{"id":5284,"date":"2020-03-05T15:15:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/?page_id=5284"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:01:41","slug":"kansas-open-records-act-requests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/?page_id=5284","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Open Records Act Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To Submit a Kansas Open Records request from the Kansas Board of Emergency Services via email, contact  <a href=\"mailto:leanne.houser@ks.gov\">leanne.houser@ks.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) is the Kansas version of the federal Freedom of Information Act. It allows for public inspection and copying of some records maintained by public entities. Not all records are available for public inspection.<\/p>\n<p>This document is the Open Records Policy for the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS). If you have general questions or concerns regarding the Kansas Open Records Act, please contact the Kansas Attorney General&#8217;s Office at (785) 296-2215. <\/p>\n<p>Exceptions to the open records act<br \/>\nThe KORA recognizes that certain records contain private or privileged information. The Act lists several exceptions, including:<\/p>\n<p>    Personnel information of public employees<\/p>\n<p>    Medical treatment records<\/p>\n<p>    Records protected by attorney-client privilege<\/p>\n<p>    Records closed by the rules of evidence<\/p>\n<p>    Records containing personal information compiled for Census purposes<\/p>\n<p>    Notes and preliminary drafts<\/p>\n<p>    Criminal investigation records<\/p>\n<p>A list of additional exemptions can be found in K.S.A. 45-221<\/p>\n<p>An agency is only required to provide public records that already exist. There is no requirement for the agency to create a record at your request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Submit a Kansas Open Records request from the Kansas Board of Emergency Services via email, contact leanne.houser@ks.gov. The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) is the Kansas version of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":477,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7169,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5284\/revisions\/7169"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}