Legal Opinion
State Board of Nursing v. Ruebke
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided March 15, 1996No. 73,851PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Larson, J.:
The State Board of Healing Arts (Healing Arts) and the State Board of Nursing (Nursing) appeal the trial court’s denial of a temporary injunction by which the Boards had sought to stop E. Michelle Ruebke, a practicing lay midwife, from continuing her alleged practice of medicine and nursing.
The trial court found that (1) certain provisions of both the Kansas Healing Arts Act, K.S.A. 65-2801 et seq., and the Kansas Nursing Act, K.S.A. 65-1113 et seq., were unconstitutionally vague; (2) Ruebke’s practices incident to her lay midwifery were not…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Gillespie v. SeymourSupreme Court of Kansas · 1991
- Bowland v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Kansas State Board of Healing Arts v. FooteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1968
- State v. DonlaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1993
- Boatright v. Kansas Racing CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992
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3Cited by23 opinions
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