(a)As used in this chapter:
(i)"Emergency services personnel" means any employee
or volunteer regulated under title 33, chapter 36 of the Wyoming
statutes;
(ii)"Emergency services provider" means any public
employer, or ground or air ambulance service, that employs
emergency services personnel or persons to provide fire
fighting, dispatching services or other emergency medical
services;
(iii)"Employee assistance program" means a program
established by a law enforcement agency or emergency services
provider to provide professional counseling or support services
to employees or volunteers of a law enforcement agency,
emergency services provider, or a professional mental health
provider associated with a peer support team;
(iv)"Law enforcement agency" means any public agency
that employs
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(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Emergency services personnel" means any employee
or volunteer regulated under title 33, chapter 36 of the Wyoming
statutes;
(ii) "Emergency services provider" means any public
employer, or ground or air ambulance service, that employs
emergency services personnel or persons to provide fire
fighting, dispatching services or other emergency medical
services;
(iii) "Employee assistance program" means a program
established by a law enforcement agency or emergency services
provider to provide professional counseling or support services
to employees or volunteers of a law enforcement agency,
emergency services provider, or a professional mental health
provider associated with a peer support team;
(iv) "Law enforcement agency" means any public agency
that employs a law enforcement officer;
(v) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who,
by virtue of office or public employment, is vested with a duty
to maintain public order or to make arrests for violations of
the laws of the state of Wyoming or ordinances of a municipality
or with a duty to maintain or assert custody or supervision over
persons accused or convicted of a crime, while acting within the
scope of their authority as an employee or volunteer of a law
enforcement agency;
(vi) "Peer support counseling session" means any
session conducted by a peer support specialist that is called or
requested in response to a critical incident or traumatic event
involving the personnel of the law enforcement agency or
emergency services provider;
(vii) "Peer support specialist" means a person who:
(A) Is designated by a law enforcement agency,
emergency services provider, employee assistance program or peer
support team leader to lead, moderate or assist in a peer
support counseling session;
(B) Is a member of a peer support team; and
(C) Has received training in counseling and
providing emotional and moral support to law enforcement
officers or emergency services personnel who have been involved
in emotionally traumatic incidents by reason of their
employment.
(viii) "Peer support team" means a group of peer
support specialists serving one (1) or more law enforcement
agencies or emergency services providers;
(ix) "Peer support counseling" shall not include
professional counseling sessions provided by licensed counselors
as defined by W.S. 33-38-102(a)(iii).