No person shall be admitted to a state hospital, a state hospital and training center, Kansas neurological institute, an institution for the education of the deaf, an institution for the education of the blind, or to a state hospital or sanatorium for tuberculosis, who has not lived in the state of Kansas at least one year continuously immediately prior to application for admission thereto. The residence of a minor child shall follow and be the same as his parents: Provided, however, The secretary of social and rehabilitation services may waive the residence requirement in cases where the residence cannot be ascertained, or where the particular circumstances of the case constitute a medical emergency so that in his judgment a sufficient reason exists for the temporary suspension of the residence requirement.

L. 1957, ch. 260, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 254, § 6; June 30.