§ 14-4-102 — Certification required; exceptions

(a) All child caring facilities except those excluded in
subsection (b) of this section, are required to be certified by
the certifying authority before exercising care, custody or
control of any minor.
(b) W.S. 14-4-101 through 14-4-111 do not apply to:
(i) A legal parent's or legal relative's care of a
minor;
(ii) Occasional care of a neighbor's or friend's
child if the caretaking person does not regularly engage in this
activity;
(iii) Parents exchanging child care on a mutually
cooperative basis;
(iv) Child care by a person employed to come to the
home of the child's parent or guardian;
(v) Day-care agencies providing care for less than
three (3) minors;
(vi) Foster homes supervised by the state, any local
government, school district or agency or political subdivision
thereof;
(vii) Ranches or farms not offering services to
children who are homeless, delinquent or have an intellectual
disability;
(viii) Summer camps operated by nonprofit
organizations;
(ix) Day-care facilities providing care to the
children of only one (1) immediate family unit;
(x) After school programs that:
(A) Operate primarily when school is not in
session including before and after school and during summer
months;
(B) Exclusively serve children required to
attend school under W.S. 21-4-102;
(C) Are organized to promote childhood learning,
child and youth development, educational, enrichment,
recreational or character-building activities; and
(D) Adhere to all local applicable health,
safety and fire codes or regulations.
(xi) Part-time day-care facilities enrolling fewer
than eight (8) minors who are all over thirty-six (36) months
old or fewer than ten (10) minors who are all over forty-eight
(48) months old if the facility:
(A) Does not administer medications to the
minors;
(B) Does not prepare food for the minors;
(C) Requires the minors to be trained and able
to use a toilet and not wear diapers;
(D) Limits the minors to no more than ten (10)
hours of day-care attendance each week;
(E) Adheres to all applicable local health,
safety and fire codes or regulations;
(F) Requires all employees, including the day-
care director or owner, to complete the following:
(I) A central registry of abuse and neglect
of children and vulnerable adults screening through the
department of family services;
(II) A national sex offender registry
screening and a Wyoming state sex offender registry screening;
(III) First aid and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training and certification. The employees and
director or owner shall maintain current certification under
this subdivision.
(G) Upon enrollment of a child, discloses to the
parents or guardians that the facility is not licensed and does
not adhere to the regulations of the Wyoming department of
family services pursuant to W.S. 14-4-104.
(xii) Child care by a person employed to care for not
more than four (4) children from multiple families, with not
more than two (2) children under the age of two (2) years and at
the home of one (1) of the children's parents or guardians.