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WY Stat § 35-1-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-302 - Organization of Units; Membership of Boards; Removal.

35-1-302. Organization of units; membership of boards; removal.| (a) Within thirty (30) days after the adoption of a resolution or resolutions to establish and maintain a county and/or city or district health department, the board or boards of county commissioners and/or city governing body, as the case may be, shall proceed to organize such a department by the appointment of a county and/or city or district board of health, hereinafter referred to as the board.  (b) Each county and/or city board of health shall consist of five (5) members, all of whom shall be qualified electors of the county in which they serve, and one (1) shall have the degree of doctor of medicine and one (1) shall have the degree of doctor of dental surgery when available in said county. One (1) member of the board to be appointed for one (1) year; one (1) for two (2) years; one (1) for three (3) years, one (1) for four (4) years; and one (1) for five (5) years. Thereafter appointments for full term shall be for five (5) years. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners and/or city governing body.  (c) The number of members on the district board shall be at least equal to the number of participating political subdivisions; each participating political subdivision shall have at least one (1) representative on the board; the board shall not have less than seven (7) members; at least one (1) member of the board shall have the degree of doctor of medicine and at least one (1) member shall have the degree of doctor of dental surgery. For the original board, one (1) member shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two (2) for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for three (3) years, two (2) for four (4) years. Thereafter, each appointment shall be for a term of four (4) years. The district board of health shall be appointed by a committee composed of one (1) member of each of the boards of county commissioners of the counties comprising the district.  (d) Meetings of the board shall be held quarterly at such place as is designated by the board and at such other time as may be desirable upon call by the county and/or city or district health officer. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to payment for travel and other necessary expense incurred while attending meetings of the board.  (e) The governing body which appointed the member of the board may remove that member of the board for cause without a public hearing unless the member requests that the action be taken during a public hearing. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the governing body for the balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.
WY Stat § 35-1-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-303 - Rules and Regulations; Jurisdiction.

35-1-303. Rules and regulations; jurisdiction.| (a) County and/or city and district boards of health may enact rules and regulations pertaining to the prevention of disease and the promotion of public health in the area over which such respective boards have jurisdiction. But in no instance shall such rules and regulations be less effective than, or in conflict with, rules and regulations promulgated by the state department of health. The district and/or city health officers shall have all powers vested by law in county health officers.  (b) The jurisdiction of the county and/or city or district health department shall extend over all unincorporated areas and over all municipalities within the territorial limits of the county or counties comprising the district except municipalities of Class I may maintain their own health departments. However, any municipalities of Class I may merge its health services with that of the county or district in which such city is located.
WY Stat § 35-1-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-305 - Appointment of Health Officers and Other Personnel Generally; Local Board of Health May Fix Fees for Certain Services.

35-1-305. Appointment of health officers and other personnel generally; local board of health may fix fees for certain services.| (a) In the counties, municipalities or districts where health departments are created, as provided herein, the local board of health may appoint a full-time or part-time health officer, deputy health officers, public health nurses, sanitarians, environmental health specialists and such other public health personnel as may be deemed necessary to adequately protect the public health. Any full-time or part-time health officer shall have a degree of doctor of medicine, be an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in W.S. 33-21-120(a)(i) or be a physician assistant as defined in W.S. 33-26-501(a)(iii). A full-time or part-time health officer appointed under this section shall assist the state department of health in carrying out the provisions of all health and sanitary laws and regulations of the state and shall complete continuing education in public health as directed by the local board of health. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the local board of health may fix reasonable fees and charges for services, except for follow-up of communicable diseases and for individuals who receive services under the public health nursing infant home visitation subprogram created by W.S. 35-27-102. No person shall be denied necessary nursing services within the limits of available personnel because of an inability to pay the cost of such services.  (b) All moneys collected hereunder shall be paid directly to the city or county treasurer and placed in the corresponding health department fund.  (c) Prior to the establishment of any fee under this section, the local board of health, the city council or the board of county commissioners, as appropriate, shall hold a public hearing after providing forty-five (45) days written notice of the hearing. No fee shall be imposed by the local board of health under this section without the prior approval of the city council or the board of county commissioners, as appropriate. No fee established under this section shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
WY Stat § 35-1-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-307 - Purpose of Health Units.

35-1-307. Purpose of health units.| The establishment of full-time local health units is for public health and preventive medical purposes for the people of the state of Wyoming.
WY Stat § 35-1-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-308 - Dissolution and Discontinuance.

35-1-308. Dissolution and discontinuance.| Any county and/or city or district health department may be dissolved and discontinued by resolution of the board of county commissioners and/or city governing body of a county and/or city maintaining a county and/or city health department, or by resolutions of the boards of county commissioners and/or city governing board of the counties and/or cities maintaining a district health department; provided, however, that no department shall be dissolved within the two (2) year period following the date of its establishment. Within ninety (90) days after the passage of a resolution or resolutions dissolving a department, the county and/or city or district board of health shall proceed to terminate the affairs of the department. After payment of all obligations, any moneys remaining in a county and/or city health department fund shall be credited to the general fund of the county and/or city, and any moneys remaining in a district health department fund shall be apportioned among the counties comprising the district in the same manner as the cost of maintaining the department was apportioned among the counties, and credited to their respective general funds. All other property of the county and/or city or district health department shall be disposed of as may be agreed upon by the county and/or city or district board of health.
WY Stat § 35-1-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-309 - Adjacent County Without Department Becoming Part of Health District by Agreement.

35-1-309. Adjacent county without department becoming part of health district by agreement.| (a) Generally.-Any county adjacent to a district maintaining a district health department may become a part of such district by agreement between its board of county commissioners and the boards of county commissioners of the counties comprising the district. Any such county upon being accepted into the district, shall thereupon become subject to all the provisions of this act as though it were originally a part of the district.  (b) Withdrawing from districts.-Any county in a district may withdraw from the district by resolution of its board of county commissioners; provided, however, that no county may withdraw from a district within the two (2) year period following the establishment of the district or the county's becoming a part of the district, and then only after ninety (90) days written notice given to the department. In the event of withdrawal of a county from a district, any funds which had been appropriated by the county before withdrawal, to cover its proportionate share of maintaining the district, shall not be returned to the county withdrawing.
WY Stat § 35-1-310 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments|Section 35-1-310 - Limitation on Orders.

35-1-310. Limitation on orders.| (a) No public health order requested or issued by a county, municipal or district health officer under this article shall become effective without notice being provided to the public not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the order is to become effective and an opportunity to provide public comment through written and electronic submissions is provided, except when the delay will result in immediate and life threatening physical harm, exposure or transmission beyond the existing affected area. Any order issued under this chapter by a county, municipal or district health officer that restricts individuals' movements or their ability to engage in any activity, that applies to individuals not under an isolation or quarantine order and that is designed to prevent or limit the transmission of a contagious or possibly contagious disease shall be effective for a period of not more than ten (10) days. Subsequent orders, including order extensions, for the same or substantially same purpose of any duration shall only be issued as follows:  (i) The board of county commissioners, by a vote of the majority of the board, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a county health officer;  (ii) The governing body of a municipality, by a vote of the majority of the governing body, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a municipal health officer;  (iii) The governing body of a political subdivision that is a member of a health district or a district health department, by a majority vote of the governing body, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a district health officer to have effect within the governing body's political subdivision only.  (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a parent or guardian's right to the care, custody and control of a minor child under the care of the parent or guardian.  (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a caregiver's right to the care, custody and control of a vulnerable adult.  (d) As used in this section:  (i) "Caregiver" means a family member responsible, or a person with court ordered responsibility, for the care, custody and control of a vulnerable adult;  (ii) "Vulnerable adult" means as defined in W.S. 35-20-102(a)(xviii).
WY Stat § 35-1-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-402 - State Office Established.

35-1-402. State office established.| The department of health shall establish a state office of vital records services, which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital records throughout this state.
WY Stat § 35-1-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-403 - Appointment of State Registrar.

35-1-403. Appointment of state registrar.| The director of the department of health shall be the state registrar. He shall appoint a deputy who shall carry out the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 35-1-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-404 - Duties of State Registrar.

35-1-404. Duties of state registrar.| (a) The state registrar shall:  (i) Make, promulgate and enforce all necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the purpose of this act;  (ii) Receive, index and statistically compile the returns of births, deaths, stillbirths, marriages and divorces from the entire state;  (iii) Prescribe and distribute such forms as are required by this act and the rules and regulations issued hereunder;  (iv) Direct, supervise and control the activities of local registrars and the activities of other local officials related to the operation of the vital records system and provide them with necessary postage;  (v) Submit to the governor an annual report of the administration of this act;  (vi) Keep a correct account of all fees received and turn the same over to the state treasurer as provided by law;  (vii) Delegate such functions and duties vested in him to officers and employees of the office of vital records services and to the local registrars as he deems necessary or expedient;  (viii) Investigate all of the cases of irregularity or violation of this act and any regulations.
WY Stat § 35-1-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-405 - Registration Districts.

35-1-405. Registration districts.| The state registrar shall from time to time establish registration districts throughout the state. He may consolidate or subdivide such districts to facilitate registration.
WY Stat § 35-1-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-406 - Appointment and Removal of Local Registrars and Deputy Local Registrars.

35-1-406. Appointment and removal of local registrars and deputy local registrars.| (a) The state registrar shall appoint a local registrar and one or more deputy local registrars of vital records for each registration district. He may remove a local registrar or deputy local registrar for reasonable cause.  (b) Each person so appointed shall be notified in writing, setting forth the area for which he is responsible for promoting and supervising vital registration, and he shall inform the state registrar in writing of his acceptance of the appointment.
WY Stat § 35-1-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-407 - Duties of Local Registrars.

35-1-407. Duties of local registrars.| (a) Each local registration official shall serve as an agent of the state registrar in his district and shall:  (i) Register only births, stillbirths and deaths that occur in his district;  (ii) Examine certificates, record them in his register, numbering each in order of filing;  (iii) Issue burial and removal permits for properly filed death certificates;  (iv) Make prompt returns on or before the fifth day of each month to the state registrar or report that no births or deaths occurred in his district;  (v) See that the provisions of this act are enforced in his district and that all births, stillbirths and deaths that occur are fully registered and make prompt report to the state registrar of any case of failure or neglect to file certificates;  (vi) In accordance with regulations issued hereunder, the deputy local registrar shall perform the duties of the local registrar in the absence or incapacity of such local registrar and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the state registrar.
WY Stat § 35-1-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-408 - Compensation of Local Registrars.

35-1-408. Compensation of local registrars.| (a) Each local registrar shall be paid fifty cents ($.50) for each certificate of birth, death or stillbirth registered by him and promptly transmitted to the state registrar. If no birth, death, or stillbirth is registered by him during any calendar month, the local registrar shall report that fact to the state registrar and be paid the sum of fifty cents ($.50).  (b) The fee will be paid annually by the county commissioners upon the presentation of a proper claim approved by the state registrar.  (c) No compensation shall be paid under this section to any full-time employee of a state or local unit of government.
WY Stat § 35-1-409 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-409 - Form of Certificates.

35-1-409. Form of certificates.| (a) In order to promote and maintain uniformity of the system of vital statistics the forms of the certificates, reports and other returns required by the act or by regulations adopted hereunder, shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics subject to approval of and modification by the department of health. Social security numbers, if available, will be required on death certificates.  (b) Each certificate, report and form required to be filed under this act shall have entered upon its face the date of registration duly attested.
WY Stat § 35-1-410 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-410 - Birth Registration.

35-1-410. Birth registration.| (a) A certificate of birth for each live birth which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurs within ten (10) days after such birth and shall be registered by the registrar if it has been completed in accordance with this section. When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance a birth certificate shall be filed in the district in which the child was first removed from the conveyance.  (b) When a birth occurs in an institution, or en route thereto, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required by the certificate and file it with the local registrar. The person in attendance will certify to the facts of the birth and provide the medical information required by the certificate within seven (7) days after birth. If the attendant has not signed the certificate within seven (7) days of the date of the birth, the person in charge of the institution or a designated representative shall complete and sign the certificate.  (c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one (1) of the following in the indicated order of priority:  (i) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;  (ii) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth; or  (iii) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.  (d) For purposes of birth registration, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise at any time or except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the woman who gives birth to the child shall be deemed the mother.  (e) Upon the birth of a child under a gestational agreement, the intended parents of the child born under the gestational agreement shall be deemed to be the mother and father of the child, including for purposes of birth registration and the birth certificate, upon satisfying the following conditions:  (i) Submission of a complete application by the intended parents as the state office of vital records services prescribes; and  (ii) Verification by the state office of vital records services that the gestational agreement complies with the requirements of W.S. 35-1-401(a)(xiv).
WY Stat § 35-1-411 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 1 - Administration|Article 4 - Vital Records|Section 35-1-411 - Name of Father on Birth Certificate.

35-1-411. Name of father on birth certificate.| (a) If the mother was married either at the time of conception or birth of child, or between conception and birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate as the father of the child, unless:  (i) Paternity has been determined otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction; or  (ii) The husband signs an affidavit denying that he is the father and the mother and the person to be named as the father sign an affidavit of paternity under this section. Affidavits may be joint or individual or a combination thereof, and each signature shall be individually notarized. The name of the person signing the affidavit of paternity shall be entered as the father on the certificate of birth.  (b) If the mother was not married either at the time of conception or birth of child, or between conception and birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate of birth without an affidavit of paternity signed by the mother and the person to be named as father, unless a determination of the paternity has been made by a court of competent jurisdiction.  (c) In any case in which paternity of a child is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, the name of the father and surname of the child shall be entered on the certificate of birth in accordance with the finding and order of the court.  (d) If the father is not named on the certificate of birth, no other information about the father shall be entered on the certificate.