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WY Stat § 35-2-905 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-905 - Conditions, Monitoring or Revoking a License.

35-2-905. Conditions, monitoring or revoking a license.| (a) The division may place conditions upon a license, install a division approved monitor or manager at the owner's or operator's expense, suspend admissions, or deny, suspend or revoke a license issued under this act if a licensee:  (i) Violates any provision of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act;  (ii) Permits, aids or abets the commission of any illegal act by a licensee;  (iii) Conducts practices detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the patients of the licensee;  (iv) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 116, § 2.  (v) Fails to pay a nursing care facility assessment and the department determines to suspend or revoke the license as provided in W.S. 42-8-107(b)(ii).  (b) No license issued pursuant to this act shall be suspended or revoked or have conditions placed upon it or admissions suspended nor shall the division install an approved monitor or manager without notice to the licensee and an opportunity for a hearing under W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115.  (c) If the division suspends the admission of new patients to a health care facility, the health care facility shall be provided an opportunity to abate the condition or conditions prior to suspension of admissions. If the conditions leading to the suspension of new admissions continue unabated beyond the period allowed for abatement, the division may continue the suspension of new admissions, or suspend or revoke the license.  (d) Any hearing held by the division under this section shall be held in the city or town in which the facility is located, or in the closest city or town with appropriate facilities for a hearing.  (e) If the division finds that conditions in a health care facility are in violation of this act and rules and regulations adopted under this act to the extent that there exists a substantial and immediate threat to the health or safety of patients, it may summarily suspend the license of that facility and take action necessary to protect the health and safety of patients. In cases of suspension under this subsection, the licensee shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing within ten (10) days after the suspension.  (f) If a license is revoked pursuant to this act, an application for a new license may be made to the division only after the conditions upon which revocation was based have been corrected and evidence of this fact has been furnished to the division. A new license shall be granted only if the applicant is in compliance with all provisions of this act and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act.
WY Stat § 35-2-906 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-906 - Construction and Expansion of Facilities; Exemption.

35-2-906. Construction and expansion of facilities; exemption.| (a) A licensee who contemplates construction of or alteration or addition to a health care facility shall submit plans and specifications to the division for preliminary inspection and approval prior to commencing construction. Significant changes to the original plans must also be submitted and approved prior to implementation. The plans and any changes shall indicate any increase in the number of beds.  (b) Nursing care facility beds shall not be expanded or constructed if the average of all the nursing care bed occupancy, excluding veteran administration beds, in the construction area is eighty-five percent (85%) or less based upon the annual occupancy report prepared by the division.  (c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section any nursing care facility or hospital may, in any two (2) year period, increase its bed capacity by ten percent (10%) of the current nursing care facility bed capacity or by not more than ten (10) beds.  (d) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 87, § 2.  (e) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 87, § 2.  (f) Beds in adult foster care homes and beds in alternative eldercare homes constructed pursuant to the pilot programs authorized in W.S. 42-6-104 and 42-6-105 shall not be considered as nursing care facility beds for the purposes of this section.  (g) Beds constructed at any health care facility owned or operated by the department shall be exempt from subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
WY Stat § 35-2-907 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-907 - Inspection of Licensed Establishments; Exceptions; Assisted Living Facility Inspection Procedure.

35-2-907. Inspection of licensed establishments; exceptions; assisted living facility inspection procedure.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section every licensed health care facility shall be periodically inspected by the division under rules and regulations promulgated by the department. A licensed health care facility which has been accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting body approved by federal regulations shall be granted a license renewal without further inspection. Inspection reports shall be prepared on forms prescribed by the division. Licensees accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body shall submit the inspection report pursuant to its accreditation. If the standards of the nationally recognized accrediting body fail to meet or exceed the state standards for licensure, the division may inspect the licensed facility with regard to those matters which did not meet state standards.  (b) Except as required in administrative and judicial proceedings, information obtained from licensees under this act is subject to public disclosure only after deletion of information which reveals the identity of patients, persons who file complaints with the division and employees of the health care facility.  (c) The division shall:  (i) Provide for the selection of an inspector to inspect and evaluate an applicant for an assisted living facility;  (ii) Approve and establish a fee to be paid by the applicant to the selected inspector. The division shall notify the applicant of the inspection fee prior to the inspection and evaluation;  (iii) Act on the application within thirty (30) days after receiving a report from the selected inspector on the inspection and evaluation of the applicant.
WY Stat § 35-2-908 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-908 - Rules and Regulations.

35-2-908. Rules and regulations.| The department shall promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of patients of health care facilities licensed under this act.
WY Stat § 35-2-909 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-909 - Penalties for Violations.

35-2-909. Penalties for violations.| Except for violations otherwise punishable as a felony under the laws of this state, any person establishing or operating a facility or providing a service without first obtaining a license as required in this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each calendar week or portion thereof during which a violation continues is a separate offense.
WY Stat § 35-2-910 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-910 - Quality Management Functions for Health Care Facilities; Confidentiality; Immunity; Whistle Blowing; Peer Review.

35-2-910. Quality management functions for health care facilities; confidentiality; immunity; whistle blowing; peer review.| (a) Each licensee shall implement a quality management function to evaluate and improve patient and resident care and services in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the division. Quality management information relating to the evaluation or improvement of the quality of health care services is confidential. Any person who in good faith and within the scope of the functions of a quality management program participates in the reporting, collection, evaluation, or use of quality management information or performs other functions as part of a quality management program with regard to a specific circumstance shall be immune from suit in any civil action based on such functions brought by a health care provider or person to whom the quality information pertains. In no event shall this immunity apply to any negligent or intentional act or omission in the provision of care.  (b) Health care facilities subject to or licensed pursuant to this act shall not harass, threaten discipline or in any manner discriminate against any resident, patient or employee of any health care facility for reporting to the division a violation of any state or federal law or rule and regulation. Any employee found to have knowingly made a false report to the division shall be subject to disciplinary action by the employing health care facility, including but not limited to, dismissal.  (c) No hospital shall be issued a license or have its license renewed unless it provides for the review of professional practices in the hospital for the purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality and for the improvement of the care of patients in the hospital. This review shall include, but not be limited to:  (i) The quality and necessity of the care provided to patients as rendered in the hospital;  (ii) The prevention of complications and deaths occurring in the hospital;  (iii) The review of medical treatments and diagnostic and surgical procedures in order to ensure safe and adequate treatment of patients in the hospital; and  (iv) The evaluation of medical and health care services and the qualifications and professional competence of persons performing or seeking to perform those services.  (d) The review required in subsection (c) of this section shall be performed according to the decision of a hospital's governing board by:  (i) A peer review committee appointed by the organized medical staff of the hospital;  (ii) A state, local or specialty medical society; or  (iii) Any other organization of physicians established pursuant to state or federal law and engaged by the hospital for the purposes of subsection (c) of this section.
WY Stat § 35-2-911 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-911 - Nonbinding Functional Assessments.

35-2-911. Nonbinding functional assessments.| The department may, with the consent of the person seeking admission into a nursing care facility or his representative, conduct a nonbinding functional assessment for that person at the state's expense.
WY Stat § 35-2-913 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 9 - Licensing and Operations|Section 35-2-913 - Exceptions.

35-2-913. Exceptions.| (a) No freestanding emergency center shall require separate licensure under this act when operated by the provider based emergency department of a Wyoming licensed hospital.  (b) On and before June 30, 2025, freestanding emergency centers operated by a hospital district or rural health care district shall not require licensure under this act provided a hospital transfer agreement is in place.  (c) Any freestanding emergency center shall accept patients regardless of age, Medicare, Medicaid or other insurance status or ability to pay. A freestanding emergency center not owned by a Wyoming hospital shall have an appropriate hospital transfer agreement in place.  (d) A license to operate a freestanding emergency center shall not be construed as a license to operate a hospital and shall not allow any freestanding emergency center to hold a patient within its facility for more than twenty-four (24) hours unless an emergency arises that prevents the safe transport of the patient.
WY Stat § 35-2-1001 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 10 - Designation of Hospitals|Section 35-2-1001 - Designation of Heart Attack and Stroke Centers.

35-2-1001. Designation of heart attack and stroke centers.| (a) The department of health shall establish by rule and regulation the process for recognition and designation of hospitals as any one (1) or more of the following:  (i) Heart attack receiving centers;  (ii) Heart attack referring centers;  (iii) Comprehensive stroke centers;  (iv) Primary stroke centers;  (v) Acute stroke ready centers.  (b) The designation of hospitals pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall recognize those hospitals that are accredited by the society for cardiovascular patient care, the American heart association, the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organizations or another nationally recognized accreditation organization as determined by the department in its rules and regulations.  (c) The department shall withdraw the designation of a hospital pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the department determines that the hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this section or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.  (d) The department shall adopt rules and regulations to enforce this article, which shall include all of the following:  (i) Specific criteria for qualification pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including identification of accrediting organizations;  (ii) Designation application procedures;  (iii) Procedures for withdrawal of a designation;  (iv) Support for the coordination among designated hospitals for the referral and transfer of patients to facilitate appropriate care for acute heart attack and stroke patients.  (v) Evidence based prehospital care protocols for emergency medical services providers to assess, treat and transport stroke and acute heart attack patients. The office of emergency medical services shall work in coordination with licensed emergency medical providers in developing the protocols which shall include:  (A) Plans for the triage and transport of stroke patients to the closest comprehensive or primary stroke center or, when appropriate, to an acute stroke ready center;  (B) Plans for the triage and transport of acute heart attack patients to the closest receiving or referring center within a specified time after a patients report of symptoms.
WY Stat § 35-2-1101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1101 - Short Title.

35-2-1101. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Health Care Facility Receivership Act."
WY Stat § 35-2-1102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1102 - Definitions.

35-2-1102. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Department" means the department of health;  (ii) "Health care facility" means any facility licensed or certified by the department that is a hospital or that normally provides twenty-four (24) hour per day care for individuals, including the facility's owner, operator or licensee;  (iii) "This act" means W.S. 35-2-1101 through 35-2-1109.
WY Stat § 35-2-1103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1103 - Petition for Receivership; Hearing; Parties; Emergency Order.

35-2-1103. Petition for receivership; hearing; parties; emergency order.| (a) The department may file a petition in the district court to appoint a receiver for a health care facility, if the facility:  (i) Is operating without a license or the facility's license has been suspended, revoked or not timely renewed; or  (ii) Presents a situation, physical condition, practice or method of operation that causes an imminent danger of death or significant mental or physical harm to its residents or patients.  (b) Service of process shall be made in any manner as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure. If personal service cannot practicably or promptly be made as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, service may be made by delivery of the summons with the petition attached to any person in charge of the health care facility at the time service is made.  (c) The court shall hold a hearing on the merits of the petition not later than ten (10) days after the date the petition is filed.  (d) Following a hearing, the district court shall appoint the director of the department as the receiver if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that any of the conditions in subsection (a) of this section exist.  (e) The court may appoint a receiver upon an ex parte motion when affidavits, testimony or any other evidence presented indicates there is a reasonable likelihood that any of the conditions in paragraph (a)(ii) of this section exist. Notice of the petition and ex parte order appointing the receiver shall be served in any manner as provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure and shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside the facility not later than twenty-four (24) hours after issuance of the order. A hearing on the original petition shall be held not later than five (5) days after the issuance of the ex parte order unless the health care facility consents to a later date or waives the hearing.  (f) Following any regular or ex parte hearing, the director of the department may designate a qualified person, experienced in health facility management, to act as the receiver. The designated person shall be free of conflict of interest with the health care facility that is in receivership.  (g) After the appointment of a receiver, the court shall conduct a hearing on the status of the receivership every six (6) months.
WY Stat § 35-2-1104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1104 - Effect of Appointment.

35-2-1104. Effect of appointment.| When a receiver is appointed under this act, the health care facility shall be divested of possession and control in favor of the receiver. The appointment of the receiver shall not affect the rights of the health care facility to defend against any claim, suit or action against the facility, including, but not limited to, any licensure, certification or injunctive action taken by the department.
WY Stat § 35-2-1105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1105 - Powers and Duties of a Receiver.

35-2-1105. Powers and duties of a receiver.| (a) A receiver appointed under this act shall:  (i) Have the same powers as a receiver under W.S. 1-33-104 and shall exercise those powers necessary to remedy the conditions that constituted grounds for the imposition of the receivership, assure adequate health care for the residents or patients and preserve the assets and property of the health care facility;  (ii) Notify each resident or patient and each resident or patient's guardian or conservator, if any, or other responsible party, if known, of the receivership;  (iii) Collect incoming payments from all sources;  (iv) Apply the current revenue and current assets of the health care facility to current operating expenses of the facility;  (v) Pay taxes against the health care facility which become due during the receivership;  (vi) Be entitled to take possession of all property, assets and records of residents or patients which are in the possession of the health care facility. The receiver shall preserve all property, assets and records of residents or patients of which the receiver takes possession.  (b) In addition to the powers and duties provided in subsection (a) of this section, a receiver may exercise the following powers:  (i) Assume the role of administrator and take control of day-to-day operations of the health care facility or name a qualified administrator to conduct the day-to-day operations of the health care facility subject to the supervision and direction of the receiver;  (ii) Correct or eliminate any deficiency in the structure or furnishings of the health care facility that endangers the safety or health of the residents or patients while they remain in the facility, provided the total cost of correction does not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). The court may order expenditures for this purpose in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) on application from the receiver;  (iii) Remedy violations of federal and state laws and regulations governing the operation of the health care facility;  (iv) Contract for or hire agents and employees to maintain and operate the facility; and  (v) Hire or discharge any employees including the health care facility's administrator.  (c) The receiver in its discretion may, but shall not be required to, defend any claim, suit or action against the receiver or the health care facility arising out of conditions, actions or circumstances occurring or continuing at the health care facility after the appointment of the receiver.  (d) The district court may limit or expand the powers or duties of a receiver.
WY Stat § 35-2-1106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 35 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services|Article 11 - Health Care Facility Receivership|Section 35-2-1106 - Termination of Receivership.

35-2-1106. Termination of receivership.| (a) The court, upon a motion by the receiver, the health care facility or the owner of the physical facility, may terminate the receivership if:  (i) The receivership is no longer necessary because the conditions which gave rise to the receivership no longer exist;  (ii) All of the residents in the facility have been transferred or discharged and the facility is ready to be closed; or  (iii) The owner of the physical facility or the health care facility enters into a lease or sale agreement with a prospective operator of the facility who is licensed or can be licensed by the department and who in the judgment of the department will likely remedy the cause of the receivership.  (b) In its termination order, the court may include terms it deems necessary to prevent the future occurrence of the conditions upon which the receivership was ordered.