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WY Stat § 14-3-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 1 - Prohibited Acts|Section 14-3-107 - Performing Body-Art on Persons Who Have Not Reached the Age of Majority; Penalties; Definition.

14-3-107. Performing body-art on persons who have not reached the age of majority; penalties; definition.| (a) No person shall knowingly perform body-art upon or under the skin of a person who has not reached the age of majority, except with the consent of the person's parent or legal guardian who is present at the time the body-art procedure is performed upon the person. The person performing the body-art procedure shall demand proof of age prior to administering the body-art procedure upon the person. A motor vehicle driver's license, a registration card issued under the federal Selective Service Act, an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces, a valid United States passport, a tribal identification card issued by the governing body of the Eastern Shoshone tribe of Wyoming or the Northern Arapahoe tribe of Wyoming or an identification card issued by the department of transportation is prima facie evidence of the age and identity of the person. Proof that the person performing the body-art procedure demanded, was shown and acted in reasonable reliance upon the information contained in any one (1) of the above documents as identification and proof of age is a defense to any criminal prosecution under this section.  (b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.  (c) As used in this section:  (i) "Body-art" means the practice of physical body adornment utilizing body piercing, branding, scarification, sculpting or tattooing. This definition does not include practices conducted under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine under Wyoming law nor does this definition include piercing of the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear by means of sterilized stud-and-clasp ear piercing systems;  (ii) "Body piercing" means any puncturing or penetration of the skin or mucosa of a person and the insertion of jewelry or other adornment in the opening;  (iii) "Branding" means any invasive procedure in which a permanent mark is burned into or onto the skin using either temperature, mechanical or chemical means;  (iv) "Scarification" means any invasive procedure in which the intended result is the production of scar tissue on the surface of the skin;  (v) "Sculpting" means any modification of the skin, mucosa, cartilage or tissue of the body for nonmedical purposes;  (vi) "Tattoo" means any indelible design, letter, scroll, figure, symbol or any other mark placed upon or under the skin with ink or colors, by the aid of needles or other instruments.
WY Stat § 14-3-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-201 - Purpose.

14-3-201. Purpose.| The purpose of W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-216 is to delineate the responsibilities of the state agency, other governmental agencies or officials, professionals and citizens to intervene on behalf of a child suspected of being abused or neglected, to protect the best interest of the child, to further offer protective services when necessary in order to prevent any harm to the child or any other children living in the home, to protect children from abuse or neglect which jeopardize their health or welfare, to stabilize the home environment, to preserve family life whenever possible and to provide permanency for the child in appropriate circumstances. The child's health, safety and welfare shall be of paramount concern in implementing and enforcing this article.
WY Stat § 14-3-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-203 - Duties of State Agency; On-Call Services.

14-3-203. Duties of state agency; on-call services.| (a) The state agency shall:  (i) Administer W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215;  (ii) Be responsible for strengthening and improving state and community efforts toward the prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the state; and  (iii) Refer any person or family seeking assistance in meeting child care responsibilities, whether or not the problem presented by the person or family is child abuse or neglect, to appropriate community resources, agencies, services or facilities.  (iv) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 236, § 4.  (b) The state agency may contract for assistance in providing on-call services. The assistance may include screening protection calls, making appropriate referrals to law enforcement and the agency, and maintaining a record of calls and referrals. Contractors shall have training in child protection services.  (c) The state agency shall ensure that all child protective service workers are trained:  (i) In the principles of family centered practice that focus on providing services to the entire family to achieve the goals of safety and permanency for children, including balancing the best interests of children with the rights of parents;  (ii) In the duty of the workers to inform the individual subject to a child abuse or neglect allegation, at the earliest opportunity during the initial contact, of the specific complaints or allegations made against the individual;  (iii) Concerning constitutional and statutory rights of children and families from and after the initial time of contact and the worker's legal duty not to violate the constitutional and statutory rights of children and families from and after the initial time of contact;  (iv) To know the state's legal definitions of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, dependency and endangerment;  (v) To know the provisions of federal and state laws governing child welfare practice, including but not limited to the Adoption and Safe Families Act, Indian Child Welfare Act, Multi-Ethnic Placement Act, the Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act and the Family First Prevention Services Act, as amended;  (vi) To make reasonable efforts to determine if the person responsible for the welfare of a child in a suspected case of child abuse or neglect is a member of the armed forces or if the child is enrolled in the defense enrollment eligibility reporting system of the United States department of defense.
WY Stat § 14-3-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-205 - Child Abuse or Neglect; Persons Required to Report.

14-3-205. Child abuse or neglect; persons required to report.| (a) Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe or suspect that a child has been abused or neglected or who observes any child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, shall immediately report it to the child protective agency or local law enforcement agency or cause a report to be made. The fact a child, who is at least sixteen (16) years of age, is homeless as defined in W.S. 14-1-102(d) shall not, in and of itself, constitute a sufficient basis for reporting neglect. Female genital mutilation under W.S. 6-2-502(a)(v) when the victim is a minor shall be considered child abuse for mandatory reporting under this section.  (b) If a person reporting child abuse or neglect is a member of the staff of a medical or other public or private institution, school, facility or agency, he shall notify the person in charge or his designated agent as soon as possible, who is thereupon also responsible to make the report or cause the report to be made. Nothing in this subsection is intended to relieve individuals of their obligation to report on their own behalf unless a report has already been made or will be made.  (c) Any employer, public or private, who discharges, suspends, disciplines or penalizes an employee solely for making a report of neglect or abuse under W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.  (d) Any person who knowingly and intentionally makes a false report of child abuse or neglect, or who encourages or coerces another person to make a false report of child abuse or neglect, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
WY Stat § 14-3-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-207 - Abuse or Neglect as Suspected Cause of Death; Coroner's Investigation.

14-3-207. Abuse or neglect as suspected cause of death; coroner's investigation.| Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child abuse or neglect shall report to the appropriate coroner. The coroner shall investigate the report and submit his findings in writing to the law enforcement agency, the appropriate district attorney and the local child protective agency.
WY Stat § 14-3-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-209 - Immunity From Liability.

14-3-209. Immunity from liability.| Any person, official, institution or agency participating in good faith in any act required or permitted by W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215 is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result by reason of the action. For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceeding, the good faith of any person, official or institution participating in any act permitted or required by W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215 shall be presumed.
WY Stat § 14-3-210 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-210 - Admissibility of Evidence Constituting Privileged Communications.

14-3-210. Admissibility of evidence constituting privileged communications.| (a) Evidence regarding a child in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report made pursuant to W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215 shall not be excluded on the ground it constitutes a privileged communication:  (i) Between husband and wife;  (ii) Claimed under any provision of law other than W.S. 1-12-101(a)(i) and (ii); or  (iii) Claimed pursuant to W.S. 1-12-116.
WY Stat § 14-3-211 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-211 - Appointment of Counsel for Child and Other Parties.

14-3-211. Appointment of counsel for child and other parties.| (a) The court shall appoint counsel to represent any child in a court proceeding in which the child is alleged to be abused or neglected. Any attorney representing a child under this section shall also serve as the child's guardian ad litem unless a guardian ad litem has been appointed by the court. The attorney or guardian ad litem shall be charged with representation of the child's best interest.  (b) The court may appoint counsel for any party when necessary in the interest of justice.
WY Stat § 14-3-212 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-212 - Child Protection Teams; Creation; Composition; Duties; Records Confidential.

14-3-212. Child protection teams; creation; composition; duties; records confidential.| (a) The state agency and the local child protective agency shall encourage and assist in the creation of child protection teams within the communities in the state. The purposes of the child protection teams shall be to identify or develop community resources to serve abused and neglected children within the community, to advocate for improved services or procedures for such children and to provide information and assistance to the state agency, local child protection agency and multidisciplinary teams, if a multidisciplinary team has been appointed. The department may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act to define the roles and procedures of child protection teams.  (b) The local child protection team shall be composed of:  (i) A member of the district attorney's office;  (ii) A designated representative from the school district or districts within the area served by the team;  (iii) A representative from the local field office of the department of family services;  (iv) A representative from the county government;  (v) A representative from each city and town in the county;  (vi) Representatives from other relevant professions; and  (vii) Temporary members selected for the needs of a particular case as determined by the team.  (c) The local child protection team may:  (i) Assist and coordinate with the state agency, the local child protective agency and all available agencies and organizations dealing with children;  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 236, § 4.  (iii) Coordinate the provision of appropriate services for abused and neglected children and their families;  (iv) Identify or develop community resources to serve abused and neglected children and advocate for improved services and procedures for such children;  (v) Identify training needs, sponsor training and raise community awareness of child protection issues; and  (vi) Assist and make recommendations of appropriate services in individual cases brought to it by the state agency or the local child protection agency.  (d) The local child protection team shall not act as a multidisciplinary team, but members of the child protection team may serve on a multidisciplinary team if appointed pursuant to W.S. 14-3-427.  (e) All records and proceedings of the child protection teams are subject to W.S. 14-3-214.
WY Stat § 14-3-213 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-213 - Central Registry of Child Protection Cases; Establishment; Operation; Amendment, Expungement or Removal of Records; Classification and Expungement of Reports; Statement of Person Accused.

14-3-213. Central registry of child protection cases; establishment; operation; amendment, expungement or removal of records; classification and expungement of reports; statement of person accused.| (a) The state agency shall establish and maintain a record of all child protection reports and a central registry of "under investigation" or "substantiated" child protection reports in accordance with W.S. 42-2-111.  (b) Through the recording of reports, the state agency's recordkeeping system shall be operated to enable the state agency to:  (i) Immediately identify and locate prior reports of cases of child abuse or neglect to assist in the diagnosis of suspicious circumstances and the assessment of the needs of the child and his family;  (ii) Continuously monitor the current status of all pending child protection cases;  (iii) Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws and programs through the development and analysis of statistical and other information; and  (iv) Maintain a central registry of "under investigation" reports and "substantiated" reports of child abuse or neglect for provision of information to qualifying applicants pursuant to W.S. 14-3-214(f).  (c) Upon good cause shown and upon notice to the subject of an "under investigation" or "substantiated" report, the state agency may list, amend, expunge or remove any record from the central registry in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the state agency.  (d) All reports of child abuse or neglect contained within the central registry shall be classified in one (1) of the following categories:  (i) "Under investigation"; or  (ii) "Substantiated".  (iii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 23, § 2.  (e) Within six (6) months all reports classified as "under investigation" shall be reclassified as "substantiated" or expunged from the central registry, unless the state agency is notified of an open criminal investigation or criminal prosecution. Unsubstantiated reports shall not be contained within the central registry.  (f) Any person named as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in any report maintained in the central registry which is classified as a substantiated report as defined in W.S. 14-3-202(a)(xi) shall have the right to have included in the report his statement concerning the incident giving rise to the report. Any person seeking to include a statement pursuant to this subsection shall provide the state agency with the statement. The state agency shall provide notice to any person identified as a perpetrator of his right to submit his statement in any report maintained in the central registry.  (g) Conviction of a person under W.S. 6-2-502(a)(v) when the victim is a minor shall be included as a substantiated report of child abuse in the central registry under this section.
WY Stat § 14-3-215 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-215 - Interagency Children's Collaborative.

14-3-215. Interagency children's collaborative.| (a) There is created an interagency children's collaborative. The collaborative shall be composed of:  (i) The director of the department of family services, or his designee;  (ii) The director of the department of health, or his designee;  (iii) The superintendent of public instruction, or his designee;  (iv) The director of the department of workforce services, or his designee; and  (v) The governor's appointee who shall represent families receiving services from the state agencies represented in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of this subsection.  (b) The department of family services shall adopt rules by July 1, 2005, to establish guidelines for review of case files of children in state custody as a result of any action commenced under this title. The rules shall be adopted by the department of family services with the advice of the departments of education, health and workforce services. In addition to providing for the review of cases and the progress made towards returning children in state custody to their homes, communities or other permanent placements, the guidelines shall provide specific processes for:  (i) Local multidisciplinary teams to voluntarily present case files to the collaborative for review;  (ii) The review of cases in which more than one (1) state agency provides services to the child and his family; and  (iii) The review of statewide availability and utilization of resources for children in state custody.
WY Stat § 14-3-216 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 2 - Child Protective Services|Section 14-3-216 - Other Laws Not Superseded.

14-3-216. Other laws not superseded.| No laws of this state are superseded by the provisions of W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-216.
WY Stat § 14-3-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 3 - Sale of Nicotine Products|Section 14-3-301 - Definitions.

14-3-301. Definitions.| (a) As used in this article:  (i) "Tobacco products" means any substance containing tobacco leaf or any product made or derived from tobacco that contains nicotine including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco or dipping tobacco;  (ii) "Vending machine" means any mechanical, electric or electronic self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens, or any other form of payment, dispenses nicotine products;  (iii) "Retailer" means a business of any kind at a specific location that sells nicotine products to a user or consumer;  (iv) "Self service display" means any display of nicotine products that is located in an area where customers are permitted and where the nicotine products are readily accessible to a customer without the assistance of a salesperson;  (v) "Electronic cigarette" means any device that can be used to deliver aerosolized or vaporized nicotine or synthetic nicotine material to the person using the device and includes any component, part and accessory of the device and any vapor material intended to be aerosolized or vaporized during the use of the device. "Electronic cigarette" includes, without limitation, any electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic hooka, vapor pen and any similar product or device. "Electronic cigarette" does not include a battery or battery charger if sold separately from the electronic cigarette and does not include any product regulated as a drug or device by the United States food and drug administration under subchapter V of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act;  (vi) "Nicotine products" means tobacco products and electronic cigarettes;  (vii) "Vapor material" means any liquid solution or other material containing nicotine or synthetic nicotine that is depleted as an electronic cigarette is used. "Vapor material" includes liquid solution or other material containing nicotine or synthetic nicotine that is sold with or inside an electronic cigarette.
WY Stat § 14-3-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 14 - Children|Chapter 3 - Protection|Article 3 - Sale of Nicotine Products|Section 14-3-304 - Purchase by Person Under Twenty-One Years of Age Prohibited.

14-3-304. Purchase by person under twenty-one years of age prohibited.| (a) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall purchase or attempt to purchase nicotine products, or misrepresent his identity or age, or use any false or altered identification for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase nicotine products. A person shall not be arrested for an alleged violation of this subsection but shall be issued a citation as a charging document by a peace officer having probable cause to believe the person violated this subsection. An officer issuing a citation shall deposit one (1) copy of the citation with the court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. Bond may be posted and forfeited for an offense charged under this section in an amount equal to the fine imposed by subsection (b) of this section.  (b) Any person violating subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).  (i) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 83, § 2.  (ii) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 83, § 2.  (iii) Repealed by Laws 2020, ch. 83, § 2.  (c) In lieu of the fine under subsection (b) of this section, the court may allow the defendant to perform community service or attend a tobacco or nicotine cessation program and be granted credit against his fine and court costs at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) for each hour of work performed or each hour of tobacco or nicotine cessation program attended.  (d) No conviction under this section, whether by guilty plea, adjudication of guilt or forfeiture of bond shall be reported by the court to any law enforcement agency. Upon payment of the fine imposed by subsection (b) of this section, a criminal conviction under this section shall be expunged by operation of law from all records of the court six (6) months after the entry of conviction. For any person whose record of conviction was expunged under this subsection, the conviction is deemed not to have occurred and the individual may reply accordingly upon any inquiry in the matter. No expungement under this subsection shall be considered for purposes of any other law providing for expungement.