Section 35-23-107 – State Health Professional Training Enhancement Program.
35-23-107. State health professional training enhancement program. (a) The department is authorized to provide education training opportunities for persons engaged in the health care professions who provide direct client care. The department may enter into agreements with individuals entering the program and attending an accredited university or community college program in a health care related […]
Section 35-24-101 – State Health Care Policy; Legislative Findings and Declarations.
35-24-101. State health care policy; legislative findings and declarations. (a) It is the policy of the state to promote: (i) The quality of health care provided to the citizens of Wyoming; (ii) Access to appropriate health care for all citizens of the state, including citizens in historically underserved populations and underserved geographic areas; (iii) Containment […]
Section 35-24-102 – Definitions.
35-24-102. Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) “Access” means the financial, temporal or geographic availability of health care to consumers; (ii) “Aggrieved party” means any provider, purchaser or third-party payor including but not limited to any hospital, physician, allied health professional, health care provider or other person furnishing goods or services to or […]
Section 35-22-508 – Revocation of Polst Form.
35-22-508. Revocation of POLST form. (a) An individual’s consent to all or part of a POLST form may be revoked at any time and in any manner that communicates the individual’s intent to revoke. Any oral revocation shall, as soon as possible after the revocation, be documented in a writing signed and dated by the […]
Section 35-22-509 – Effect of Act on Euthanasia; Mercy Killing; Construction of Statute.
35-22-509. Effect of act on euthanasia; mercy killing; construction of statute. Nothing is this article shall be construed as condoning, authorizing or approving euthanasia or mercy killing. In addition, the legislature does not intend that this article be construed as permitting any affirmative or deliberate act to end a person’s life, except to permit natural […]
Section 35-23-106 – Sunset.
35-23-106. Sunset. W.S. 35-23-101 through 35-23-105 are repealed effective June 30, 1996.
Section 35-22-505 – Duty to Comply With Polst Form; Immunity, Effect on Criminal Charges Against Another Person.
35-22-505. Duty to comply with POLST form; immunity, effect on criminal charges against another person. (a) Emergency medical service personnel, health care providers and health care facilities, absent actual notice of revocation or termination of a POLST form, shall comply with the orders on a person’s POLST form. Any emergency medical service personnel, health care […]
Section 35-22-506 – Polst Form Not a Prerequisite for Services.
35-22-506. POLST form not a prerequisite for services. Facilities or providers shall not require a person to complete a POLST form as a prerequisite or condition for the provision of services or treatment.
Section 35-22-507 – Presence or Absence of Polst Form; Effect on Life or Health Insurance.
35-22-507. Presence or absence of POLST form; effect on life or health insurance. An individual’s execution of or refusal or failure to execute a POLST form shall not affect, impair or modify any contract of life or health insurance or annuity to which the individual is a party, shall not be the basis for any […]
Section 35-22-502 – Polst Program.
35-22-502. POLST program. (a) The provider orders for life sustaining treatment (POLST) program is a process of evaluation and communication between a patient, or the patient’s agent, guardian or surrogate, and health care professionals in order to: (i) Ensure that health care providers understand the desires of the patient, or the patient s agent, guardian […]