(a)Hospitals shall provide each patient or the
representative of the patient with an opportunity to designate
one (1) caregiver following the inpatient admission at the
hospital and prior to the patient's discharge to the patient's
residence or to another place:
(i)In the event the patient is unconscious or
otherwise incapacitated upon admission to the hospital, the
hospital shall provide the representative of the patient with an
opportunity to designate a caregiver to care for the patient so
long as the designation or lack of a designation does not
interfere with, delay or otherwise affect the medical care
provided to the patient;
(ii)In the event the patient or the representative
of the patient declines to designate a caregiver under this act,
the hospital shall document that determin
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(a) Hospitals shall provide each patient or the
representative of the patient with an opportunity to designate
one (1) caregiver following the inpatient admission at the
hospital and prior to the patient's discharge to the patient's
residence or to another place:
(i) In the event the patient is unconscious or
otherwise incapacitated upon admission to the hospital, the
hospital shall provide the representative of the patient with an
opportunity to designate a caregiver to care for the patient so
long as the designation or lack of a designation does not
interfere with, delay or otherwise affect the medical care
provided to the patient;
(ii) In the event the patient or the representative
of the patient declines to designate a caregiver under this act,
the hospital shall document that determination in the patient's
medical record and the hospital shall be deemed to be in
compliance with the provisions of this act;
(iii) In the event that the patient or the
representative of the patient designates an individual as a
caregiver under this act, the hospital shall promptly request
the written consent of the patient or the representative of the
patient to release personal health information pertinent to the
patient's designated caregiver pursuant to the hospital's
established procedures for releasing personal health information
and in compliance with applicable state and federal law;
(iv) If the patient or the representative of the
patient declines to consent to the release of personal health
information to the patient's designated caregiver, the hospital
is not required to provide notice to the caregiver as provided
in W.S. 35-30-103 and shall not release personal health
information;
(v) The hospital shall record the patient's
designation of a caregiver, the relationship of the caregiver to
the patient and the name, telephone number and physical address
of the patient's designated caregiver, if available, in the
patient's medical record.
(b) A patient or representative of the patient may elect
to change the designated caregiver.
(c) Designation of a caregiver by a patient or a
representative of the patient pursuant to the provisions of this
act shall not obligate any individual to perform any aftercare
tasks for the patient.
(d) This section shall not be deemed to require a patient
or a representative of the patient to designate any individual
as a caregiver under this act.