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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-509 - Duties and Powers of the Board.

33-16-509. Duties and powers of the board.
(a) The board:
(i) Shall have the authority to issue registrations, permits and licenses to qualified persons;
(ii) Shall have the authority to enter into interstate or intrastate agreements and associations with other boards of licensure for the purpose of establishing reciprocity, developing examinations, evaluating applicants or other activities to enhance the services of the board to the state, the licensee, the registrant, the permittee and the public;
(iii) Shall adopt a seal to be affixed to all licenses, registrations and permits issued;
(iv) Shall adopt rules not inconsistent with this act or the laws of this state that are reasonable and necessary to administer this act;
(v) May employ a board administrator and any additional staff as necessary to administer and enforce this act and board rules;
(vi) Shall have the authority to inspect the premises in which the business of funeral service is conducted, in which the business of cremation of human remains is conducted, where embalming is practiced or where chemical disposition is practiced. For purposes of this paragraph the board may employ a funeral service practitioner licensee of the state of Wyoming as an inspector to aid in the enforcement of this act and rules adopted pursuant thereto, whose compensation and expenses shall be payable only out of the fees collected by the board;
(vii) Shall have the authority to receive and investigate complaints, hire investigators and take all appropriate action allowed by law to enforce this act;
(viii) Shall conduct hearings as recommended by the complaint investigator on complaints concerning violations of this act and the rules adopted under this act. The board shall have authority to administer oaths, take affidavits, summon witnesses and take testimony as to matters coming within the scope of its duties;
(ix) In its own name, may bring an action for an injunction, and courts of this state may enjoin any person from violation of this act. These proceedings shall be prosecuted by the attorney general's office or private counsel may be secured by the board with approval of the attorney general;
(x) May charge fees for application, examination, licensing, registering, permitting, renewal and any other service provided in amounts established pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201;
(xi) Shall adopt rules regulating the lease of caskets to ensure sanitary use. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the lease of a casket for funeral and other services of a person to be cremated shall be authorized by those rules;
(xii) Shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to regulate the practice of professional funeral service, including professional conduct, continuing education and discipline.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-510 - Prohibited Acts, Penalties, Injunctive Relief.

33-16-510. Prohibited acts, penalties, injunctive relief.
(a) No person shall:
(i) Engage in the business practice of funeral service, cremation, chemical disposition or other activities defined as part of funeral service practice, unless licensed, registered or permitted to do so under this act or lawfully doing so as an employee of a funeral establishment under the supervision of a funeral service practitioner;
(ii) Advertise, represent or in any manner hold himself out as being licensed, registered or permitted to provide the services regulated by this act by use of any title commonly associated with one engaged in the funeral, crematory or funeral service practice without having first complied with this act;
(iii) Conduct, direct or supervise any service with human remains present for a fee, compensation or reimbursement without having first complied with this act;
(iv) Maintain or operate a building or structure within the state of Wyoming as a funeral establishment in violation of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the board;
(v) Maintain or operate a building or structure within the state of Wyoming as a crematory or chemical disposition facility in violation of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the board; or
(vi) Embalm, cremate or chemically dispose of a dead human body when any fact within the knowledge, or brought to the attention, of the licensee, registrant or permittee is sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause of death of the deceased, until permission of the coroner is obtained.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-511 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action on Licensees, Registrations and Permits, Generally.

33-16-511. Grounds for disciplinary action on licensees, registrations and permits, generally.
(a) The board may refuse to renew, or may deny, suspend, revoke or otherwise restrict a license, registration or permit issued under this act for any of the following acts:
(i) Unprofessional conduct, as defined by rules and regulations of the board;
(ii) Failure to make timely and proper application for renewal or failure to meet the continuing education requirements prior to the license, registration or permit expiration date;
(iii) Willful violation of any provision of the rules and regulations promulgated by the board;
(iv) Willful violation of any provisions of this act.
(b) In addition to the remedies in subsection (a) of this section, the board may impose a civil penalty upon any person who violates this act or a rule or order of the board. The penalty and fees may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each violation of this act or rule promulgated under this act. Fees imposed may include the board's costs and expenses for the investigation, prosecution and reasonable attorneys' fees.
(c) The board may initiate proceedings under this act on its own motion or on the written complaint of any person. All proceedings before the board shall be conducted under the rules and regulations adopted by the board and in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(d) Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a license, registration or permit issued by the board, the board shall notify the party named in the court order of the withholding, suspension or restriction of the license, registration or permit in accordance with the terms of the court order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a license, registration or permit withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection. If a license, registration or permit is suspended or restricted under this subsection, the license, registration or permit may be reissued without a hearing if the department of family services provides notice that the person has complied with the terms of the court order that resulted in the suspension or restriction of the license, registration or permit issued under this act.
(e) In addition to other remedies, the board may assess part or all of the costs of the proceeding against a disciplined licensee, registrant or permittee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-512 - Limitation of Practice.

33-16-512. Limitation of practice.
All persons licensed, registered or permitted under this act shall adhere to the professional standards of practice promulgated in the rules and regulations of the board. Any person licensed, registered or permitted under this act who refuses or neglects to obey those professional standards of practice shall be subject to discipline.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-513 - Petition for Disciplinary Action; Notice for Hearing; Review.

33-16-513. Petition for disciplinary action; notice for hearing; review.
(a) A petition for the discipline of a licensee, registrant or permittee may be filed by the attorney general or by the county attorney of the county in which the licensee, registrant or permittee resides or has practiced. The petition shall be filed with the board and the board shall set the matter for hearing in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) Petitions for review shall be in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedures.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-514 - Criminal Penalty for Violation.

33-16-514. Criminal penalty for violation.
Unless otherwise provided for in this act for specific violations, any person violating this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. A second or subsequent conviction for violation of this act during a thirty-six (36) month period shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-515 - Funeral Services to Be Conducted in Permitted Funeral Establishment by Licensee or Registrant.

33-16-515. Funeral services to be conducted in permitted funeral establishment by licensee or registrant.
The business of a funeral service practice shall be conducted in a funeral establishment that has been issued a permit by the board. Unlicensed individuals employed by a funeral establishment may assist funeral directors and funeral service practitioners in the area of funeral service practice, under the supervision of a licensed funeral service practitioner. Individuals not licensed by the board as funeral service practitioners or registered as apprentice funeral service practitioners shall not conduct other activities incidental to the practice of embalming and shall not embalm, cremate or chemically dispose of human remains, except as otherwise allowed in W.S. 33-16-530.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-517 - Funeral Service Practitioner; License Required; Qualifications.

33-16-517. Funeral service practitioner; license required; qualifications.
(a) Persons employed by a funeral establishment may assist funeral directors and funeral service practitioners in the area of funeral directing, under the supervision of a licensed funeral service practitioner. To be licensed as a funeral service practitioner within the state of Wyoming, an applicant shall apply to the board for a funeral service practitioner license, upon a form and in the manner prescribed by the board, accompanied by the appropriate fee and satisfactory evidence of the following:
(i) The applicant has reached the age of majority;
(ii) The applicant has no criminal convictions which would impact upon the applicant's abilities to engage in the practice of funeral service in accordance with this act and the rules and regulations of the board. The board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances;
(iii) The applicant has:
(A) Obtained an associates' or higher degree in funeral service practice or mortuary science from an American board of funeral service education accredited mortuary science program or an equivalent accredited program of funeral service education; or
(B) Obtained a mortuary science diploma from an institution accredited by the American board of funeral service education or an equivalent accreditation and can show evidence of five (5) years of experience in practicing funeral service in another jurisdiction, regardless of whether that jurisdiction has a formal licensing requirement for funeral service practice as defined by W.S. 33-16-502(a)(xvii).
(iv) The applicant has completed a one (1) year apprenticeship under the supervision of a Wyoming licensed funeral service practitioner, which shall include practical experience of having assisted in the embalming of at least twenty-five (25) dead human bodies and having assisted in arranging and conducting at least twenty-five (25) funeral or memorial services;
(v) The applicant has passed the National Board Examination as administered by the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Board; and
(vi) The applicant has passed an examination administered by authority of the board on the laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of funeral service in Wyoming. The examination may also contain questions relating to funeral service practice and other areas as deemed proper by the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-518 - Funeral Director; License Required; Qualifications.

33-16-518. Funeral director; license required; qualifications.
It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of funeral directing without being granted a license as a funeral service practitioner or permitted as a funeral director under a permit originally issued prior to July 1, 2014 as provided in W.S. 33-16-520.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-519 - Apprentice Funeral Service Practitioner; Registration Required; Qualifications.

33-16-519. Apprentice funeral service practitioner; registration required; qualifications.
(a) Individuals apprenticing with a funeral service practitioner, shall be licensed as an apprentice funeral service practitioner by the board prior to beginning the apprenticeship. Apprentice credit shall only be given by the board for time actually spent apprenticing under an apprentice license granted by the board. Every person desiring to be licensed as an apprentice, shall apply to the board upon a form and in the manner prescribed by the board, accompanied by the appropriate fee and satisfactory evidence of the following:
(i) The applicant has reached the age of majority;
(ii) The applicant has no criminal convictions which would impact upon the applicant's abilities to provide the services of an apprentice in accordance with this act and the rules and regulations of the board. The board may waive this provision based on individual circumstances; and
(iii) The applicant has passed an examination administered by authority of the board on the laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of funeral service in Wyoming. The examination may also contain questions relating to funeral service topics as deemed proper by the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-520 - Licenses, Registrations and Permits Under Prior Law; Recognition Given; Subject to This Act.

33-16-520. Licenses, registrations and permits under prior law; recognition given; subject to this act.
(a) Persons who hold a current license in good standing as an embalmer on June 30, 2014, issued by the board of embalmers under prior laws of Wyoming shall be issued a license as a funeral service practitioner under the provisions of this act without additional requirements.
(b) Persons who hold a current permit in good standing as a funeral director on June 30, 2014, issued by the board of embalmers under prior laws of Wyoming, shall be issued a funeral director permit under the provisions of this act without additional requirements, which license may be renewed year after year, unless otherwise suspended or revoked by the board or until the failure of the permittee to renew the permit under this act or the death of the permittee, whichever comes first.
(c) Persons who hold a current permit in good standing as an apprentice embalmer on June 30, 2014, issued by the board of embalmers under prior laws of Wyoming, shall be issued an apprentice permit, as an apprentice funeral service practitioner, under the provisions of this act without additional requirements.
(d) Funeral establishments which hold a current license in good standing associated with a funeral director permittee on June 30, 2014, issued by the board of embalmers under prior laws of Wyoming, shall be issued an establishment permit under the provisions of this act without additional requirements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-521 - Record Keeping for Licensees.

33-16-521. Record keeping for licensees.
The board administrator shall keep a record in which shall be registered the names and residence of all persons to whom a certificate of license has been granted, and the number and date of these licenses. A copy of each individual license shall be furnished to the licensee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-523 - Investigation of Applicants for License; Granting or Refusing License.

33-16-523. Investigation of applicants for license; granting or refusing license.
Upon receipt of an application for an establishment license under this act, the board may cause an investigation to be made as to the character of the applicant, including its officers or members if the application is by or in behalf of business entity, and may require a showing that will reasonably prove that the applicant does not have a background evidencing conduct adverse to the practice of funeral service or to the ability to practice funeral service. The board may subpoena witnesses and administer oaths upon proper notice. After proper hearing, the board shall grant a license if it finds the applicant does not have a background evidencing conduct adverse to the practice of funeral service or to the ability to practice funeral service and the proposed funeral establishment is, or will be, constructed and equipped as required by this act. Every application shall be granted or refused within ninety (90) days from the date of the filing of the application.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-524 - Renewal of License; Fees; Penalties; Continuing Education.

33-16-524. Renewal of license; fees; penalties; continuing education.
Every licensee and permittee under this act shall pay annually a fee for the renewal of his license. All licenses and permits issued by the board shall expire annually on a date set by the board. Persons licensed and permitted under this act shall submit an application on an annual basis for license or permit renewal in the form and manner established by rules and regulations of the board. All application forms shall be accompanied with the annual fee for renewal set by the board. The amount of the renewal fee, payable by a licensee of the board shall be established by the board pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201. The board shall mail on or before the first day of January of each year to each licensee, addressed to his last known address, a notice that his renewal application and renewal fee is due and payable. If the renewal application is not submitted by the expiration date, the license or permit shall be void. Within thirty (30) days after the expiration date a person may apply for renewal of his license or permit in a manner established by rules and regulations of the board. Any person whose license or permit has been voided for failure to renew shall comply with all requirements of a new applicant before a license or permit may be reissued. Upon receipt of the renewal application and full payment of fees, the board shall cause the renewal certificate to be issued. The application for renewal for funeral service practitioners, funeral directors and apprentices shall also be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of participation in continuing education activities as established by rules and regulations of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-525 - Licenses and Permits to Be Signed and Displayed; Business to Be in Name of Permitted Business.

33-16-525. Licenses and permits to be signed and displayed; business to be in name of permitted business.
Every license or permit issued under this act shall specify the name of the licensee or permittee, shall be signed by the licensee or authorized designee of the permittee and shall be displayed conspicuously in the place of business or employment of the licensee. No funeral establishment shall be conducted or held forth as being conducted, or advertised as being conducted, under any name except the name of the business appearing on the establishment's permit issued by the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-526 - Specific Prohibited Conduct of Licensees.

33-16-526. Specific prohibited conduct of licensees.
(a) The board may suspend or revoke licenses or impose other disciplinary action appropriate under the circumstances on licensees, permittees and registrants, after hearing by the board and after ten (10) days' notice to the licensee, upon the licensee, permittee or registrant being found by the board to have committed any of the following acts or omissions, as the acts are further defined by the board:
(i) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor related to the licensee's ability to practice funeral services;
(ii) Unprofessional conduct, including, but not limited to:
(A) Misrepresentation or fraud in the conduct of the business or the profession of a funeral director or funeral service practitioner;
(B) False or misleading advertising as a funeral service practitioner;
(C) Solicitation of human dead bodies by the licensee, his agents, assistants or employees, whether the solicitation occurs after death or while death is impending, provided this shall not be deemed to prohibit general advertising;
(D) Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to engage in funeral service practice, unless the unlicensed person is lawfully doing so as an employee of a funeral establishment permitted by the board under the supervision of a funeral service practitioner also employed by the same funeral establishment;
(E) Except as otherwise provided by rule and regulation, using any casket or part of a casket which has previously been used as a receptacle for, or in connection with, the burial or other disposition of a dead human body;
(F) Violation of any of the provisions of this act;
(G) Violation of any state law or municipal or county ordinance or regulation affecting the handling, custody, care or transportation of dead human bodies;
(H) Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license;
(J) Refusing to promptly surrender the custody of a dead human body, upon the express order of the person lawfully entitled to the custody thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law the lease of a casket for funeral and other services of a person to be cremated is hereby authorized. The board shall adopt rules regulating the lease of caskets to ensure sanitary use.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-527 - Duty to Ascertain Cause of Death; Funeral Service Practitioner to Prepare Body for Transportation or Removal if Death Due to Communicable, Contagious or Infectious Disease.

33-16-527. Duty to ascertain cause of death; funeral service practitioner to prepare body for transportation or removal if death due to communicable, contagious or infectious disease.
It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral service practitioner, when called to take charge of a dead body, to first ascertain the cause of death from the coroner or medical professional. If death has occurred from any communicable, contagious or infectious disease, the funeral director or funeral service practitioner shall not remove or transport the body until after the body has been prepared for transportation or removal by a licensed funeral service practitioner of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-528 - Persons Barred From Embalming Room; Exceptions.

33-16-528. Persons barred from embalming room; exceptions.
It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral service practitioner, not to permit any person or persons to enter any room in any funeral establishment where dead bodies are being embalmed, except licensed funeral service practitioners and their assistants or apprentices, funeral directors and their apprentices, public officers in the discharge of their official duties, and attending physicians and their assistants, unless by direct permission of the immediate family.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-529 - Exemptions From This Act; Limitation.

33-16-529. Exemptions from this act; limitation.
(a) Any duly authorized representative of any church, fraternal order or other association or organization honoring the dead who performs a religious ceremony under the authority of and pursuant to the religious tenets or practices of the organization is hereby exempted from the terms and provisions of this act and from the enforcement of the provisions hereof related to performing of religious ceremonies except for providing the presence of human remains at the religious service.
(b) Any person may:
(i) Counsel individuals, families or next of kin about the final disposition of human remains and about the selection and purchase of funeral goods and services;
(ii) Conduct a memorial service or provide a setting for a memorial service and any goods or assistance needed for a memorial service, except providing for the presence of human remains at the memorial service.
(c) Any person licensed pursuant to title 26 of Wyoming statutes may sell insurance or pre-need funeral contracts authorized by that license.
(d) Any person licensed pursuant to title 33 of Wyoming statutes while practicing within the scope of his license is exempt from the provisions of this act.
(e) Any health care institution licensed pursuant to title 35 of Wyoming statutes when operating within the scope of its license is exempt from the provisions of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-531 - Records of Crematories and Chemical Disposition Facilities; Crematory and Chemical Disposition Authorization.

33-16-531. Records of crematories and chemical disposition facilities; crematory and chemical disposition authorization.
(a) Upon the receipt of a human body for cremation or chemical disposition, the crematory or chemical disposition facility shall deliver to the funeral director, funeral service practitioner or his agent who delivers the body to the crematory or chemical disposition facility, a receipt therefor, showing the date of delivery, name of the funeral director or funeral service practitioner from whom the body is received and the name of the deceased. Each crematory or chemical disposition facility shall maintain a record of each cremation or chemical disposition of human remains, submitted to it by the person authorizing cremation or chemical disposition disclosing, at a minimum:
(i) The name of the person cremated or chemically disposed;
(ii) The name of the person authorizing the cremation or chemical disposition;
(iii) A statement that the person authorizing cremation or chemical disposition has the right of disposition with regard to the person being cremated or chemically disposed;
(iv) The date the body was received;
(v) The date the cremation or chemical disposition was performed;
(vi) Whether the person being cremated or chemically disposed has been implanted with medical devices; and
(vii) Any other information as the board may require.
(b) The record of each cremation or chemical disposition shall be signed by the owner or operator of the crematorium or chemical disposition facility and by the funeral service practitioner or other authorized person having charge of the preparation of the human remains for cremation or chemical disposition. The record shall be kept at the crematory or chemical disposition facility for inspection by the board which may also require copies thereof to be filed with it containing such information as may be necessary for the use of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-532 - Cremation Chambers and Crematories for Disposition of Human Remains.

33-16-532. Cremation chambers and crematories for disposition of human remains.
Cremation chambers of crematoriums and facilities of chemical disposition permitted by this act shall be used exclusively for the cremation or chemical disposition of human remains.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-533 - Cremation of Human Remains; Chemical Disposition.

33-16-533. Cremation of human remains; chemical disposition.
The funeral director, funeral service practitioner, or other person having charge of the preparation of human remains for burial or the last rites and committal services thereof shall have the right to be present either in person or by his employees, at any stage of the cremation or chemical disposition of such human remains. No crematorium or other appropriately licensed entity conducting chemical disposition shall accept human remains for cremation or chemical disposition until it has received a burial-transit permit required by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-534 - Inspection of Crematories and Facilities for Chemical Disposition; Rules and Regulations.

33-16-534. Inspection of crematories and facilities for chemical disposition; rules and regulations.
The board shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing the cremation and chemical disposition of human remains. The rules shall provide minimum standards of sanitation, required equipment and fire and environmental protection which the board deems necessary for the protection of the public. The board shall inspect all crematoriums and other appropriately permitted entities conducting chemical disposition at least once each year.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-535 - Removal of Human Remains From Casket or Other Container; Use of Container.

33-16-535. Removal of human remains from casket or other container; use of container.
Human remains delivered to a crematorium or other appropriately permitted entity conducting chemical disposition shall not be removed from the casket or other container without the written authorization of the person giving the consent to or requesting the cremation or chemical disposition of the human remains. Notwithstanding any other provision of law the lease of a casket for funerals and other services of a person to be cremated is authorized.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-536 - Violation Declared Public Nuisance; Enforcement; Criminal Penalties.

33-16-536. Violation declared public nuisance; enforcement; criminal penalties.
Maintenance or operation of a building or structure within the state of Wyoming as a crematorium or chemical disposition facility in violation of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations of the board is a public nuisance and may be abated as provided by law. A person violating this section or rules and regulations promulgated by the board related to crematories, cremation or chemical disposition is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both. A second or subsequent conviction for violation of this act during a thirty-six (36) month period shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 16 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Undertakers and Crematories › Article 5 - Funeral Service Practitioners Act › Section 33-16-537 - Cremation Containers.

33-16-537. Cremation containers.
(a) A cremation container shall meet substantially all of the following standards:
(i) Be composed of readily combustible materials suitable for cremation;
(ii) Be able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human remains;
(iii) Be resistant to leakage and spillage;
(iv) Be rigid enough for handling with ease; and
(v) Provide protection for the health, safety, and integrity of crematory personnel and the cremation facility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 17 - Hotel Keepers › Section 33-17-101 - Limitation of Liability; Permitted if Safe Provided and Notice Posted.

33-17-101. Limitation of liability; permitted if safe provided and notice posted.
Every landlord or keeper of a public inn or hotel in this state, who shall keep in his place of business an iron safe, in good order and suitable for the purpose hereinafter named, and who shall post or cause to be posted in some conspicuous place in his office, and on the inside of every entrance door to every bed chamber, the notice hereinafter mentioned, shall not be liable for the loss of any money, jewelry or other valuables belonging to his guests or customers, unless such loss shall occur by the hand or through the negligence of such landlord, or by a clerk or servant employed by him in such hotel or inn; provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to such amount of money or other valuables as is usually common and prudent for any such guest to retain in his room or about his person.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 17 - Hotel Keepers › Section 33-17-102 - Limitation of Liability; Form of Notice.

33-17-102. Limitation of liability; form of notice.
The notice required by this act shall be substantially as follows: "Notice is hereby given that the proprietor of this house keeps an iron safe suitable for the safe deposit of money, jewelry or other valuable articles belonging to his guests or customers, and unless they leave their money, jewelry, precious stones or other valuables with the landlord, his agent or clerk, in order that he may deposit the same for safe keeping in such iron safe, he will not be liable for the loss thereof."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 17 - Hotel Keepers › Section 33-17-103 - Hotel Keepers' Lien.

33-17-103. Hotel keepers' lien.
Any keeper of a hotel or boarding house or lodging house or restaurant shall have a lien upon the baggage or other personal property of any person who shall have obtained board or lodging or both, from such keeper, for the amount due for such board or lodging, and such keeper is hereby authorized to retain the possession of such baggage, or personal property until said amount is paid. If the amount due for such board or lodging is not paid within sixty (60) days from the time the same shall have become due and payable, any such keeper may proceed to have such baggage or other personal property sold for the satisfaction of his lien in the following manner: He shall give ten (10) days prior notice of the sale of said articles by him held under his lien, a copy of which he shall immediately transmit, by registered letter, to the owner of the articles at his usual place of abode if known, and he shall post said notices of sale in three (3) conspicuous and public places in the city, town, village or place where said keeper resides, giving a description of the articles to be sold and the time and place of sale, one (1) of which notices shall be posted in the office of the hotel, lodging house, boarding house or restaurant, if still maintained. At the time mentioned in said notices, the said keeper may proceed to sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, all of such personal property held under the lien, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay his claim, and the residue of the unsold property, together with the surplus proceeds of such property sold, if any, he shall surrender to the owner, his heirs or legal representatives, on application therefor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 17 - Hotel Keepers › Section 33-17-104 - Room Rates to Be Posted.

33-17-104. Room rates to be posted.
There shall be posted in plain view of any guest or guests occupying such room or rooms on the inside of the door of each lodging room in every hotel or inn a card of a size not less than four (4) by six (6) inches on which shall be plainly printed in the English language in type no smaller than one-quarter of an inch high the rate per day as applying to one (1) or more guests.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 17 - Hotel Keepers › Section 33-17-105 - Penalty for Violation of w.s. 33-17-104.

33-17-105. Penalty for violation of W.S. 33-17-104.
Any hotel keeper or inn keeper violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-101 - Definition.

33-18-101. Definition.
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling of second hand, or broken metals, such as copper, brass, lead, zinc, tin, steel, cast iron, rags, rubber, or waste paper, shall be held and hereby are defined to be junk dealers within the meaning of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-102 - Records; Book to Be Kept.

33-18-102. Records; book to be kept.
(a) Every person engaged in the junk business as defined in W.S. 33-18-101, shall keep a book or dedicated computer software program in which all entries shall be written in a computer or in ink, in the English language and entered at the time of each and every transaction and in which the following information is recorded:
(i) An accurate account and description of all junk metal or rubber goods purchased or sold;
(ii) The name and residence of the person selling or buying the junk metal or rubber goods; and
(iii) If the person is selling junk metal or rubber goods:
(A) The license plate number of the person's vehicle, if applicable; or
(B) Verification of the person's name and residence through presentation of the person's United States federal or state-issued photo identification.
(b) Compliance with paragraph (iii) of subsection (a) of this section is optional for common household and personal items of less than fifty dollars ($50.00) market value.
(c) No entry in such book or computer shall be erased, mutilated or changed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-103 - Records; Information to Be Posted.

33-18-103. Records; information to be posted.
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the buying and selling of junk metals, rags, rubber, or waste paper as described in W.S. 33-18-101 shall at all times keep posted, conspicuously in the office of their [his] place of business, the description of, and amount of junk articles purchased each day, and the names and addresses of the parties for whom said purchase was made, and also the names and addresses of all to whom sales of junk metals are made.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-104 - Records; Inspection by Law Enforcement Officers.

33-18-104. Records; inspection by law enforcement officers.
The said book, and the entries therein, shall at all times be open to the inspection of the sheriff of the county and his deputies, or any member of the police force of any city or town, in the county in which said junk dealers do business.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-105 - Purchase From Intoxicated Persons.

33-18-105. Purchase from intoxicated persons.
No person, firm or corporation engaged in the buying or selling of junk metals, rubber, rags or paper, shall purchase any articles from any person appearing to be intoxicated, nor from any person known to have been convicted of larceny or theft, and when any person is found to be the owner of stolen property, which had been so sold, the property shall be returned to the owner thereof without the payment of any money on the part of the owner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 18 - Junk Dealers › Section 33-18-106 - Penalty; Power of Cities and Towns Not Impaired.

33-18-106. Penalty; power of cities and towns not impaired.
Every junk dealer who shall be found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this act shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than sixty (60) days, or either or both, in the discretion of the court, and for each subsequent offense of violating any of the provisions of this act of which any such junk dealer shall be found guilty, such junk dealer shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or either or both, in the discretion of the court; provided, that this act shall not be construed to in any wise impair the power of cities or incorporated towns in this state to license, tax and regulate any person, persons or corporations now engaged in or hereafter engaging in the buying and selling of second hand metals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 19 - Junkyard Control › Section 33-19-102 - Declaration of Legislative Policy; Nonconforming Junkyards Deemed Public Nuisance.

33-19-102. Declaration of legislative policy; nonconforming junkyards deemed public nuisance.
It is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems within this state. The legislature hereby finds and declares that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this act are public nuisances.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 19 - Junkyard Control › Section 33-19-103 - Definitions.

33-19-103. Definitions.
(a) Unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms when used have the meanings assigned to them:
(i) Junk. Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;
(ii) Automobile Graveyard. Any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storage, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts;
(iii) Junkyard. An establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills;
(iv) Interstate System. That portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated by the transportation commission and approved by the United States department of transportation pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, "Highways";
(v) Primary System. That portion of connected main highways, as officially designated or as may hereafter be so designated by the transportation commission and approved by the United States department of transportation pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, "Highways";
(vi) Commission. Transportation commission of Wyoming;
(vii) Engineer. State highway engineer or his duly authorized representative;
(viii) Federal Interstate System. National system of interstate and defense highways;
(ix) Person. Any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business, trust, joint stock company, or corporation who operates or allows a junkyard to be placed or to remain on premises controlled by him.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 33 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 19 - Junkyard Control › Section 33-19-104 - Time for Compliance for Previously Lawfully Established Junkyards.

33-19-104. Time for compliance for previously lawfully established junkyards.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the owner of any junkyard that was lawful when established, but that is in violation of W.S. 33-19-105(b) and that cannot, as a practical matter to be determined by the engineer, be screened, may maintain such junkyard without liability under W.S. 33-19-110 as follows:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 129, 202.
(ii) If the junkyard was established after October 22, 1965 and if the portion of the highway along which it was established became a part of the federal interstate system of the federal aid primary system after October 22, 1965, the junkyard may be maintained until, but not beyond five (5) years after the date of erection or the date the portion of the highway involved became a part of the federal interstate system or the federal aid primary system, whichever date is later.