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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 1 - Communicable Diseases › Section 35-4-132 - Report Required of Health Care Providers, Facilities and Laboratories; Notification; Confidentiality of Information.

35-4-132. Report required of health care providers, facilities and laboratories; notification; confidentiality of information.
(a) A physician or other health care provider diagnosing or treating a case of sexually transmitted disease, the administrator of a hospital, dispensary, charitable or penal institution or any other health care facility in which there is a case of sexually transmitted disease and the administrator or operator of a laboratory performing a positive laboratory test for sexually transmitted disease shall report the diagnosis, case or positive test results to both the department of health and the appropriate health officer in a form and manner directed by the department. Health care providers and facilities shall cooperate with and assist the department and health officers in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted disease.
(b) The department of health shall compile the number of reported cases within the state.
(c) Any physician or other health care provider and any administrator or operator of a health care facility or laboratory reporting a diagnosis, case or positive test result pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall notify any health care professional and health care employee reasonably expected to be at risk of exposure to a dangerous or life-threatening sexually transmitted disease and involved in the supervision, care and treatment of an individual infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a dangerous or life-threatening sexually transmitted disease.
(d) Information and records relating to a known or suspected case of sexually transmitted disease which has been reported, acquired and maintained under W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 are confidential and except as otherwise required by law, shall not be disclosed unless the disclosure is:
(i) For statistical purposes, provided that the identity of the individual with the known or suspected case is protected;
(ii) Necessary for the administration and enforcement of W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134 and department rules and regulations related to the control and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases;
(iii) Made with the written consent of the individual identified within the information or records; or
(iv) For notification of health care professionals and health care employees pursuant to subsection (c) of this section as necessary to protect life and health.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 1 - Communicable Diseases › Section 35-4-134 - Examination and Treatment of Prisoners.

35-4-134. Examination and treatment of prisoners.
(a) Any individual confined or imprisoned in any state penal institution, county or city jail or any community correctional facility shall be examined for sexually transmitted diseases by the appropriate health officer or his qualified designee.
(b) To suppress the spread of sexually transmitted disease among the confined population, the health officer or his qualified designee may:
(i) Isolate prisoners infected with a treatable illness within the facility and require them to report for treatment by a licensed physician; or
(ii) In the case of an individual infected with a noncurable sexually transmitted disease, provide for the minimum care and treatment of the individual pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health with the advice of the department of corrections.
(c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the service of any sentence imposed by a court as a punishment for the commission of a crime.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 1 - Communicable Diseases › Section 35-4-138 - Introduction of Solution in Eyes of Newborn Child by Attending Physician.

35-4-138. Introduction of solution in eyes of newborn child by attending physician.
It shall be the duty of every practicing or licensed physician in the state of Wyoming, when attending the birth of a child, to introduce or cause to be introduced into the eyes of the newborn infant a stable solution or ointment of a broad spectrum antibiotic as prescribed by the state department of health. Provided, that this section shall not apply in cases where the parents are religiously opposed to the use of drugs and so inform the attending physician.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 1 - Communicable Diseases › Section 35-4-139 - Childhood Immunizations.

35-4-139. Childhood immunizations.
The department of health through rule and regulation shall develop and implement a program to provide vaccines for all children of Wyoming residents who are not federally vaccine eligible children as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396s(b)(2) or subsequent similar federal enactment. Vaccines provided pursuant to this section shall include those determined to be necessary for the healthy development of children and prescribed in rules and regulations of the department based on recommendations from an advisory group which the department director shall appoint consisting of a representative of an organization representing physicians licensed in Wyoming, at least one (1) pediatric physician licensed in Wyoming and at least one (1) family physician licensed in Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-201 - Department of Health to Cooperate With Municipal Authorities, Corporations and Persons as to Water, Drainage and Sewage; Definitions of "Drainage" and "Sewage".

35-4-201. Department of health to cooperate with municipal authorities, corporations and persons as to water, drainage and sewage; definitions of "drainage" and "sewage".
The department shall consult with and advise the authorities of cities and towns and persons having or about to have systems of water supply, drainage and sewage as to the most appropriate source of water supply and the best method assuring its purity or as to the best method of disposing of their drainage or sewage with reference to the existing and future needs of other cities, towns or persons which may be affected thereby. It shall also consult with and advise all corporations, companies or persons engaged or intending to engage in any manufacturing or other business whose drainage or sewage may tend to pollute any inland water as to the best method of preventing such pollution, and it may conduct experiments to determine the best methods of the purification or disposal of drainage or sewage. Cities, towns and all other corporations, companies or persons shall submit to the department for its advice and approval their proposed system of water supply or of the disposal of drainage or sewage, and no city, town or persons or company shall proceed to build or install or enlarge or extend any system of water supply, drainage or sewage disposal, without first obtaining the approval of the state department of health. In this section the term "drainage" means rainfall, surface and subsoil water only, and "sewage" means domestic and industrial filth and waste.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-220 - Definitions.

35-4-220. Definitions.
(a) The following words as used in this act, unless a different meaning is required by the context or is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meaning:
(i) "Service connection" shall mean and include any water line or pipe connected to a distribution supply main or pipe for the purpose of conveying water to a building or dwelling;
(ii) "Sanitary public water supply" shall mean and include any water supply being distributed by ten (10) or more service connections, such connections being utilized to furnish water for human consumption either in preparing foods or beverages for inhabitants of residences or business establishments;
(iii) "United States public health service drinking water standards" shall mean and include the standards prescribed by the United States public health service for the quality of water on interstate carriers, provided further that the section of these standards pertaining to physical and chemical characteristics of water shall not be included in these standards for the purpose of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-221 - Periodical Bacteriological Analysis of Water Required.

35-4-221. Periodical bacteriological analysis of water required.
(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of any public or private utility engaged in the development, storage and distribution of a sanitary public water supply to provide for the safety and purity of such supply to every service connection and to collect samples of such water for bacteriological analysis at least once monthly or oftener as required by the state board of health. Such collection shall be made in special containers furnished for this purpose by the state health department division of laboratories and shall be returned to this laboratory for examination. Such examination and reporting of results shall comply with the procedures outlined in the United States public health service drinking water standards. The results of such analysis shall be reported to the owners or persons responsible for the operation of the sanitary public water supply.
(b) When the water from such water supply has been determined by laboratory examination, inspection and report of the state department of health to be unsafe for human consumption as determined by the United States public health service drinking water standards, the owners or persons responsible for the operation of such water supply shall take immediate action to correct sanitary defects, improve operation, provide necessary water treatment, or make any other changes or additions necessary to provide assuredly safe water.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-222 - Notice of Danger to Health.

35-4-222. Notice of danger to health.
Whenever, in the opinion of the state department of health, investigations indicate that the water from a water supply as described in this act would endanger the health of the water consumers, the department shall give written notice to the owners or persons responsible for the operation of such sanitary public water supply, specifying the cause of the danger to the health of the water consumers.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-223 - Liability for Damages.

35-4-223. Liability for damages.
Compliance with the requirements of this act shall in no way release the owners or persons responsible for the operation of a sanitary public water supply from any liability for damage to persons or property caused by or resulting from the installation, operation or maintenance of a sanitary public water supply.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 2 - Protection of Public Water Supply › Section 35-4-224 - Standards for Mobile Home Parks Eliminated.

35-4-224. Standards for mobile home parks eliminated.
The department of health has no authority to regulate, or to promulgate or enforce rules, regulations or standards regulating the design and construction of sewerage and water facilities within a mobile home park. This does not preclude the department from promulgating and enforcing rules and regulations or standards regulating the health of persons within a mobile home park and inspecting sewerage and water facilities within a mobile home park upon completion of the construction of such facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 5 - Blood Tests for Pregnant Women › Section 35-4-501 - Definition of Standard Serological Test; Cost.

35-4-501. Definition of standard serological test; cost.
For the purposes of this act, a standard serological test shall be a test for syphilis approved by the state department of health, and shall be performed in a laboratory approved by the state department of health. Such laboratory tests as are required by this act shall be performed on request without charge at the state department of health laboratory.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 5 - Blood Tests for Pregnant Women › Section 35-4-502 - Duty of Attending Physician.

35-4-502. Duty of attending physician.
Every physician licensed to practice medicine attending a pregnant woman in the state for conditions relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery shall take, or cause to be taken, a sample of blood of such woman at the time of her first professional visit or within ten (10) days thereafter. The blood specimen thus obtained shall be submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis. Every other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women in the state but not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall cause a sample of blood of such pregnant women to be taken by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine and have such sample submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 5 - Blood Tests for Pregnant Women › Section 35-4-503 - Report of Birth; Statement as to Blood Test.

35-4-503. Report of birth; statement as to blood test.
In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians and others required to make such reports shall state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis has been made upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child for which a birth or stillbirth certificate is filed, and the approximate date when the specimen was taken. In no event shall the birth certificate state the result of the test.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 5 - Blood Tests for Pregnant Women › Section 35-4-504 - Penalty.

35-4-504. Penalty.
Any licensed physician and surgeon, or other person, engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman during the period of gestation and/or at delivery, or any representative of a laboratory who violates the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00); provided, however, every licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman during the period of gestation or at delivery, who requests such specimen in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 35-4-502, and whose request is refused, shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-601 - Delivery of Unclaimed Bodies for Anatomical Study.

35-4-601. Delivery of unclaimed bodies for anatomical study.
Any member of the following boards or officers to-wit: The board of health of any city, town or county in the state; the mayor or common council of any city, and the officers or board having direction or control of any almshouse, prison hospital, house of correction or jail, in the state, shall, when so requested, surrender the dead bodies of such persons as may be required to be buried at the public expense, to any regularly licensed physician or dentist or medical college in the state or to a person certified by a state or local law enforcement agency to train search and rescue animals, in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the state department of health; such bodies to be used by said physician, dentist, medical college or person, for the advancement of anatomical science or the training of search and rescue animals; preference being given to the faculty of any legally organized state medical college or school of anatomy, for their use in the instruction of medical students; provided that in no case shall the faculties or other officers of such medical college or school of anatomy require or receive from any medical student or students, for such body so furnished therein, any sum of money in excess of the actual cost of procuring the same.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-602 - Exceptions as to Certain Bodies.

35-4-602. Exceptions as to certain bodies.
(a) No such body shall in any case be surrendered if:
(i) The deceased in his or her last illness requested to be not dissected; or
(ii) If within forty-eight (48) hours after his or her death, any person of kindred or a friend of the deceased shall request the body for burial; or
(iii) If such deceased was a stranger or a traveler who died suddenly before making himself or herself known; or
(iv) If such deceased person was honorably discharged from any arm of the military or naval service of the United States.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-603 - Restriction Upon Use of Bodies; Bond Required of Applicant; Prohibited Acts.

35-4-603. Restriction upon use of bodies; bond required of applicant; prohibited acts.
It shall not be lawful for any person so receiving dead bodies to use the same, except for the prosecution of anatomical science or the training of search and rescue animals, or elsewhere than in this state; and the state department of health in its rules and regulations in regard to the distribution of the same, may require each applicant to furnish a good and sufficient bond that the provisions of this act will be observed. Whosoever shall use said body for any other purpose, or shall remove the same beyond the limits of the state, or whosoever shall traffic, trade or deal with said bodies for a commercial purpose shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined, on conviction, not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or more than one (1) year; the fine accruing from said conviction to be paid to the school fund of the county, wherein such offense was committed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-604 - Penalty for Refusing to Deliver Body.

35-4-604. Penalty for refusing to deliver body.
Any officer refusing to deliver the remains or dead body of the deceased person, when demanded in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations set forth by the state department of health, shall pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00); such penalties to be sued for by the department of health as the case may be.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-605 - Burial or Cremation After Use.

35-4-605. Burial or cremation after use.
It shall be the duty of all parties, who may secure dead bodies under provisions of this act, to bury the same decently in some public cemetery within a reasonable time after dissection or use, or cremate the same or make such other disposition as may be prescribed by the state department of health. For any violation of this provision, the party or parties so neglecting shall on conviction, forfeit or pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than six (6) months nor more than twelve (12) months or both, at the discretion of the court; such penalties to be sued for by the school officers or anyone interested therein, for the benefit of the school fund of the county in which the offense shall have been committed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-606 - Rules and Regulations.

35-4-606. Rules and regulations.
The state department of health shall, within thirty (30) days after passage of this act, promulgate rules and regulations as called for by W.S. 35-4-601.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 6 - Disposal of Unclaimed Human Bodies › Section 35-4-607 - Who May Have Bodies in Possession.

35-4-607. Who may have bodies in possession.
Any regularly licensed physician or dentist of the state, any medical student who is a regular matriculate of a recognized medical college, under authority of such physician, any person certified by a state or local law enforcement agency to train search and rescue animals or any person authorized by the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act may have in his possession human dead bodies, or parts thereof, lawfully obtained, for the purpose of anatomical inquiry or dissection or for training of search and rescue animals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 8 - Newborn Screening › Section 35-4-801 - Screening Required for Detection of Genetic and Metabolic Diseases and Hearing Defects in Newborn Children; Conduct of Screening; Exceptions; Fees.

35-4-801. Screening required for detection of genetic and metabolic diseases and hearing defects in newborn children; conduct of screening; exceptions; fees.
(a) Every child born in the state of Wyoming shall be given medical examinations for detection of remedial inborn errors of metabolism, major hearing defects and any other metabolic or genetic diseases as determined by the committee established by subsection (b) of this section. The screening shall be conducted in accordance with accepted medical practices and in the manner prescribed in rule by the state department of health.
(b) The specific tests to be done shall be determined by a committee consisting of the following:
(i) The state health officer in the department of health;
(ii) The president of the Wyoming state medical society;
(iii) A member designated by the Wyoming state pediatric society;
(iv) A member who is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist.
(c) Informed consent of parents shall be obtained and if any parent or guardian of a child objects to a mandatory examination the child is exempt from subsection (a) of this section. The department of health shall provide educational information to healthcare providers for distribution to the parent containing information on the testing procedures, the diseases being screened and the consequences of screening or nonscreening.
(d) Following consultation with the committee described in subsection (b) of this section, the department of health may provide by rule and regulation for the assessment of a fee, payable to the department, to cover the reasonable cost of the screenings required by this section. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into a separate account and are continuously appropriated to the department of health for purposes of the newborn screening program required by this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 8 - Newborn Screening › Section 35-4-802 - Rules and Regulations.

35-4-802. Rules and regulations.
(a) The state department of health shall make all rules and regulations necessary for:
(i) Dissemination of the provisions of W.S. 35-4-801 to all hospitals and physicians within the state; and
(ii) Implementation of W.S. 35-4-801, as amended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 9 - Emergency Administration of Medical Treatment Act › Section 35-4-902 - Definitions.

35-4-902. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Opiate antagonist" means any device or medication approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of an opiate related drug overdose;
(ii) "Opiate related drug overdose" means a condition, including extreme physical illness, a decreased level of consciousness or respiratory depression resulting from the consumption or use of an opioid, or another substance with which an opioid was combined, that a reasonable person would believe to require medical assistance;
(iii) "Pharmacist" means any person licensed under Wyoming statutes as a pharmacist and who is practicing within the scope of their license;
(iv) "Practitioner" means any person licensed under Wyoming statutes as a physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse and who is practicing within the scope of their license;
(v) "Standing order" means an order transmitted electronically or in writing by a practitioner for a drug or device for a patient or multiple patients with whom no prescriber-patient relationship exists;
(vi) "Entity" means any person as defined in W.S. 8-1-102(a)(vi), and includes the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges, who employs persons who, in the course of their official duties or business, may encounter a person experiencing anaphylaxis or an opioid related drug overdose;
(vii) "Opioid" or "opiate" means an opiumlike compound that binds to one (1) or more of the major opioid receptors in the body;
(viii) "Epinephrine auto-injector" means an automatic injectable device that administers the drug epinephrine to a person experiencing anaphylaxis and includes epipens or any other device under a different brand name used for emergency epinephrine delivery for the treatment of anaphylaxis and which device is approved by the United States food and drug administration.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 9 - Emergency Administration of Medical Treatment Act › Section 35-4-903 - Prescription of Epinephrine Auto-Injector or Opiate Antagonist.

35-4-903. Prescription of epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist.
(a) A practitioner or a pharmacist acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care may, without a prescriber-patient relationship, prescribe an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist to:
(i) A person at risk of experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose;
(ii) A person in a position to assist a person at risk of experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose;
(iii) A person who, in the course of the person's official duties or business, may encounter a person experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose.
(b) A practitioner or pharmacist who prescribes an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist under this article shall provide education to the person to whom the epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist is prescribed, which shall include written instruction on how to:
(i) Recognize anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose;
(ii) Respond appropriately to an anaphylaxis or opiate related drug overdose event, including how to administer epinephrine through use of an epinephrine auto-injector or administer an opiate antagonist;
(iii) Ensure that a person to whom epinephrine or an opiate antagonist has been administered receives, as soon as possible, additional medical care and a medical evaluation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 9 - Emergency Administration of Medical Treatment Act › Section 35-4-904 - Standing Order for Epinephrine Auto-Injector or Opiate Antagonist; Anaphylaxis and Drug Overdose Treatment Policy; Rules.

35-4-904. Standing order for epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist; anaphylaxis and drug overdose treatment policy; rules.
(a) A practitioner acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care may prescribe by a standing order an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist to an entity that, in the course of the entity's official duties or business, may be in a position to assist a person experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose.
(b) An entity prescribed an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist by standing order shall establish an anaphylaxis or a drug overdose treatment policy in accordance with rules adopted by the department of health. The anaphylaxis or drug overdose treatment policy shall:
(i) Provide for the designation of individuals to receive training and instructional materials on how to recognize and respond to anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose and ensure that a person to whom epinephrine or an opiate antagonist has been administered receives additional medical care and a medical evaluation;
(ii) Provide for reporting to the department of health, in the manner and form prescribed by the department, all anaphylaxis events or opiate related drug overdoses for which epinephrine or an opiate antagonist is administered under this article.
(c) The Wyoming state board of medicine and the Wyoming state board of nursing may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer prescription of an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist by a standing order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 9 - Emergency Administration of Medical Treatment Act › Section 35-4-905 - Voluntary Participation.

35-4-905. Voluntary participation.
This article does not establish a duty or standard of care for a person to prescribe or administer epinephrine, through use of an epinephrine auto-injector, or an opiate antagonist.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 4 - Health Regulations Generally › Article 9 - Emergency Administration of Medical Treatment Act › Section 35-4-906 - Administration of an Epinephrine Auto-Injector or Opiate Antagonist; Immunity From Liability; Exemption From Unprofessional Conduct; Relation to Other Law.

35-4-906. Administration of an epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist; immunity from liability; exemption from unprofessional conduct; relation to other law.
(a) A person acting in good faith may administer epinephrine through use of an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist to another person who appears to be experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose.
(b) A person who administers epinephrine through use of an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist pursuant to this article is personally immune from civil or criminal liability for any act or omission resulting in damage or injury.
(c) A practitioner or pharmacist who prescribes an epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist pursuant to this article is personally immune from civil or criminal liability for any act or omission resulting in damage or injury.
(d) An entity that establishes an anaphylaxis or drug overdose treatment policy pursuant to this article is immune from civil or criminal liability for any act or omission related to the administration of epinephrine through use of an epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist resulting in damage or injury.
(e) Prescribing an epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist by a practitioner or pharmacist pursuant to this article shall not constitute unprofessional conduct.
(f) Should any grant of immunity, exception or imposition of liability within the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act conflict with any provision of this article, this article shall prevail.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-203 - Applicability.

35-5-203. Applicability.
This act applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. All anatomical gifts deemed to be effective under W.S. 35-5-101 through 35-5-119, prior to its repeal by this enactment, shall continue to be deemed and regarded to be effective after the effective date of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-204 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.

35-5-204. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.
(a) Subject to W.S. 35-5-208, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in W.S. 35-5-205 by:
(i) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:
(A) Emancipated; or
(B) Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least sixteen (16) years of age.
(ii) An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;
(iii) A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor to whom subparagraph (i)(B) of this subsection does not apply; or
(iv) The donor's guardian, if the donor is an unemancipated minor to whom subparagraph (i)(B) of this subsection does not apply.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-205 - Manner of Making Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.

35-5-205. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.
(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:
(i) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card;
(ii) In a will;
(iii) During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness; or
(iv) As provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall:
(i) Be witnessed by at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
(ii) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration or cancellation of a driver's license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.
(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the gift.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-206 - Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift Before Donor's Death.

35-5-206. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.
(a) Subject to W.S. 35-5-208, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:
(i) A record signed by:
(A) The donor;
(B) The other person; or
(C) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign.
(ii) A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
(b) A record signed pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i)(C) of this section shall:
(i) Be witnessed by at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and
(ii) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(c) Subject to W.S. 35-5-208, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness.
(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-207 - Refusal to Make Anatomical Gift; Effect of Refusal.

35-5-207. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:
(i) A record signed by:
(A) The individual; or
(B) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign.
(ii) The individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or
(iii) Any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness.
(b) A record signed pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i)(B) of this section shall:
(i) Be witnessed by at least two (2) adults, at least one (1) of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and
(ii) State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:
(i) In the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section for making a refusal;
(ii) By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to W.S. 35-5-205 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or
(iii) By destroying or cancelling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 35-5-208(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-208 - Preclusive Effect of Anatomical Gift, Amendment or Revocation.

35-5-208. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-205 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-206.
(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-206 is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in W.S. 35-5-204 or 35-5-209 from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-205 or 35-5-210.
(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-205 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-206, another person may not make, amend or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-210.
(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under W.S. 35-5-206 by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under W.S. 35-5-205 or 35-5-210.
(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204, an anatomical gift of a part for one (1) or more of the purposes set forth in W.S. 35-5-204 is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under W.S. 35-5-205 or 35-5-210.
(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.
(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-209 - Who May Make Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part.

35-5-209. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by W.S. 35-5-207 or 35-5-208, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:
(i) An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-204(a)(ii) immediately before the decedent's death;
(ii) The spouse of the decedent;
(iii) Adult children of the decedent;
(iv) Parents of the decedent;
(v) Adult siblings of the decedent;
(vi) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;
(vii) Grandparents of the decedent;
(viii) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent;
(ix) The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and
(x) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.
(b) If there is more than one (1) member of a class listed in paragraph (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) or (ix) of subsection (a) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under W.S. W.S. 35-5-211 knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.
(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-210 - Manner of Making, Amending or Revoking Anatomical Gift of Decedent's Body or Part.

35-5-210. Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.
(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under W.S. 35-5-209 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under W.S. 35-5-209 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one (1) member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under W.S. 35-5-209 may be:
(i) Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or
(ii) Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revocation of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital or physician or technician knows of the revocation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-212 - Delivery of Document of Gift Not Required; Right to Examine.

35-5-212. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.
(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.
(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under W.S. 35-5-211.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-214 - Coordination of Procurement and Use.

35-5-214. Coordination of procurement and use.
Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 35 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 5 - Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation › Article 2 - Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act › Section 35-5-215 - Sale or Purchase of Parts Prohibited.

35-5-215. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or both.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a part.