Section 25-10-129 – Receipt and Disposition of Revenues and Gifts.
25-10-129. Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts. The department is authorized to deposit all monies and income received and collected by the Wyoming state hospital into a special revenue account. The department shall expend this revenue to correct life safety code problems, pay for the cost of emergency detentions pursuant to W.S. 25-10-109, pay […]
Section 25-10-301 – Enactment Into Law; Form.
25-10-301. Enactment into law; form. The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Article I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can […]
Section 25-10-302 – Designation, Powers and Duties of Compact Administrator.
25-10-302. Designation, powers and duties of compact administrator. Pursuant to the compact, the director of the department of health is authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out […]
Section 25-10-116 – Periodic Examinations of Patients; Determination of Discharge or Continued Hospitalization; Notice; Hearing.
25-10-116. Periodic examinations of patients; determination of discharge or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing. (a) Three (3) months after each patient’s admission to the hospital, the head of the hospital shall evaluate the progress of each patient and shall reevaluate the treatment and progress every six (6) months thereafter. The evaluation shall consider whether directed outpatient […]
Section 25-10-118 – Objections to Proposed Transfer or Continued Hospitalization; Notice; Hearing; Options of Court.
25-10-118. Objections to proposed transfer or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing; options of court. (a) A hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this section when a patient contests one (1) of the following actions: (i) Transfer pursuant to W.S. 25-10-114 or 25-10-115; (ii) Continuing hospitalization pursuant to W.S. 25-10-116; or (iii) Repealed by Laws 1989, […]
Section 25-10-119 – Mechanical Restraints; Uses and Reasons Therefor Recorded.
25-10-119. Mechanical restraints; uses and reasons therefor recorded. Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to any patient, unless the head of the hospital determines that the medical needs of the patient require them. The head of the hospital shall record every use of a mechanical restraint and the reasons for its use in the clinical […]
Section 25-10-120 – Rights of Patients; Commitment and Treatment of Persons Being Treated by Prayer.
25-10-120. Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations creating a bill of patient rights and establishing the procedures by which those rights may be enforced, limited or denied. (b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 1989, […]
Section 25-10-121 – Admission Not to Create Presumption as to Competency nor Ground for Guardianship.
25-10-121. Admission not to create presumption as to competency nor ground for guardianship. Admission to a hospital under this act shall not create any presumption with respect to the patient’s mental or legal competency to exercise civil, contractual or other rights for which a legal standard of competency exists. Admission to a hospital under this […]
Section 25-10-111 – Commitment or Transfer to Federal Hospital; Effect of Orders by Courts of Other Jurisdictions; Powers of Federal Facility.
25-10-111. Commitment or transfer to federal hospital; effect of orders by courts of other jurisdictions; powers of federal facility. (a) The court, when ordering involuntary hospitalization pursuant to W.S. 25-10-110(j), may order a person hospitalized in a hospital or facility operated by the veterans’ administration or another federal agency, if the court has received a […]
Section 25-10-112 – Liability for Costs of Detention, Involuntary Hospitalization and Proceedings Therefor.
25-10-112. Liability for costs of detention, involuntary hospitalization and proceedings therefor. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the county in which a person is detained or in which involuntary hospitalization proceedings are brought shall pay the costs of: (i) The first seventy-two (72) hours of detention, in addition […]