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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 4 - Vital Records › Section 35-1-431 - Penalties.

35-1-431. Penalties.
(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly: (i) makes any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this act, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof; or (ii) without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, alters, amends, or mutilates any report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this act or a certified copy of such report, record, or certificate; or (iii) uses or attempts to use, or furnish to another for use, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report or certified copy thereof so made, altered, amended, or mutilated; or (iv) with the intention to deceive uses or attempts to use any certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth knowing that such certificate or certified copy was issued upon a record which is false in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person; or (v) furnishes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a record of birth with the intention that it be used by a person other than the person to whom the record of birth relates; shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than six (6) months, or both.
(b) Any person who: (i) knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this act; or (ii) refuses to provide information required by this act; or (iii) willfully neglects or violates any of the provisions of this act or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this act; shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-612 - Purpose.

35-1-612. Purpose.
The purpose and intent of this act is to establish, maintain and promote the development of a comprehensive range of services in communities of the state to provide prevention of, and treatment for individuals affected by mental illness, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities, and to provide shelter and crisis services for victims of family violence and sexual assault.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this section will read as:
The purpose and intent of this act is to establish, maintain and promote the development of a comprehensive range of services in communities of the state to serve priority populations and other persons affected by mental illness, substance use disorders, or developmental disabilities, and to provide shelter and crisis services for victims of family violence and sexual assault.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-614 - Counties, School Districts and Cities May Contract for Human Services Programs; Counties May Establish Community Boards.

35-1-614. Counties, school districts and cities may contract for human services programs; counties may establish community boards.
(a) A county may contract with behavioral health centers or private or public agencies to provide human services programs for the county. The county may appropriate funds for the programs.
(b) A municipality may contract with behavioral health centers or private agencies or a community board to provide human services programs for the municipality. The municipality may appropriate funds for the programs.
(c) A school district may contract with behavioral health centers or private or public agencies to provide human services programs for school age children.
(d) A county may establish, or two (2) or more counties may agree to establish a community board, or community boards in accordance with this act. A community board shall provide human services to the entire county or counties in which it is established. A community board may offer one (1) or more services for persons affected by mental illness, substance use disorders, developmental disabilities or victims of family violence or sexual assault.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-615 - Community Board Is Agency of County; Appropriations; Joint Community Board Agreements.

35-1-615. Community board is agency of county; appropriations; joint community board agreements.
(a) A community board is an agency of the county government.
(b) A county which establishes or agrees to establish a community board, or community boards may appropriate funds for human services programs.
(c) When two (2) or more counties have agreed to establish a community board, the funds appropriated by the counties shall be expended by the board in accordance with the agreement between the counties. The agreement shall require each county to bear a cost proportionate to the services provided in the county. The agreement may specify that, for particular purposes, officers and employees of a joint community board are considered employees of a participating county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-616 - Community Boards; Membership; Appointment; Terms of Office; Removal; Vacancies; Compensation.

35-1-616. Community boards; membership; appointment; terms of office; removal; vacancies; compensation.
(a) A community or joint board shall consist of not more than nine (9) members, unless the board is comprised of members from two (2) or more counties in which event the board shall consist of not more than fifteen (15) members.
(b) The members of a community board shall be appointed by the county commissioners. When two (2) or more counties have agreed to establish a community board, the county commissioners of each participating county shall appoint members as provided in the agreement of the counties. The members appointed by each county shall represent their county on the community board.
(c) Members of community boards shall serve for rotating terms of four (4) years. Of the members first appointed, one-third (1/3) shall be appointed for two (2) years, one-third (1/3) for three (3) years and one-third (1/3) for four (4) years. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.
(d) A member of a community board may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in office after receiving a written statement of charges and an opportunity to be heard.
(e) Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments.
(f) The members of a community board may receive per diem compensation and may be allowed necessary and actual expenses to be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the county.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-617 - Community Boards; Meetings; Officers.

35-1-617. Community boards; meetings; officers.
(a) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. All actions of the board shall be approved by a majority of those present at the meeting.
(b) A community board shall elect from its members a chairman to preside at meetings, a secretary to maintain the records and a finance officer who shall file with the board a bond with an approved corporate surety in the penal sum designated by the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-618 - Community Boards; Powers.

35-1-618. Community boards; powers.
(a) For each human services program authorized by the county commissioners the community boards may contract with a local public or private nonprofit provider or:
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(a) For each human services program authorized by the county commissioners the community boards may contract with a behavioral health center or a local public or private nonprofit provider or:
(i) Appoint a director whose qualifications meet the standards fixed by the division;
(ii) Prescribe the director's duties and fix his compensation;
(iii) Make rules or regulations relating to the operation of services and facilities under the board's supervision, including a reasonable schedule of fees not inconsistent with the division's uniform fee schedule;
(iv) Contract for facilities or support services;
(v) Accept donations of money or property; and
(vi) Expend funds for the purposes and programs of the community board, including necessary capital construction, as authorized by the county commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-619 - Community Boards; Duties.

35-1-619. Community boards; duties.
(a) Subject to this act, a community board shall:
(i) Review and evaluate human services programs operating within its jurisdiction;
(ii) Submit to the commissioners for the county of which it is an agency a comprehensive plan for the establishment, development and promotion of human services programs;
(iii) Insure that the human services programs which are authorized by the county commissioners and funded by the county or the division are executed and maintained; and
(iv) Insure that clients are charged fees for services promulgated by the division.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-621 - All State Funds for Human Services Contracted to Department; Federal and Private Funding Not Affected.

35-1-621. All state funds for human services contracted to department; federal and private funding not affected.
A state agency which provides state or federal funds to a community based mental health, substance abuse, developmental disabilities or other human services program shall contract the funds to the department. The department shall expend the funds in accordance with W.S. 9-2-102 and this act. This section does not impair the ability of community based programs to apply for or receive funds directly from federal or private sources, subject to W.S. 35-1-620(b)(i).
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this section will read as:
A state agency which provides state or federal funds to a community based mental health, substance use disorder, developmental disabilities or other human services program shall contract the funds to the department. The department shall expend the funds in accordance with W.S. 9-2-102 and this act. This section does not impair the ability of community based programs to apply for or receive funds directly from federal or private sources, subject to W.S. 35-1-620(b)(i).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-622 - Department; Budget Requests; Purchase of Service Contracts.

35-1-622. Department; budget requests; purchase of service contracts.
(a) The department's budget request shall recommend:
(i) The types of services that the division shall purchase, which shall not include shelter and crisis services for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault;
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this paragraph will read as:
(i) The types of services that the division shall purchase, in accordance with the priority populations tier requirements provided by W.S. 35-1-620(b)(ix), which shall not include shelter and crisis services for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault;
(ii) The levels of services that the division shall purchase based on population, needs assessment, regional cost differences necessary to provide reasonably similar access to services and other criteria; and
(iii) The quality of services that the division shall purchase.
(b) The department shall contract with community boards, public agencies and private agencies to purchase only those services funded by the legislature on a statewide basis. Funds contracted for under this act, other than funds for developmental preschool services, shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the total nonfederal expenditures for human services programs by any community board or public agency. For developmental preschool services the local match requirement shall be three percent (3%).
Note: this subsection is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, 2. effective 7/1/2024.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-623 - Contracts; Reports; Regular Payments; Termination.

35-1-623. Contracts; reports; regular payments; termination.
(a) Every contract awarded pursuant to this act shall require:
(i) The program provider to submit annual financial and expenditure reports to the department;
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this paragraph will read as:
(i) The provider to submit annual financial and expenditure reports to the department;
(ii) The division to make regular payments to the program provider based on the services provided;
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this paragraph will read as:
(ii) The division to make regular payments to the provider based on the services provided;
(iii) Compliance with W.S. 18-3-516(e).
(b) The division shall terminate a contract with a program provider made under this act when the division finds, after a hearing in accordance with W.S. 16-3-107 through 16-3-112 if requested by the provider, that the program provider is not using contract funds for contract purposes, or that a contract program is not being administered in accordance with this act.
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(b) The division shall terminate a contract with a behavioral health center or other provider made under this act when the division finds, after a hearing in accordance with W.S. 16-3-107 through 16-3-112 if requested by the provider, that the provider is not using contract funds for contract purposes, or that a contract is not being administered in accordance with this act.
35-1-624. Contracts with private agencies; eligibility. [Note: this section is repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, 2. effective 7/1/2024.]
(a) To be eligible to contract with the department, a private agency shall:
(i) Have as its primary purpose the provision of human services programs;
(ii) Be chartered under the laws of the state of Wyoming;
(iii) Provide at least one (1) human services program which serves the residents of at least one (1) county;
(iv) Appoint a director whose qualifications meet the standards fixed by the division and prescribe his duties; and
(v) Charge clients fees at a rate comparable to the uniform schedule of fees for services that have been promulgated by the division. Private agencies may charge a reasonable fee for those services not covered in the division's uniform fee schedule. No fees shall be charged for gatekeeping services provided pursuant to title 25, chapter 10, article 1 of the Wyoming statutes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-625 - Protection of Clients' Rights.

35-1-625. Protection of clients' rights.
(a) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the program provider to guarantee the clients' rights to:
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(a) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to guarantee the clients' rights to:
(i) An individualized plan of appropriate services which provides for the least restrictive treatment that may reasonably be expected to benefit the client;
(ii) Send and receive sealed mail;
(iii) Wear his own clothing, to keep and use personal possessions, including toilet articles, unless the articles may be used to endanger their own or others' lives, and to keep and be allowed to spend his own money;
(iv) Be free from physical restraints and isolation except for emergency situations or when isolation or restraint is a part of a treatment program;
(v) Be free from unnecessary or excessive medication;
(vi) Make and receive telephone calls within reasonable limits;
(vii) Receive visitors daily; and
(viii) Be informed orally and in writing of the rights under this section at the time of admission.
(b) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the program provider to:
Note: Effective 7/1/2024 this subsection will read as:
(b) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to:
(i) Post copies of this section conspicuously in each client area;
(ii) Make copies of this section available to the client's guardian or immediate family.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-626 - Isolation; Restraint; Medication.

35-1-626. Isolation; restraint; medication.
(a) Isolation or restraint of a client may be used only when less restrictive measures are ineffective or not feasible for the welfare of the client and shall be used for the shortest time possible. Each center or facility shall have a written policy covering the use of restraint or isolation which ensures that the dignity and safety of the individual are protected and that there is regular, frequent monitoring by trained staff.
(b) No medication may be administered to a client except on the written order of a physician. A record of the medication which is administered to each patient shall be kept in his treatment record. Medication may not be used as punishment, for the convenience of staff or in quantities that interfere with a client's treatment program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-627 - Examination of Accounts.

35-1-627. Examination of accounts.
The governing body of any entity receiving state funds under this act shall not less than every two (2) years cause to be made an audit or other oversight of the financial affairs and transactions of all funds and activities of the entity in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121(b) and (c) and 16-4-122. Costs of the audit or other oversight shall be borne by the entity. Copies of audit reports or other reports shall be submitted to the division upon completion. The director of the state department of audit may examine the accounts of any entity receiving state funds under this act. The legislative service office may audit the accounts of any entity. These accounts shall be maintained in a manner to guarantee confidentiality of the patient's identity. The state auditor and treasurer shall not disburse any state money to any entity refusing access to its accounts and records for the purposes of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 6 - Community Human Services › Section 35-1-628 - Community Based Respite Care Services.

35-1-628. Community based respite care services.
(a) The department of health shall develop and administer a statewide program to provide community based respite care services to families with a member age birth to twenty-one (21) years who has developmental disabilities who is not eligible for home and community based waiver services under medicaid. This program shall be designed so as to permit persons with developmental disabilities who are under twenty-one (21) years of age to be cared for by the family to the greatest extent possible. The department in consultation with the Wyoming governor's council on developmental disabilities shall:
(i) Establish criteria for eligibility for respite care services which shall include consideration of:
(A) The family's need for services, including factors such as the demonstrated willingness and ability of family members to provide care and special requirements of the family member with a developmental disability;
(B) Family income;
(C) Family expenses, including those related to care of the individual with a developmental disability;
(D) Reasonable payment by the family for respite care services provided.
(ii) By rule and regulation limit the ability of individual eligible families to use the program so that all eligible families are able to use the program without exceeding the appropriation available;
(iii) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the program.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which is attributable to a mental, emotional or physical impairment or combination of impairments, manifested before the person attains twenty-two (22) years of age, is likely to continue indefinitely and results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas:
(A) Self-care;
(B) Receptive and expressive language;
(C) Learning;
(D) Mobility;
(E) Self-direction;
(F) Capacity for independent living; and
(G) Economic self-sufficiency.
(ii) "Respite care" means care of a developmentally disabled person by a competent person, trained to meet the individualized needs of a child who meets the eligibility criteria of this program, for short periods of time to allow other members of the family reprieve from continuous care.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 7 - School Health › Section 35-1-702 - Duties of Joint Committee; Limitation Upon Application of Policies.

35-1-702. Duties of joint committee; limitation upon application of policies.
It shall be the duty of the joint committee on school health to prescribe uniform policies regarding the medical services, sanitary environment and health instruction of the school children. Provided that any policies prescribed relating to medical treatment or physical examination shall not be applicable to any student whose parent or guardian in writing objects to such regulation on religious grounds. Such objection shall not exempt the student from the quarantine laws of the state, nor prohibit an examination for infectious or contagious diseases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System › Section 35-1-802 - Designation of Trauma Areas; Trauma System Hospitals.

35-1-802. Designation of trauma areas; trauma system hospitals.
(a) The department of health shall designate within the state trauma areas consistent with local resources, geography and current patient referral patterns.
(b) Each trauma area shall have:
(i) Medical control for all field care and transportation consistent with geographic and current communications capability;
(ii) Specified triage protocols;
(iii) Hospitals categorized according to existing standards of the department.
(c) On and after July 1, 1993, the department may designate trauma system hospitals in areas that meet state objectives and standards.
(d) On or after July 1, 1994, the department may implement area trauma system plans.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System › Section 35-1-804 - Department of Health to Promulgate Rules; Contents.

35-1-804. Department of health to promulgate rules; contents.
The department shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations which specify state trauma system objectives and standards, hospital categorization criteria and criteria and procedures to be utilized in designating trauma system hospitals and for the prevention of trauma and injuries. The rules shall be in conformance with the most current standards of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma standards, but may be expanded into further categories.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 8 - Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System › Section 35-1-805 - Duties of the Department of Health.

35-1-805. Duties of the department of health.
The department of health shall identify the causes of trauma in Wyoming and propose programs of prevention thereof for consideration by the legislature, health care providers and other agencies concerned with accident prevention or aftercare.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program › Section 35-1-1001 - Wyoming Critical Access or Rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program.

35-1-1001. Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge program.
The Wyoming critical access/rural hospital endowment challenge program is created.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program › Section 35-1-1002 - Definitions.

35-1-1002. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Challenge account" means the critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account created under this article;
(ii) "Critical access or rural hospital" means:
(A) A county hospital established pursuant to W.S. 18-8-101, et seq., or a special district hospital established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-401, et seq., that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less; or
(B) A hospital that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less which is owned by a private not for profit entity and is operated in a county in this state in which there is no hospital meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation of money or other property, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, and whether or not the donor or transferor retains an interest in the property, where the gift or the foundation's interest in the property is required to be used by the foundation exclusively for endowment purposes, provided:
(A) The gift was received or the transfer occurred during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014; or
(B) A commitment to make the gift or transfer was made in writing to the respective critical access or rural hospital foundation, which commitment was received during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014, and the gift was received or the transfer occurred not later than June 30, 2015.
(iv) "Foundation" means an organization established for each critical access or rural hospital that among other purposes, exists to generate additional revenues for critical access or rural hospital programs and activities;
(v) "Permanent endowment funds managed by a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation" means the endowment funds that are invested by the respective Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation on a permanent basis and the earnings on those investments are dedicated to be expended exclusively to benefit and promote the mission, operation or any program or activity of the respective critical access or rural hospital, including but not limited to capital and programmatic expenses, healthcare, increases to the corpus of the endowment and to defray reasonable costs of endowment administration;
(vi) "Unobligated," for purposes of W.S. 35-1-1003(b) and (d), means no commitment meeting the requirements of subparagraph (iii)(B) of this subsection was received prior to June 30, 2012.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 10 - Wyoming Critical Access/rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Program › Section 35-1-1003 - Wyoming Critical Access or Rural Hospital Endowment Challenge Account.

35-1-1003. Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account.
(a) The Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account is created and, until June 30, 2013, shall consist of separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming critical access or rural hospital.
(b) On June 30, 2012, from amounts which are within the challenge account, or as necessary within separate accounts which are unobligated, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) shall be segregated within the endowment challenge account for distribution as provided in W.S. 35-1-1004(k).
(c) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the account created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from account investments to the general fund.
(d) Any unexpended and unobligated funds in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) from the amount appropriated to the separate accounts within the challenge account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2012. Any unexpended funds remaining in the separate accounts within the challenge account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2013. Of the one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) segregated in the challenge account pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, any remaining funds in the account shall revert to the budget reserve account on June 30, 2015.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 12 - Palliative Care › Section 35-1-1205 - Sunset.

35-1-1205. Sunset.
W.S. 35-1-1201, 35-1-1203 and 35-1-1204 are repealed effective July 1, 2023.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-2-113 - Doctors of Medicine, Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Dentistry or Podiatrists May Practice in Public Hospitals.

35-2-113. Doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, dentistry or podiatrists may practice in public hospitals.
Any hospital owned by the state, or any hospital district, county or city thereof, and any hospital whose support, either in whole or in part, is derived from public funds, shall be open for practice to doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, doctors of dentistry and podiatrists, who are licensed to practice medicine or surgery, chiropractic, dentistry or podiatry in this state. Provided, however, that these hospitals by appropriate bylaws shall promulgate reasonable and uniform rules and regulations covering staff admissions and staff privileges. Admission shall not be predicated solely upon the type of degree of the applicant and the governing body shall consider the competency and character of each applicant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-2-114 - Liability Insurance Authorized; Effect of Procurement.

35-2-114. Liability insurance authorized; effect of procurement.
(a) The governing body of any county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency which provides health care services or mental health services within this state may procure any type or amount of liability insurance coverage as it deems prudent to cover any loss by reason of liability for damages on account of injury, sickness or disease, death, property loss or damage. This shall not be construed as creating a liability of such county memorial hospital, hospital district or governmental agency insuring itself, nor shall the failure to procure any such insurance be construed as creating any liability of the county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency.
(b) To the extent of any such insurance coverage procured by a county memorial hospital, hospital district or other governmental agency providing health care or mental health services, the defense of governmental immunity is expressly waived. All defenses which would be available to a private corporation in an action against the corporation are available to the county memorial hospital, hospital district or other health care governmental agency.
(c) None of these provisions shall be construed as waiving the individual immunity of any employee, board member or officer of a county memorial hospital, hospital district or other health care governmental agency when the person is acting within the scope of his employment or authority.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-2-115 - Emergency Services.

35-2-115. Emergency services.
(a) Emergency service and care shall be provided, at the regularly established charges of the hospital, to any person requesting such services or care, or for whom such services or care is requested, for any condition in which the person is in danger of loss of life, or serious injury or illness, at any hospital licensed in the state of Wyoming that maintains and operates emergency services to the public when such hospital has appropriate facilities and qualified personnel available to provide such services or care.
(b) Neither the hospital, its employees, nor any physician licensed to practice in the state of Wyoming shall be held liable in any action arising out of a refusal to render emergency services or care at such licensed hospital, if ordinary medical care and skill is exercised in determining the condition of the person, and a decision is made that such refusal shall not result in any permanent illness or injury to such person or a decision is made that sufficient qualified personnel are not available to treat said person, or a decision is made that facilities or equipment are not available to treat said person or in determining the appropriateness of the facilities, the qualifications and availability of personnel to render such services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-2-122 - In-Person Visitation With Clergy Members.

35-2-122. In-person visitation with clergy members.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Clergy member" means a rabbi, priest, minister or any person acting as a lay religious counselor of any religious denomination or sect;
(ii) "Health care facility" includes but is not limited to as defined in W.S. 35-2-901(a)(x);
(iii) "Public health emergency" means as defined in W.S. 35-4 115(a)(i).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no health care facility shall prohibit a resident or patient of that facility from receiving in-person visitation with a clergy member during a public health emergency, provided that the visitation is at the request of:
(i) The patient or resident; or
(ii) The patient's or resident's legally authorized representative, including a family member of the patient or resident, if the patient or resident is incapacitated.
(c) During a public health emergency, a health care facility may impose and enforce requirements promulgated under W.S. 35-1-240 or by the centers for disease control and prevention, the centers for Medicaid and Medicare services, the state health officer under W.S. 35-1-240, the joint commission on the accreditation of healthcare organizations or other accredited organizations that provide deemed status on behalf of the centers for Medicaid and Medicare services for health care for clergy members to comply with to visit patients or residents of that facility. A health care facility shall not prohibit a clergy member from visiting a patient or resident in that facility unless the clergy member refuses to follow the requirements that the health care facility has required in accordance with this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-302 - Definitions.

35-2-302. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Commissioner" means the director of the state department of health. The director of the state department of health shall be, ex officio, the commissioner;
(ii) "The federal act" means title VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) as is now and as may hereafter be amended;
(iii) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States;
(iv) "Hospital" includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care;
(v) "Public health center" means a publicly owned facility for the provision of public health services, including related facilities such as laboratories, clinics and administrative offices operated in connection with public health centers;
(vi) "Nonprofit hospital" means any hospital or medical facility owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual;
(vii) "Medical facilities" means diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in the federal act and such other medical facilities for which federal aid may be authorized under the federal act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-303 - Department of Health; Sole Agency for Making an Inventory and Developing and Administering State Plan.

35-2-303. Department of health; sole agency for making an inventory and developing and administering state plan.
(a) The department of health shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of:
(i) Making an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, surveying the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and developing a program of hospital construction as provided in W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322; and
(ii) Developing and administering a state plan for the construction of public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as provided in W.S. 35-2-340 through 35-2-345.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-304 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner Enumerated.

35-2-304. Powers and duties of commissioner enumerated.
(a) In carrying out the purposes of the act, the commissioner is authorized and directed:
(i) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations and prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary;
(ii) To provide such methods of administration, appoint personnel and take such other action as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal act and the regulations thereunder;
(iii) To procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, by contract, when such services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties;
(iv) To the extent that he considers desirable to effectuate the purposes of this act, to enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;
(v) To accept on behalf of the state and to deposit with the state treasurer any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purposes of this act, and to expend the same for such purposes;
(vi) As required by W.S. 9-2-1014, to report to the governor concerning activities and expenditures and recommendations for such additional legislation as the commissioner considers appropriate to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, and similar facilities to the people of this state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-306 - Disbursement of Funds.

35-2-306. Disbursement of funds.
All claims against funds made available for the administration of this act shall be submitted, audited, allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the state and in addition thereto shall be approved by the commissioner.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-320 - Duties of Commissioner.

35-2-320. Duties of commissioner.
The commissioner is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public, nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the construction of such public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, medical facility and similar services to all the people of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-321 - Construction Program.

35-2-321. Construction program.
The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to make all types of hospital and medical facility services reasonably accessible to all persons in the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-322 - Application for and Use of Federal Funds.

35-2-322. Application for and use of federal funds.
The commissioner is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall be available for expenditure for carrying out the purposes of W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322. Any such funds received and not expended for such purposes shall be repaid to the treasury of the United States.
Division 3. State Plan
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-340 - Preparation and Submission to Surgeon General; Notice and Hearing Prerequisite to Submission; Publication Upon Approval; Subsequent Modifications.

35-2-340. Preparation and submission to surgeon general; notice and hearing prerequisite to submission; publication upon approval; subsequent modifications.
The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facilities construction program developed under W.S. 35-2-320 through 35-2-322 and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of the hospital and medical facilities construction activities in accordance with the requirements of the federal act and regulations thereunder. The commissioner shall, prior to the submission of such plan to the surgeon general, give adequate publicity to a general description of all the provisions proposed to be included therein, and hold a public hearing at which all persons or organizations with a legitimate interest in such plan may be given an opportunity to express their views. After approval of the plan by the surgeon general, the commissioner shall publish a general description of the provisions thereof in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation in each county in the state, and shall make the plan, or a copy thereof, available upon request to all interested persons or organizations. The commissioner shall from time to time review the hospital and medical facilities construction program and submit to the surgeon general any modifications thereof which he may find necessary and may submit to the surgeon general such modifications of the state plan, not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal act, as he may deem advisable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-341 - Minimum Standards of Maintenance.

35-2-341. Minimum standards of maintenance.
The commissioner shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-342 - Relative Need for Projects to Be Set Forth.

35-2-342. Relative need for projects to be set forth.
The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor and for maintenance and operation make possible, in the order of such relative need.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-343 - Applications for Construction Projects; Conformity to Federal and State Requirements Required.

35-2-343. Applications for construction projects; conformity to federal and state requirements required.
Applications for hospital and medical facility construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the commissioner and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and operate a hospital or a medical facility. Each application for a construction project shall conform to federal and state requirements.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 2 - Hospitals, Health Care Facilities and Health Services › Article 3 - State Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction › Section 35-2-344 - Hearing and Approval of Applications for Construction.

35-2-344. Hearing and approval of applications for construction.
The commissioner shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the commissioner, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of W.S. 35-2-343 and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, he shall approve such application and shall recommend and forward it to the surgeon general.