Wyoming § 35-1-305 Appointment of health officers and other
personnel generally; local board of health may fix fees for
certain services

Wyoming Statutes

§ 35-1-305 — Appointment of health officers and other personnel generally; local board of health may fix fees for certain services

Wyoming § 35-1-305

Title 35Public Health and Safety

Ch. 1ADMINISTRATION

Art. 3COUNTY, MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-1-305 (2026).

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(a)In the counties, municipalities or districts where health departments are created, as provided herein, the local board of health may appoint a full-time or part-time health officer, deputy health officers, public health nurses, sanitarians, environmental health specialists and such other public health personnel as may be deemed necessary to adequately protect the public health. Any full-time or part-time health officer shall have a degree of doctor of medicine, be an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in W.S. 33-21- 120(a)(i) or be a physician assistant as defined in W.S. 33-26- 501(a)(iii). A full-time or part-time health officer appointed under this section shall assist the state department of health in carrying out the provisions of all health and sanitary laws and regula

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(a) In the counties, municipalities or districts where
health departments are created, as provided herein, the local
board of health may appoint a full-time or part-time health
officer, deputy health officers, public health nurses,
sanitarians, environmental health specialists and such other
public health personnel as may be deemed necessary to adequately
protect the public health. Any full-time or part-time health
officer shall have a degree of doctor of medicine, be an
advanced practice registered nurse as defined in W.S. 33-21-
120(a)(i) or be a physician assistant as defined in W.S. 33-26-
501(a)(iii). A full-time or part-time health officer appointed
under this section shall assist the state department of health
in carrying out the provisions of all health and sanitary laws
and regulations of the state and shall complete continuing
education in public health as directed by the local board of
health. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the local
board of health may fix reasonable fees and charges for
services, except for follow-up of communicable diseases and for
individuals who receive services under the public health nursing
infant home visitation subprogram created by W.S. 35-27-102. No
person shall be denied necessary nursing services within the
limits of available personnel because of an inability to pay the
cost of such services.
(b) All moneys collected hereunder shall be paid directly
to the city or county treasurer and placed in the corresponding
health department fund.
(c) Prior to the establishment of any fee under this
section, the local board of health, the city council or the
board of county commissioners, as appropriate, shall hold a
public hearing after providing forty-five (45) days written
notice of the hearing. No fee shall be imposed by the local
board of health under this section without the prior approval of
the city council or the board of county commissioners, as
appropriate. No fee established under this section shall exceed
five hundred dollars ($500.00).