Kansas
Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Kansas
Required to Report
Optional
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Poison Control
Reporting Notes
Visit the Kansas Department of Agriculture for more information on Pesticides in Kansas: https://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/pesticide-fertilizer
Workers' Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Optional
Limitations
Employer may elect to become subject to workers' compensation law. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-505(b).
Statute
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-505(a)(1) (2008)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Acosta v. Nat'l Beef Packing Co., L.P., 44 P.3d 330 (Kan. 2002) (allowing undocumented worker to collect worker's compensation award); but see Doe v. Kansas Dep't of Human Res., 90 P.3d 940 (Kan. 2004) (holding that the same undocumented worker as in Acosta, who obtained workers' comp benefit through use of assumed name, could have penalties and fines assessed against her).
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Undocumented worker was allowed to collect on award for temporary partial disability and permanent partial disability payments. Acosta v. Nat'l Beef Packing Co., L.P., 44 P.3d 330, 334-35, 341 (Kan. 2002).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Online forms