Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-42
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024
Section 28-1-42 - Contact data; communication with contacts(a) Each individual acting as a contact tracer under the authority of the secretary or a local health officer shall be limited to collecting the following personal information for any contact:(1) Data that identifies the contact, including name, date of birth, and sex;(4) electronic-mail address;(5) geographical or similar location information at certain points in time; and(6) the name of each individual who could be an additional contact.(b) Each individual acting as a contact tracer under the authority of the secretary or a local health officer shall be limited to collecting the following health data for any contact:(2) vaccination and testing status;(c) Whenever a contact tracer communicates with a contact, the contact tracer shall advise the contact that the contact shall not be compelled to participate in or be prohibited from participating in the contact tracing.(1) The contact tracer shall use the following text when advising the contact: "Participation in COVID-19 contact tracing is voluntary. You shall not be compelled to participate in or be prohibited from participation in contact tracing for COVID-19. If in good faith you do provide information requested by a contact tracer, you shall be immune from civil, criminal, and administrative liability for disclosing the information. If you do not provide information, you are not subject to civil, criminal, or administrative penalties. Do you understand what I have said? May I ask you questions concerning a COVID-19 contact tracing?"
(2) The contact tracer shall document in the contact data whether the text was provided and what were the contact's responses to the questions.Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-42
Authorized by and implementing L. 2021, ch. 116, sec. 38; effective, T-28-7-30-20, July 30, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020; amended by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 52; effective 1/14/2022.