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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-102 - Designation of Coordinates.

34-25-102. Designation of coordinates.
The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two (2) linear distances, expressed in meters to the nearest millimeter. One (1) of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate" or "east-coordinate," shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate" or "north-coordinate," shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall depend upon and conform to the coordinates, on the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 of the National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, within the state of Wyoming, as those coordinates have been determined by the survey.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-103 - Land Extending Into a Second Zone.

34-25-103. Land extending into a second zone.
When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into a second of the coordinate zones specified in W.S. 34-25-101, the positions of all the points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two (2) zones, and the zone which is used shall be specifically named in the description.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-104 - Definition of Zones; Horizontal Control Stations.

34-25-104. Definition of zones; horizontal control stations.
(a) For purposes of more precisely defining the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 the following definition of the zones is adopted:
(i) The Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983, East Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian at 105T10' West of Greenwich on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 16,000 exactly. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the parallel at 40r30' North Latitude and the meridian at 105310' West of Greenwich. This origin is given the coordinates: x=200,000 meters and y=0 meters;
(ii) The Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983, East Central Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian at 107T20' West of Greenwich on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 16,000 exactly. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the parallel at 40y30' North Latitude and the meridian at 107320' West of Greenwich. This origin is given the coordinates: x=400,000 meters and y=100,000 meters;
(iii) The Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983, West Central Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian at 108T45' West of Greenwich on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 16,000 exactly. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the parallel at 40l30' North Latitude and the meridian at 108345' West of Greenwich. This origin is given the coordinates: x=600,000 meters and y=0 meters;
(iv) The Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983, West Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian at 110T05' West of Greenwich on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 16,000 exactly. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the parallel at 40o30' North Latitude and the meridian at 110305' West of Greenwich. This origin is given the coordinates: x=800,000 meters and y=100,000 meters.
(b) The position of any survey control point in the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 shall be as marked on the ground by horizontal control stations established in conformity with standards adopted by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee, or its successors, using first-order, second-order or higher-order accuracy survey work, whose geodetic positions have been rigorously adjusted on the North American Datum of 1983 and whose coordinates have been computed on the system herein defined. Any such station may be used for establishing a connection with the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-105 - Recording Coordinates; Use of Satellite Survey Techniques.

34-25-105. Recording coordinates; use of satellite survey techniques.
No coordinates based on the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records in the office of a county clerk unless a record and report of survey of the actual survey to establish the plane coordinates of the point has been filed with the county surveyor, the county engineer or the county clerk and in conformity with the standards prescribed in W.S. 34-25-104. When acceptable satellite survey techniques are employed, a minimum of two (2) independent observing sessions shall be executed and shall agree to not less than one (1) part in one hundred thousand (100,000) of the distance between the points. The procedures and results shall conform with the standards in W.S. 34-25-104.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-106 - Reference to System on Maps.

34-25-106. Reference to system on maps.
The use of the term "Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983" on any map, report of survey or other document, shall be limited to plane coordinates based on the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 as defined in this chapter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 25 - Plane Coordinates System › Section 34-25-107 - Description in Other Surveys; Conflicts.

34-25-107. Description in other surveys; conflicts.
Wherever coordinates based on the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by plane coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and in the event of any conflict the description by reference to the subdivision, line or corner of the United States public land surveys shall prevail over the description by plane coordinates. Every recorded map, survey or conveyance, or other instrument affecting title to real property which delineates, describes or refers to such property or any part thereof by reference to coordinates based upon the Wyoming Coordinate System NAD 1983 shall also describe the property by reference and tie to a controlling corner monument of the United States public land surveys, if applicable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-102 - Definitions.

34-27-102. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Wind energy agreement" means a lease, license, easement or other agreement, whether by grant or reservation, to develop or participate in the income from or the development of wind powered energy generation;
(ii) "Wind energy developer" means the owner of the surface estate or the lessee, easement holder, licensee or contracting party under a wind energy agreement;
(iii) "Wind energy right" means a property right in the development of wind powered energy generation;
(iv) "This act" means W.S. 34-27-101 through 34-27-107.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-103 - Declaration of Wind Energy Rights.

34-27-103. Declaration of wind energy rights.
(a) Wind energy rights shall be regarded as an interest in real property and appurtenant to the surface estate.
(b) Wind energy rights shall not be severed from the surface estate, except that wind energy may be developed pursuant to a wind energy agreement.
(c) A wind energy agreement is an interest in real property. A wind energy agreement or a notice or memorandum evidencing a wind energy agreement shall:
(i) Be recorded in the office of the county clerk where the land subject to the agreement is located; and
(ii) Shall include a description of the land subject to the agreement.
(d) After a wind energy agreement has terminated, the surface owner may request the wind energy developer to record a release of the wind energy agreement in the office of the county clerk where the land subject to the wind energy agreement is located. The request shall be in writing and delivered to the wind energy developer by personal service or registered mail at the wind energy developer's last known address. The wind energy developer shall record the release within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request. If the wind energy developer fails to record the release within twenty (20) days after the receipt of the request, the wind energy developer shall be liable to the surface owner for all damages caused by the wind energy developer's failure. A copy of the written request shall have the same force and effect as the original in an action for damages.
(e) Wind energy becomes personalty at the point of conversion into electricity.
(f) Nothing in this act shall alter, amend, diminish or invalidate wind energy agreements or conveyances made or entered into prior to April 1, 2011 provided that a contract, lease, memorandum or other notice evidencing the acquisition, conveyance or reservation of the wind energy rights is recorded in accordance with subsection (c) of this section no later than July 1, 2011.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-104 - Dominance of Mineral Estate.

34-27-104. Dominance of mineral estate.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to change the common law as of April 1, 2011 as it relates to the rights belonging to, or the dominance of, the mineral estate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-105 - Compensation for Taking of Wind Energy Rights.

34-27-105. Compensation for taking of wind energy rights.
Nothing in this act diminishes the right of the owner of the surface estate to receive compensation under W.S. 1-26-701 through 1-26-714 for the taking of wind energy rights incidental to the exercise of eminent domain.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-106 - No Restriction on Transfer of Wind Energy Agreement.

34-27-106. No restriction on transfer of wind energy agreement.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to restrict the transfer of a wind energy agreement, including the transfer of the surface owner's right to receive payments under the wind energy agreement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 27 - Wind Energy Rights › Section 34-27-107 - Reversion of Easements.

34-27-107. Reversion of easements.
Unless otherwise agreed between the surface owner and wind energy developer, all easement interests acquired after April 1, 2011 for the purpose of producing wind energy shall revert to the owner of the surface estate if wind energy production has ceased for a continuous period of ten (10) years or if the generation of electricity by a turbine has not commenced within twenty (20) years after the execution of a wind energy agreement. Reversion of an interest under this section does not transfer any obligation to restore or reclaim the surface estate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 28 - Private Transfer Fees › Section 34-28-102 - Prohibition.

34-28-102. Prohibition.
A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this state on or after April 1, 2012 does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against any subsequent owner, purchaser or mortgagee of any interest in real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 28 - Private Transfer Fees › Section 34-28-103 - Recording of Existing Private Transfer Fee Obligations; Jurisdictions; Affidavit of Payment; Exemption of Mineral Rights.

34-28-103. Recording of existing private transfer fee obligations; jurisdictions; affidavit of payment; exemption of mineral rights.
(a) The payee of a private transfer fee obligation imposed prior to April 1, 2012 or an obligation under W.S. 34-28-101(a)(ii)(H) shall record a notice of private transfer fee obligation in the office of the clerk for each county in which the real property is located. The notice recorded shall meet the following requirements and contain:
(i) A clearly identified disclosure of the existence and amount of the private transfer fee obligation;
(ii) A description of the type and nature of the private transfer fee obligation;
(iii) A description of the type and nature of any penalty which may be incurred as a result of failure to pay the private transfer fee obligation;
(iv) A legal description of the real property; and
(v) The name and address of the payee. A notice filed under this subsection shall be amended upon change of the name or address of the payee.
(b) No court in the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to enforce a private transfer fee obligation which is not recorded as required by subsection (a) of this section against a bona fide purchaser who receives title to the property after April 1, 2012.
(c) Filing of an affidavit by a grantor with the clerk for each county in which the real property is located stating that payment in full of any private transfer fee obligation was sent by certified mail to the payee at the address listed in the document recorded under subsection (a) of this section is prima facie evidence of satisfaction of the obligation.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to:
(i) A transfer of mineral rights, interests and obligations;
(ii) The transfer of any surface right appurtenant to a mineral right, interest or obligation which has been severed from the surface estate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 1 - In General › Section 34-29-102 - Classification of Digital Assets as Property; Applicability to Uniform Commercial Code; Application of Other Law.

34-29-102. Classification of digital assets as property; applicability to Uniform Commercial Code; application of other law.
(a) Digital assets are classified in the following manner:
(i) Digital consumer assets are intangible personal property and shall be considered general intangibles, as defined in W.S. 34.1-9-102(a)(xlii), only for the purposes of article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, title 34.1, Wyoming statutes;
(ii) Digital securities are intangible personal property and shall be considered securities, as defined in W.S. 34.1-8-102(a)(xv), and investment property, as defined in W.S. 34.1-9-102(a)(xlix), only for the purposes of articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, title 34.1, Wyoming statutes;
(iii) Virtual currency is intangible personal property and shall be considered money, notwithstanding W.S. 34.1-1-201(b)(xxiv), only for the purposes of article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, title 34.1, Wyoming statutes.
(b) Consistent with W.S. 34.1-8-102(a)(ix), a digital asset may be treated as a financial asset under that paragraph, pursuant to an agreement with the owner of the digital asset. If treated as a financial asset, the digital asset shall remain intangible personal property.
(c) A bank providing custodial services under W.S. 34-29-104 shall be considered to meet the requirements of W.S. 34.1-8-102(a)(xiv).
(d) Classification of digital assets under this section shall be construed in a manner to give the greatest effect to this chapter, but shall not be construed to apply to any other asset.
(e) This chapter shall be considered a consumer protection statute for the purposes of W.S. 34.1-9-201(b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 1 - In General › Section 34-29-105 - Jurisdiction of Courts.

34-29-105. Jurisdiction of courts.
Subject to other jurisdictional limits placed on specific courts by Wyoming law, the courts of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to hear claims in both law and equity relating to digital assets, including those arising from this chapter and the Uniform Commercial Code, title 34.1, Wyoming statutes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 1 - In General › Section 34-29-107 - Production of Private Keys; Prohibition.

34-29-107. Production of private keys; prohibition.
(a) No person shall be compelled to produce a private key or make a private key known to any other person in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding in this state that relates to a digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right to which the private key provides access unless a public key is unavailable or unable to disclose the requisite information with respect to the digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right.
(b) This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit any lawful proceeding that compels a person to produce, sell, transfer, convey or disclose a digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right to which a private key provides access, or to disclose information about the digital asset, digital identity or other interest or right, provided that the person is not required to produce or disclose the private key except as otherwise required by subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 2 - Registered Digital Assets › Section 34-29-201 - Definitions.

34-29-201. Definitions. Note: this section is effective as of 12/1/2023.
(a) For purposes of this article:
(i) "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 2 - Registered Digital Assets › Section 34-29-202 - Registered Digital Assets; Limitations; Certificate.

34-29-202. Registered digital assets; limitations; certificate. Note: this section is effective as of 12/1/2023.
(a) The lawful owner of any digital asset or the lawful owner's agent may register the digital asset with the secretary in accordance with this article. Digital assets registered with the secretary shall be deemed to be located within the state for purposes of all laws and regulations of this state, or any applicable federal laws not in conflict with this article, which may impact ownership rights of the digital asset or require transfer of the digital asset.
(b) Following approval of an application for registration of a digital asset, the secretary shall provide a registration certificate cryptographically signed by the secretary for each registered digital asset that may be attached to or otherwise associated with the digital asset.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to confer any ownership, property or other rights related to digital assets beyond those specifically granted in this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 34 - Property, Conveyances and Security Transactions › Chapter 29 - Digital Assets › Article 2 - Registered Digital Assets › Section 34-29-203 - Application for Registration; Filing Fee; Limitations.

34-29-203. Application for registration; filing fee; limitations. Note: this section is effective as of 12/1/2023.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this article, any person may submit an application to the secretary in the form and containing information as prescribed by the secretary, for registration of a digital asset. The application shall contain, at minimum, the following information:
(i) The name and address of the person applying for registration;
(ii) The nature of the digital asset and sufficient information to identify the digital asset;
(iii) A statement that the applicant is the lawful owner of the digital asset or the lawful owner's agent and that to the knowledge of the applicant no other person has a current, valid registration of the digital asset either in this state or in any other jurisdiction;
(iv) Cryptographic proof that the lawful owner has control of the digital asset at the time of application.
(b) The application shall be signed and verified by oath, affirmation or declaration subject to perjury laws by the applicant.
(c) The application for registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee set in accordance with W.S. 34-29-209, which registration fee shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) and shall be payable to the secretary.
(d) The applicant shall be:
(i) A resident of the state of Wyoming if the applicant is a natural person;
(ii) Incorporated or organized in the state of Wyoming if the applicant is a business entity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-1-101 - Local Contributions; Disposition.

35-1-101. Local contributions; disposition.
All monies paid to the state treasurer representing contributions by city councils, county commissioners, trustees of school districts, or other public agencies, for public health purposes, shall be set up and designated on the books of the state treasurer in a separate account, and shall be expended and disbursed upon warrants drawn by the state auditor against said account when the vouchers therefor have been approved by the department of health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-1-102 - Sanitation of Public Institutions.

35-1-102. Sanitation of public institutions.
It shall be the duty of the officers, managers, superintendents, proprietors and lessees of all hospitals, asylums, infirmaries, prisons, jails, schools, theaters, public places and public institutions to remedy any and all defects relating to the unsanitary condition of such institution, or institutions, as may be under their control, when such defects shall have been called to their attention in writing by the department of health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-1-103 - Neglect or Failure of Officials to Perform Duty.

35-1-103. Neglect or failure of officials to perform duty.
Any member of the department of health, any county health officer, or any officer, superintendent, or principal of any city, town, county or institution named in this act, who shall fail or neglect to perform any of the duties herein required of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or shall be confined in the county jail for a period of not less than six (6) months, nor more than a year, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-1-105 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty for Violations.

35-1-105. Prohibited acts; penalty for violations.
(a) No person, corporation or other organization nor representative thereof shall:
(i) Willfully violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of the public health laws of Wyoming or the terms of any lawful notice, order, rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto;
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, 5.
(iii) Being a person charged by law or rule of the department of health with the duty of reporting the existence of disease or other facts and statistics relating to the public health, fail to make or file such reports as required by law or requirement of the department;
(iv) Conduct a business or activity for which the department requires a certificate or permit without such a certificate or permit;
(v) Willfully and falsely make or alter any certificate or certified copy thereof issued pursuant to public health laws of Wyoming;
(vi) Knowingly transport or accept for transportation, interment or other disposition a dead human body without an accompanying permit issued in accordance with the public health laws of Wyoming or the rules of the department; or
(vii) Being the owner or occupant of private property upon which there shall exist a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness, willfully fail to remove the same at his own expense within forty-eight (48) hours after being ordered to do so by health authorities.
(b) Upon conviction of any of the offenses prohibited in subsection (a) of this section, the violator shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both, and shall be liable for all expense incurred by health authorities in removing the nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness. No conviction under the penalty provisions of this act or of any other public health laws shall relieve any person from an action in damages for injury resulting from violation of public health laws.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 1 - In General › Section 35-1-106 - Penalty for Violations.

35-1-106. Penalty for violations.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or any lawful rule or regulation made by the state department of health pursuant to the authority herein granted, or who shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order issued by any state, county or municipal health officer pursuant to the authority granted in this act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished except as otherwise provided therein by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-201 - Exceptions With Reference to Religion.

35-1-201. Exceptions with reference to religion.
Except as provided in W.S. 35-4-113, with respect to all persons who, either on behalf of themselves or their minor children or wards, rely in good faith upon spiritual means or prayer in the free exercise of religion to prevent or cure disease, nothing in this act shall have the effect of requiring or giving any health officer or other person the right to compel any such person, minor child or ward, to go or be confined in a hospital, or other medical institution unless no other place for quarantine of such person, minor child, or ward can be secured, nor to compel any such person, child, or ward to submit to any medical treatment.
Division 2. Powers and Duties
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-220 - Legal Advisers; Provisions as to Enforcement.

35-1-220. Legal advisers; provisions as to enforcement.
The attorney general of Wyoming shall be legal adviser for the department of health and shall defend it in all action and proceedings brought against it. The district attorney for the county in which a cause of action may arise, shall bring any action requested by the department to abate a condition which exists in violation of, or to restrain or enforce any action which is in violation of, or to prosecute for the violation of, or for the enforcement of, the public health laws of Wyoming. If he fails to so act, the department may bring any such action and shall be represented by the attorney general or by special counsel.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-221 - Judicial Review of Decisions.

35-1-221. Judicial review of decisions.
(a) Any person aggrieved and affected by a decision of the department of health shall be entitled to judicial review thereof, by filing in the district court of the Wyoming county of his residence, within thirty (30) days after such decision, an appropriate action requesting such review. The court may make any interested person a party to the action. The review shall be conducted by the court without a jury and shall be confined to the department's record, if a complete record is so presented, except that in cases of alleged irregularities in the record or in the procedure before the department, testimony may be taken in and by the court, which may affirm the department's decision or may reserve or modify it if the substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced as a result of the findings and decisions of the department because:
(i) Contrary to or affecting constitutional rights or privileges; or
(ii) In excess of statutory authority or jurisdiction of the department, or resulting from other error or law; or
(iii) Made or promulgated upon unlawful procedure; or
(iv) Unsupported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record as submitted; or
(v) Arbitrary or capricious.
(b) Any party may have a review of the final judgment or decision of the district court by appeal to the supreme court of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-222 - Sanitary Information Generally.

35-1-222. Sanitary information generally.
The department of health shall cause all proper sanitary information in its possession to be promptly forwarded to the county health officers, adding thereto such useful suggestions as the experience of the department may supply, and it is also hereby made the duty of said county health officers to supply the like information and suggestions to the department of health, and the department of health is authorized to require reports and information at such times of such facts and of such nature and extent relating to the safety of life and promotion of health as its bylaws or rules may provide; from all public or private dispensaries, hospitals, asylums, infirmaries, prisons, schools, and from managers, principals, and officers thereof, and from all other public institutions, their officers, managers and from the proprietors, managers, lessees, and occupants of all places of public resort in the state, but such reports and information shall only be required concerning matters or particulars in respect to which they may in their opinion need information for the proper discharge of their duties. The department shall, when requested by public authorities, or when they may deem it best advise the officers of the state, counties, cities, or towns or local governments in regard to sanitary drainage and the location, drainage, ventilation and sanitary provisions of any public institution, building or public place.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-223 - Cooperation to Prevent Spread of Contagious Diseases; Report of Epidemics or Diseases Required From Local Health Officials.

35-1-223. Cooperation to prevent spread of contagious diseases; report of epidemics or diseases required from local health officials.
The department of health shall give all information that may be reasonably requested concerning any threatened danger to the public health, and the local health officers and all the state, county, city and town officers in the state shall give the like information to the state health officer, and the department and said state, county, city and town officers, insofar as legal and practicable, shall cooperate to prevent the spread of diseases, and for the protection of life and the promotion of health within the sphere of their respective duties. When in any county, an epidemic or contagious or infectious disease including venereal diseases, is known to exist, it shall be the duty of the county health officer of such county to immediately notify the state health officer of the existence of the same, with such facts as to its cause and continuance as may then be known.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-224 - Inspection of Public Buildings and Grounds or Plans or Description Thereof.

35-1-224. Inspection of public buildings and grounds or plans or description thereof.
It is hereby made the duty of all boards and agents having the control, charge or custody of any public structure, work, ground or erection, or of any plan, description, outlines, drawings thereof, or relating thereto, made, kept or controlled by any public authority, to promote and facilitate the examination and inspection and the making of copies of the same by any officer or person by the department of health authorized; and the members of the department may, without fee or hindrance enter, examine and survey all such grounds, erection, structures, buildings and places.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-225 - Inspection of Water Supply; Duties as to Streets and Public Structures Generally.

35-1-225. Inspection of water supply; duties as to streets and public structures generally.
The department of health is authorized and empowered to investigate and ascertain as far as possible, in relation to the pollution of streams and natural waters of this state by artificial causes, or of all waterworks, and water systems belonging to any city or town, sanitary district, corporation, company or individual, in this state and supplying water for public consumption, which in their judgment may be necessary to determine the sanitary and economic effects of such pollution, and to enter in and upon the grounds, buildings and premises, waterworks, reservoirs, pipelines, pump houses and everything connected with the collection and distribution of water to the inhabitants of any city or town, to make, institute, and conduct needful experiments pertaining thereto, and shall have power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and hear evidence relating to such matters, and to make full report to the city, town or sanitary district authorities and also to the proper officers of any privately owned water utility when included in such investigations, of their operations and investigations in writing; and it shall be the duty of all such officers when notified of any unsanitary conditions of streets, alleys, sidewalks, waterworks, or other public ways, structures or improvements under their control, to at once take steps to repair, cleanse, abate or destroy the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-226 - Power of Department in Cities and Towns.

35-1-226. Power of department in cities and towns.
It shall be the duty of the state department of health, upon petition of at least twenty (20) taxpayers in any community, to send a competent representative to any incorporated city or town in this state for the purpose of inspecting and thoroughly investigating the sanitary condition of such city or town and the department shall have the power and it shall be the duty of the department to condemn, in any such city or town, any buildings, sewers, water connections, or other things, that in their judgment are in such condition as is likely to produce or cause the spread of epidemic diseases. And the department shall give notice to the mayor and council of such city or town to repair, remove, cleanse or remedy such defect or defects, within ten (10) days, and if the same shall not be done within the time specified in said notice, as directed by the department of health, it shall be the duty of the department to have same done; and the department is authorized to employ sufficient labor and furnish all necessary materials for the performance of such work, and it shall be the duty of the department, upon the completion of such work, to issue certificates to the person or persons performing such work and furnishing material therefor, and to file a report of the expense incurred in the performance of such work with the clerk of said city or town; and it shall be the duty of the council of such city or town where such work has been performed, to issue warrant or warrants to the proper parties for the payment of all such expense. Said warrant or warrants to be paid by the treasurer of such city or town as other warrants are paid.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-227 - Supervision of County Health Officers.

35-1-227. Supervision of county health officers.
The county health officers of this state shall be under the direction and supervision of the state department of health, and the state department of health shall have authority to make such rules and regulations for the government and direction of said county health officers as in their judgment may be best suited to maintain the public health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-229 - Rules and Regulations.

35-1-229. Rules and regulations.
(a) The state department of health is hereby empowered and directed to make such rules and regulations as shall in its judgment be necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this act, including rules and regulations providing for the control and treatment of persons isolated or quarantined under the provisions of W.S. 35-4-133 and 35-4-134, and such other rules and regulations not in conflict with provisions of this act concerning the control of venereal diseases and concerning the care, treatment and quarantine of persons infected therewith as it may from time to time deem advisable. All such regulations so made shall be of force and binding upon all county and municipal health officers and other persons affected by this act and shall have the force and effect of law; provided, further, that the expense incident to the quarantine and treatment of venereally infected persons in prisons shall be borne by the county in which the person or persons are imprisoned, excepting inmates of state institutions which shall be borne by the state, when evidenced by proper vouchers and receipts approved by the department of health.
(b) The department of health may promulgate rules and regulations to set standards for the chemical, bacteriological, physical or radiological content of a small water supply and shall be applicable only when a legal interest in real property to which the small water supply is appurtenant is conveyed from one (1) party to another or when a conveyance is reasonably anticipated and when such standards are required by a lender. As used in this subsection, "small water supply" means any water supply with not more than nine (9) service connections, which is currently used for human consumption or for which plans exist for its future use for human consumption. The cost of any testing to determine the chemical, bacteriological, physical or radiological content of a small water supply shall be borne by the parties.
Division 3. Administration
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-241 - Safe Disposal of Corpses in Emergency Circumstances.

35-1-241. Safe disposal of corpses in emergency circumstances.
(a) The state health officer in consultation with the appropriate county coroner, during the period that a public health emergency exists, may:
(i) Adopt and enforce measures to provide for the safe disposal of corpses as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response. These measures may include the embalming, burial, cremation, interment, disinterment, transportation and disposal of corpses;
(ii) Take possession or control of any corpse;
(iii) Order the disposal of any corpse of a person who has died of an infectious disease through burial or cremation within twenty-four (24) hours after death;
(iv) Compel any person authorized to embalm, bury, cremate, inter, disinter, transport or dispose of corpses to accept any corpse or provide the use of his business or facility if the actions are reasonable and necessary for emergency response. The use of a business or facility may include transferring the management and supervision of the business or facility to the state health officer and granting the right for the state health officer to take immediate possession for a limited or unlimited period of time, but shall not exceed beyond the termination of the public health emergency.
(b) Every corpse prior to disposal pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be clearly labeled with all available information to identify the decedent and the circumstances of death. Any corpse of a deceased person with an infectious disease shall have an external, clearly visible tag indicating that the corpse is infected and, if known, the infectious disease.
(c) Every person in charge of disposing of any corpse pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall maintain a written record of each corpse and all available information to identify the decedent and the circumstances of death and disposal. If a corpse cannot be identified, prior to disposal a qualified person shall, to the extent possible, take fingerprints and one (1) or more photographs of the corpse, and collect a DNA specimen. All information collected under this subsection shall be promptly forwarded to the state health official.
(d) As used in this section "public health emergency" means as defined by W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 2 - Department of Health › Section 35-1-244 - Public Health Laboratory Fees.

35-1-244. Public health laboratory fees.
(a) The department of health may charge reasonable fees for laboratory testing services provided to other state agencies, local law enforcement entities and other individuals or organizations in accordance with the following:
(i) Fees shall be established by rule or regulation promulgated in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;
(ii) Fees shall be established in an amount sufficient to recoup the department's cost of providing the laboratory testing services.
(b) The department shall only charge fees pursuant to this section if the department makes personnel available to testify in criminal trials as to the department's laboratory testing results.
(c) Fees collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special revenue account. No funds shall be expended from the special revenue account unless and until the legislature appropriates the funds.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments › Section 35-1-301 - Definitions; Establishment; Participation by Municipality in District Department.

35-1-301. Definitions; establishment; participation by municipality in district department.
(a) For the purposes of this act, the word "municipality" shall mean and include any town, village or city of this state, and the word "district" shall mean and include any combination of said towns, villages, cities and counties of this state.
(b) Any county, municipality, or district may, by resolution of the board of county commissioners or municipal governing body or by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of such county, municipality, or district, establish and maintain a county, municipal, or district health department.
(c) Any two (2) or more adjacent counties may, by resolutions of the boards of county commissioners or by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors establish and maintain a district health department.
(d) Any municipality within a health department district may, by resolution of the municipal governing body or by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of such municipality, participate in such a district health department.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 1 - Administration › Article 3 - County, Municipal and District Health Departments › Section 35-1-302 - Organization of Units; Membership of Boards; Removal.

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