1501	Adult family homes; definitions
§ 39-1502	Same; registration; forms
§ 39-1503	Same; registration; application for renewal; duties of secretary
§ 39-1504	Same; requirements for registration
§ 39-1505	Same; assessing compliance; suspension or revocation of registration; unannounced inspections

Adult family home: means a private residence in which care is provided for not less than 24 hours in any week for one or two adult clients who: (1) Are not related within the third degree of relationship to the owner or provider by blood or marriage; and (2) by reason of aging, illness, disease or physical or mental infirmity are unable to live independently but are essentially capable of managing their own care and affairs. See Kansas Statutes 39-1501
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Physician: means any person licensed by the state board of healing arts to practice medicine and surgery. See Kansas Statutes 39-1501
Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Secretary: means the secretary for aging and disability services. See Kansas Statutes 39-1501
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201