65-5107. Complaint against home health agency; investigation and hearing; notice. Any person may make a complaint against a home health agency licensed under the provisions of this act by making a complaint through the complaint hotline maintained by the Kansas department for aging and disability services stating the details and facts supporting the complaint. If the secretary determines after an investigation that the charges are sufficient to warrant a hearing to determine whether the license of the home health agency should be suspended or revoked, the secretary shall fix a time and place for a hearing and require the home health agency to appear and defend against the complaint in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. A copy of the complaint shall be given to the home health agency at the time it is notified of the hearing. The notice of the hearing shall be given at least 20 days prior to the date of the hearing.

History: L. 1984, ch. 335, § 7; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 217; L. 2017, ch. 17, § 6; July 1.