Supreme Court of Kansas· 3/10/1995

State v. Mountjoy

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257 Kan. 163
891 P.2d 376
1995 Kan. LEXIS 38

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“We have uniformly declined to entertain questions reserved, the resolution of which would not provide helpful precedent.”
statute criminalizing unauthorized practice of the healing arts required no criminal intent under the public welfare doctrine
where statute is designed to protect public, statutory language must be construed in light of the legislative intent and purpose and is entitled to broad interpretation to carry out public purposes
“It is fundamental that where a statute is designed to protect the public, the language of that statute must be construed in the light of the legislative intent and purpose and is entitled to a broad interpretation so that its public purpose may be fully carried out.”
practicing the healing arts without a license

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Judges: Lockett

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