65-28,132.
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65-28,132. Medical records maintenance trust fund; authorized uses of moneys credited to fund; rules and regulations.
(a)For the purpose of paying for storage, maintenance and transfer of medical records by the board of healing arts, there is hereby established the medical record maintenance trust fund. All payments and disbursements from the medical records maintenance trust fund shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the executive director of the board or by any person designated by the board.
(b)The board may certify to the director of accounts and reports that a specific amount, but not more than $10, of each fee for the issuance or renewal of a license be credited to the medical records maintenance trust fund until such time the balance exceeds $100,000. At any time the balance in the medical records trust fund falls below $100,000, the board shall certify again to the director of accounts and reports that a specific amount, but not to exceed $10, of each fee for the issuance or renewal of a license be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the medical records maintenance trust fund. The board may order a licensee to reimburse the amount of expenses incurred by the board in a case when such licensee failed to designate a custodian or provide for the storage, maintenance, transfer and access to such licensee's medical records upon becoming inactive. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the medical records maintenance trust fund. All funds deposited and credited to the medical records maintenance fund shall be expended for the purposes set forth in this section.
(c)On or before the 10 th day of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the medical records maintenance trust fund interest earnings based on:
(1)The average daily balance of moneys in the medical records maintenance trust fund for the preceding month; and
(2)the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
(d)The board of healing arts shall adopt rules and regulations establishing the procedures and standards necessary to implement the provisions of this section within one year of the effective date of this section.
(e)This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas healing arts act.