Kansas — Hospital Mandatory Reporting Guide

Category 1 — Adverse Events

No statewide mandatory hospital adverse-event reporting system identified in OIG’s 2008 inventory (verify whether enacted/changed since 2008).

Who Must Report: N/A.

Deadline: N/A.

Destination: N/A.

Citation: Source.

Attorney Notes: Hospitals still have other mandatory reporting duties and federal/contractual obligations.

Category 2 — Child Abuse / Neglect

Trigger: Reason to suspect a child has been harmed.

Who Must Report: Mandated reporters including hospital staff.

Deadline: Immediately.

Destination: DCF or law enforcement.

Citation: Kan. Stat. § 38-2223.

Attorney Notes: Immediate duty supports negligence‑per‑se theories.

Category 3 — Weapon Injuries

Trigger: Treatment of gunshot wound.

Who Must Report: Physicians.

Deadline: Immediately.

Destination: Law enforcement.

Citation: Kan. Stat. § 21-6319.

Attorney Notes: Creates law‑enforcement notice trail.

Category 4 — Communicable Diseases

Trigger: Diagnosis, suspicion, or laboratory identification of a state-defined reportable/notifiable disease or condition, including certain outbreaks.

Who Must Report: Healthcare providers and/or laboratories; hospitals report qualifying diagnoses and outbreak clusters.

Deadline: Varies by condition (immediate/24 hours for urgent diseases; longer for others).

Destination: Report to local/state health department per Kansas Department of Health and Environment reporting instructions.

Citation: Kansas Notifiable Disease reporting guidance.

Attorney Notes: Time classes support compliance evaluation; timestamps support foreseeability and outbreak‑control arguments.

Category 5 — Complaints / Investigations

Timeline: Kansas law authorizes complaint investigations for hospitals but does not impose a specific “within X days” statutory requirement for initiating an investigation.

Citation: Complaint authority exists; no explicit statutory start‑time identified.

Attorney Notes: Absence of a codified timeline allows attorneys to scrutinize delays in serious patient‑safety cases.