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Public Health Rules in Wichita, KS (2026)

2 verified public health rules for Wichita, Kansas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Rodent Control

Wichita's Housing Code makes tenants responsible for exterminating insects and rodents in their own unit, but shifts that duty to the property owner once two or more units are infested.

Wichita Pest & Rodent Extermination Duty

Some Restrictions

Wichita Municipal Code Sec. 20.04.070(9)

The occupant of a single family dwelling shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises, and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling...

Bed-Bug Rules

Wichita's Lodging Establishment Code requires every licensed hotel and motel to prevent bed bug entrance, harborage, and breeding, and to use professional pest control services for prevention and elimination.

Wichita Lodging Bed Bug Prevention Rules

Some Restrictions

Wichita Municipal Code Sec. 3.23.080

Every Lodging Establishment shall be constructed and maintained to prevent the entrance, harborage, or breeding of flies, cockroaches, bedbugs, fleas, rats, mice, birds, and all other insects and pests. Routine inspections of the premises shall be conducted to control and minimize the presence of pests and eliminate harborage conditions.1.Regulation. Professional pest services shall be used for...

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