§ 35-4-112 — Right of appeal of quarantine

Wyoming § 35-4-112

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 4: HEALTH REGULATIONS GENERALLY
• Art. 1: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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(a) Any person who has been quarantined pursuant to this
act may appeal to the district court at any time for release
from the quarantine. The court may hold a hearing on the appeal
after notice is provided to the state health officer at least
seventy-two (72) hours prior to the hearing. After the hearing,
if the court finds that the quarantine is not reasonably
necessary to protect the public health, it shall order the
person released from quarantine. The burden of proof for the
need for the quarantine shall be on the state health officer,
except that in the case of bona fide scientific or medical
uncertainty the court shall give deference to the professional
judgment of the state health officer unless the person
quarantined proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the
quarantine is not reasonably necessary to protect the public
health.
(b) Any person quarantined shall have the right to
communicate by telephone or any other available electronic
means, but the state health officer may, in order to protect the
public health, deny the quarantined person's right to meet in
person with any person not subject to the quarantine, except
that a parent or legal guardian may upon request be quarantined
with the minor patient.
(c) In the event of a public health emergency of unknown
effect, the state health officer may impose a temporary
quarantine until there is sufficient information to determine
what actions, if any, are reasonably needed to protect the
public health.