reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WY Stat § 35-4-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-108 - Penalty for Failure to Report or for False Report.

35-4-108. Penalty for failure to report or for false report.| Any practicing, licensed physician or other person required to report who fails to report to the state health officer or his designee any case of disease in the manner provided in W.S. 35-4-107, or who willfully makes any false report regarding any case, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 35-4-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-109 - Spreading Contagious Disease; Prohibited.

35-4-109. Spreading contagious disease; prohibited.| Any person who shall knowingly have or use about his premises, or who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into any neighborhood, any clothing, bedding or other substance used by, or in taking care of, any person afflicted with the smallpox or other infectious or contagious disease, or infected thereby, or shall do any other act with intent to, or necessarily tending to the spread of such disease, into any neighborhood or locality, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment; and the court trying any such offender may also include in any judgment rendered, an order to the effect that the clothing or other property infected be burned or otherwise destroyed, and shall have power to carry such order into effect.
WY Stat § 35-4-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-110 - Spreading Contagious Disease; Liability for Damages in Civil Action.

35-4-110. Spreading contagious disease; liability for damages in civil action.| Any person guilty of violating the provisions of W.S. 35-4-109, in addition to the penalties therein prescribed, shall be liable in a civil action in damages to any and all persons, who may, from that cause, become infected with such contagious disease; said damages shall be so assessed as to include, in addition to other damages, all expenses incurred by reason of such sickness, loss of time and burial expenses; and such action may also be maintained by the representative of any deceased person.
WY Stat § 35-4-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-111 - Reporting of Reye's Syndrome.

35-4-111. Reporting of Reye's Syndrome.| Every hospital or local health officer shall immediately report every diagnosed case of Reye's Syndrome to the state health officer of the department of health.
WY Stat § 35-4-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-112 - Right of Appeal of Quarantine.

35-4-112. Right of appeal of quarantine.| (a) Any person who has been quarantined pursuant to this act may appeal to the district court at any time for release from the quarantine. The court may hold a hearing on the appeal after notice is provided to the state health officer at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the hearing. After the hearing, if the court finds that the quarantine is not reasonably necessary to protect the public health, it shall order the person released from quarantine. The burden of proof for the need for the quarantine shall be on the state health officer, except that in the case of bona fide scientific or medical uncertainty the court shall give deference to the professional judgment of the state health officer unless the person quarantined proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the quarantine is not reasonably necessary to protect the public health.  (b) Any person quarantined shall have the right to communicate by telephone or any other available electronic means, but the state health officer may, in order to protect the public health, deny the quarantined person's right to meet in person with any person not subject to the quarantine, except that a parent or legal guardian may upon request be quarantined with the minor patient.  (c) In the event of a public health emergency of unknown effect, the state health officer may impose a temporary quarantine until there is sufficient information to determine what actions, if any, are reasonably needed to protect the public health.
WY Stat § 35-4-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-113 - Treatment When Consent Is Not Available; Quarantine.

35-4-113. Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine.| (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309, the state health officer shall not subject any person to any vaccination or medical treatment without the consent of the person.  (b) During a public health emergency, the state health officer may subject a person to vaccination or medical treatment without consent in the following circumstances:  (i) If the parent, legal guardian or other adult person authorized to consent to medical treatment of a minor child cannot be located and consulted and the vaccination of or medical treatment for the minor child is reasonably needed to protect the public health or protect the minor child from disease, death, disability or suffering;  (ii) If the person authorized to consent on behalf of an incompetent person cannot be located and consulted and the vaccination of or medical treatment for the incompetent person is reasonably needed to protect the public health or protect the incompetent person from disease, death, disability or suffering.  (c) If a person withholds or refuses consent for himself, a minor or other incompetent when the vaccination or medical treatment is reasonably needed to protect the health of others from a disease carrying the risk of death or disability, then the person for whom the vaccination or medical treatment is refused may be quarantined by the state health officer.
WY Stat § 35-4-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-114 - Immunity From Liability.

35-4-114. Immunity from liability.| (a) During a public health emergency as defined by W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i) and subject to subsection (d) of this section, any health care provider or other person, including a business entity, who in good faith follows the instructions of a state, city, town or county health officer or who acts in good faith in responding to the public health emergency is immune from any liability arising from complying with those instructions or acting in good faith. This immunity shall apply to health care providers who are retired, who have an inactive license or who are licensed in another state without a valid Wyoming license and while performing as a volunteer during a declared public health emergency as defined by W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i). This immunity shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.  (b) The licensing boards for any health care provider holding a permit or license as a health care provider regulated under title 33 of the Wyoming statutes shall provide by rule and regulations for the temporary licensure of health care providers during a public health emergency as declared by the governor pursuant to W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i). If necessary during a declared public health emergency, the state health officer may issue temporary practice licenses to health care providers who are retired, who have an inactive license or who are licensed in another state without a valid Wyoming license pending action on an application for issuance of a temporary license by the appropriate licensing board pursuant to this subsection.  (c) All temporary health care provider licenses issued by the state health officer under subsection (b) of this section shall terminate automatically upon declaration by the governor, pursuant to W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i), that the public health emergency has ended.  (d) Any health care provider, person or entity shall be immune from liability for damages in an action involving a COVID-19 liability claim unless the person seeking damages proves that the health care provider, person or entity took actions that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit any other immunity available under law, including the immunity provided in subsection (a) of this section. As used in this subsection, "COVID-19 liability claim" means as defined by W.S. 1-1-141(a)(iii).  (e) Any acts or omissions constituting the basis of a COVID-19 liability claim as defined by W.S. 1-1-141(a)(iii) shall be stated with particularity and shall be proven by clear and convincing evidence.
WY Stat § 35-4-115 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-115 - Definitions.

35-4-115. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Public health emergency" means an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition caused by an epidemic or pandemic disease, a novel and highly fatal infectious agent or a biological toxin that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability. The governor shall declare when a public health emergency exists or has ended;  (ii) "Quarantine" means:  (A) The physical separation and confinement of an individual or group of individuals that has been, or may have been, exposed to, or is reasonably believed to be infected with, a contagious or possibly contagious disease, from nonquarantined individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease to nonquarantined individuals;  (B) The isolation of a geographic area where individuals are located who have been or are reasonably believed to have been exposed to or infected by a contagious or possibly contagious disease; or  (C) The physical separation and confinement of an individual or group of individuals or the isolation of a geographic area where a public health emergency of unknown effect has occurred or is reasonably believed to have occurred.
WY Stat § 35-4-130 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-130 - Declared Contagious and Dangerous to Health; List of Reportable Diseases Established by Department of Health; Violation of w.s. 35-4-130 Through 35-4-134; Penalty.

35-4-130. Declared contagious and dangerous to health; list of reportable diseases established by department of health; violation of W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134; penalty.| (a) Sexually transmitted diseases as included within the list of reportable diseases of the department of health are contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to public health.  (b) The department of health shall by rule and regulation develop a list of reportable sexually transmitted diseases including all venereal diseases and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The list shall be available to all physicians, health officers, hospitals and other health care providers and facilities within the state.  (c) Any person violating W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 or failing or refusing to comply with any order lawfully issued under W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 35-4-131 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-131 - Consent of Minors to Treatment; Treatment of Infected or Exposed Persons; Immunity From Liability.

35-4-131. Consent of minors to treatment; treatment of infected or exposed persons; immunity from liability.| (a) Persons under eighteen (18) years of age may give legal consent for examination and treatment for any sexually transmitted disease infection.  (b) For the protection of public health, a physician, health officer or other person or facility providing health care in accordance with state or federal law shall for any individual regardless of age, sex, race or color:  (i) If reasonably suspected of being infected with any sexually transmitted disease, administer, refer for or recommend appropriate and adequate treatment;  (ii) If exposed to any sexually transmitted disease, recommend or offer treatment.  (c) Physical examination and treatment by a licensed physician or other qualified health care provider of a person under eighteen (18) years of age consenting to examination or treatment is not an assault or an assault and battery upon that person.
WY Stat § 35-4-132 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-132 - Report Required of Health Care Providers, Facilities and Laboratories; Notification; Confidentiality of Information.

35-4-132. Report required of health care providers, facilities and laboratories; notification; confidentiality of information.| (a) A physician or other health care provider diagnosing or treating a case of sexually transmitted disease, the administrator of a hospital, dispensary, charitable or penal institution or any other health care facility in which there is a case of sexually transmitted disease and the administrator or operator of a laboratory performing a positive laboratory test for sexually transmitted disease shall report the diagnosis, case or positive test results to both the department of health and the appropriate health officer in a form and manner directed by the department. Health care providers and facilities shall cooperate with and assist the department and health officers in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted disease.  (b) The department of health shall compile the number of reported cases within the state.  (c) Any physician or other health care provider and any administrator or operator of a health care facility or laboratory reporting a diagnosis, case or positive test result pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall notify any health care professional and health care employee reasonably expected to be at risk of exposure to a dangerous or life-threatening sexually transmitted disease and involved in the supervision, care and treatment of an individual infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a dangerous or life-threatening sexually transmitted disease.  (d) Information and records relating to a known or suspected case of sexually transmitted disease which has been reported, acquired and maintained under W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 are confidential and except as otherwise required by law, shall not be disclosed unless the disclosure is:  (i) For statistical purposes, provided that the identity of the individual with the known or suspected case is protected;  (ii) Necessary for the administration and enforcement of W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 and department rules and regulations related to the control and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases;  (iii) Made with the written consent of the individual identified within the information or records; or  (iv) For notification of health care professionals and health care employees pursuant to subsection (c) of this section as necessary to protect life and health.
WY Stat § 35-4-134 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-134 - Examination and Treatment of Prisoners.

35-4-134. Examination and treatment of prisoners.| (a) Any individual confined or imprisoned in any state penal institution, county or city jail or any community correctional facility shall be examined for sexually transmitted diseases by the appropriate health officer or his qualified designee.  (b) To suppress the spread of sexually transmitted disease among the confined population, the health officer or his qualified designee may:  (i) Isolate prisoners infected with a treatable illness within the facility and require them to report for treatment by a licensed physician; or  (ii) In the case of an individual infected with a noncurable sexually transmitted disease, provide for the minimum care and treatment of the individual pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health with the advice of the department of corrections.  (c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the service of any sentence imposed by a court as a punishment for the commission of a crime.
WY Stat § 35-4-138 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-138 - Introduction of Solution in Eyes of Newborn Child by Attending Physician.

35-4-138. Introduction of solution in eyes of newborn child by attending physician.| It shall be the duty of every practicing or licensed physician in the state of Wyoming, when attending the birth of a child, to introduce or cause to be introduced into the eyes of the newborn infant a stable solution or ointment of a broad spectrum antibiotic as prescribed by the state department of health. Provided, that this section shall not apply in cases where the parents are religiously opposed to the use of drugs and so inform the attending physician.
WY Stat § 35-4-139 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 1 - Communicable Diseases|Section 35-4-139 - Childhood Immunizations.

35-4-139. Childhood immunizations.| The department of health through rule and regulation shall develop and implement a program to provide vaccines for all children of Wyoming residents who are not federally vaccine eligible children as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1396s(b)(2) or subsequent similar federal enactment. Vaccines provided pursuant to this section shall include those determined to be necessary for the healthy development of children and prescribed in rules and regulations of the department based on recommendations from an advisory group which the department director shall appoint consisting of a representative of an organization representing physicians licensed in Wyoming, at least one (1) pediatric physician licensed in Wyoming and at least one (1) family physician licensed in Wyoming.
WY Stat § 35-4-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply|Section 35-4-201 - Department of Health to Cooperate With Municipal Authorities, Corporations and Persons as to Water, Drainage and Sewage; Definitions of "Drainage" and "Sewage".

35-4-201. Department of health to cooperate with municipal authorities, corporations and persons as to water, drainage and sewage; definitions of "drainage" and "sewage".| The department shall consult with and advise the authorities of cities and towns and persons having or about to have systems of water supply, drainage and sewage as to the most appropriate source of water supply and the best method assuring its purity or as to the best method of disposing of their drainage or sewage with reference to the existing and future needs of other cities, towns or persons which may be affected thereby. It shall also consult with and advise all corporations, companies or persons engaged or intending to engage in any manufacturing or other business whose drainage or sewage may tend to pollute any inland water as to the best method of preventing such pollution, and it may conduct experiments to determine the best methods of the purification or disposal of drainage or sewage. Cities, towns and all other corporations, companies or persons shall submit to the department for its advice and approval their proposed system of water supply or of the disposal of drainage or sewage, and no city, town or persons or company shall proceed to build or install or enlarge or extend any system of water supply, drainage or sewage disposal, without first obtaining the approval of the state department of health. In this section the term "drainage" means rainfall, surface and subsoil water only, and "sewage" means domestic and industrial filth and waste.
WY Stat § 35-4-220 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply|Section 35-4-220 - Definitions.

35-4-220. Definitions.| (a) The following words as used in this act, unless a different meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meaning:  (i) "Service connection" shall mean and include any water line or pipe connected to a distribution supply main or pipe for the purpose of conveying water to a building or dwelling;  (ii) "Sanitary public water supply" shall mean and include any water supply being distributed by ten (10) or more service connections, such connections being utilized to furnish water for human consumption either in preparing foods or beverages for inhabitants of residences or business establishments;  (iii) "United States public health service drinking water standards" shall mean and include the standards prescribed by the United States public health service for the quality of water on interstate carriers, provided further that the section of these standards pertaining to physical and chemical characteristics of water shall not be included in these standards for the purpose of this act.
WY Stat § 35-4-221 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally|Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply|Section 35-4-221 - Periodical Bacteriological Analysis of Water Required.

35-4-221. Periodical bacteriological analysis of water required.| (a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of any public or private utility engaged in the development, storage and distribution of a sanitary public water supply to provide for the safety and purity of such supply to every service connection and to collect samples of such water for bacteriological analysis at least once monthly or oftener as required by the state board of health. Such collection shall be made in special containers furnished for this purpose by the state health department division of laboratories and shall be returned to this laboratory for examination. Such examination and reporting of results shall comply with the procedures outlined in the United States public health service drinking water standards. The results of such analysis shall be reported to the owners or persons responsible for the operation of the sanitary public water supply.  (b) When the water from such water supply has been determined by laboratory examination, inspection and report of the state department of health to be unsafe for human consumption as determined by the United States public health service drinking water standards, the owners or persons responsible for the operation of such water supply shall take immediate action to correct sanitary defects, improve operation, provide necessary water treatment, or make any other changes or additions necessary to provide assuredly safe water.