The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- K.S.A. 44-636
- Issued
- 2021-01-01 Jan. 1, 2021
- Effective
- standing throughout 2020-2021 (read as 2021-01-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Jan. 1, 2021 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- employers; owners, proprietors, agents, administrators and lessees of any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry or other business location
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Kansas DUT-KS
Operative words
If it shall be found upon such investigation that the heating, lighting, ventilation, occupant capacity or sanitary arrangement of any such establishment or place is such as to be injurious to the health of persons employed... the secretary... shall notify in writing the owner... [with] an order that requires... changes in methods of operation or the taking of any other measures
Penalty
(g) willful violation of the section or of any lawful order under it is a misdemeanor with a fine of $25 to $100, 'each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense'; (h) injunctive relief through the attorney general
What it required
Subjected every Kansas business location 'where labor is or is intended to be performed' to inspection of 'the sanitary conditions' and 'the methods of protection from danger to employees,' and to written orders requiring 'changes in methods of operation or the taking of any other measures the secretary may deem appropriate and necessary for the safety and protection of the employees'; imminent-danger orders under (d) may bar employees from the affected area; the State counterpart of the federal general duty clause for a federal-OSHA State.
Retrieval noteKansas has no OSHA-approved State plan; private employers were under 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) and OSHA's COVID-19 instruments (FED-088, FED-089, FED-082, FED-083, FED-080; the quotation was reconciled against the Revisor's page read Sept. 28, 2026.