35-4-101. Department of health to prescribe rules and regulations; penalty for violation; resisting or interfering with enforcement. The state department of health shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations for the management and control of communicable diseases. Any persons violating or refusing to obey such rules and regulations or resisting or interfering with […]
35-4-102. Liability of county for medical services; indigent patients. The respective counties of the state shall not be liable for the payment of any claim for service rendered by any physician in the treatment of contagious diseases, unless such treatment shall be for the care of indigent persons who are a public charge.
35-4-103. Investigation of diseases; quarantine; regulation of travel; employment of police officers to enforce quarantine; report of county health officer; supplies and expenses. The department of health shall, immediately after the receipt of information that there is any smallpox, cholera, scarlet fever, diphtheria or other infectious or contagious disease, which is a menace to the […]
35-4-104. Quarantine regulations generally; modification or abrogation. In case of the existence of smallpox, cholera, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or any infectious or contagious disease, including venereal diseases, that is a menace to public health, or of any epidemic of any such disease, the state health officer may, if he deems proper, proceed to […]
35-4-105. Escape from quarantine deemed crime; punishment. Any person or persons confined in any quarantine established in this state under the provisions of this act who shall escape therefrom or attempt to escape therefrom, without having been dismissed upon the certificate or authority of the county health officer may be charged with a crime and […]
35-4-106. Vaccination for smallpox; penalty for refusal. The state department of health may adopt such measures for the general vaccination of the inhabitants of any city, town or county in the state, as they shall deem proper and necessary to prevent the introduction or arrest the progress of smallpox; and every person who shall refuse […]
35-4-107. Report required of physician; record of each case to be kept; duty of individuals to report diseases. (a) Pursuant to department of health rules and regulations, the state health officer or his designee shall publish a list of communicable diseases or conditions to be reported by licensed physicians and laboratories in the state. It […]
35-4-108. Penalty for failure to report or for false report. Any practicing, licensed physician or other person required to report who fails to report to the state health officer or his designee any case of disease in the manner provided in W.S. 35-4-107, or who willfully makes any false report regarding any case, shall be […]
35-4-109. Spreading contagious disease; prohibited. Any person who shall knowingly have or use about his premises, or who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into any neighborhood, any clothing, bedding or other substance used by, or in taking care of, any person afflicted with the smallpox or other infectious or contagious disease, or infected […]
35-4-110. Spreading contagious disease; liability for damages in civil action. Any person guilty of violating the provisions of W.S. 35-4-109, in addition to the penalties therein prescribed, shall be liable in a civil action in damages to any and all persons, who may, from that cause, become infected with such contagious disease; said damages shall […]
35-4-111. Reporting of Reye’s Syndrome. Every hospital or local health officer shall immediately report every diagnosed case of Reye’s Syndrome to the state health officer of the department of health.
35-4-112. Right of appeal of quarantine. (a) Any person who has been quarantined pursuant to this act may appeal to the district court at any time for release from the quarantine. The court may hold a hearing on the appeal after notice is provided to the state health officer at least seventy-two (72) hours prior […]
35-4-113. Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309, the state health officer shall not subject any person to any vaccination or medical treatment without the consent of the person. (b) During a public health emergency, the state health officer may subject […]
35-4-114. Immunity from liability. (a) During a public health emergency as defined by W.S. 35-4-115(a)(i) and subject to subsection (d) of this section, any health care provider or other person, including a business entity, who in good faith follows the instructions of a state, city, town or county health officer or who acts in good […]
35-4-115. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) “Public health emergency” means an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition caused by an epidemic or pandemic disease, a novel and highly fatal infectious agent or a biological toxin that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or […]
35-4-130. Declared contagious and dangerous to health; list of reportable diseases established by department of health; violation of W.S. 35-4-130 through 35-4-134; penalty. (a) Sexually transmitted diseases as included within the list of reportable diseases of the department of health are contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to public health. (b) The department of health shall […]
35-4-131. Consent of minors to treatment; treatment of infected or exposed persons; immunity from liability. (a) Persons under eighteen (18) years of age may give legal consent for examination and treatment for any sexually transmitted disease infection. (b) For the protection of public health, a physician, health officer or other person or facility providing health […]
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 […]
35-4-133. Examination and treatment of infected persons; treatment at public expense; notification of exposed individuals; suppression of prostitution. (a) Upon receipt of a report or notice of a case or a reasonably suspected case of sexually transmitted disease infection, a health officer within his respective jurisdiction: (i) May isolate the individual in accordance with existing […]
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, […]
