§ 35-1-310 — Limitation on orders

Wyoming § 35-1-310

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 1: ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 3: COUNTY, MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

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(a) No public health order requested or issued by a
county, municipal or district health officer under this article
shall become effective without notice being provided to the
public not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the order is
to become effective and an opportunity to provide public comment
through written and electronic submissions is provided, except
when the delay will result in immediate and life threatening
physical harm, exposure or transmission beyond the existing
affected area. Any order issued under this chapter by a county,
municipal or district health officer that restricts individuals'
movements or their ability to engage in any activity, that
applies to individuals not under an isolation or quarantine
order and that is designed to prevent or limit the transmission
of a contagious or possibly contagious disease shall be
effective for a period of not more than ten (10) days.
Subsequent orders, including order extensions, for the same or
substantially same purpose of any duration shall only be issued
as follows:
(i) The board of county commissioners, by a vote of
the majority of the board, may issue an order subsequent to an
order issued by a county health officer;
(ii) The governing body of a municipality, by a vote
of the majority of the governing body, may issue an order
subsequent to an order issued by a municipal health officer;
(iii) The governing body of a political subdivision
that is a member of a health district or a district health
department, by a majority vote of the governing body, may issue
an order subsequent to an order issued by a district health
officer to have effect within the governing body's political
subdivision only.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a
parent or guardian's right to the care, custody and control of a
minor child under the care of the parent or guardian.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a
caregiver's right to the care, custody and control of a
vulnerable adult.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Caregiver" means a family member responsible, or
a person with court ordered responsibility, for the care,
custody and control of a vulnerable adult;
(ii) "Vulnerable adult" means as defined in W.S. 35-
20-102(a)(xviii).