§ 35-4-113 — Treatment when consent is not available; quarantine

Wyoming § 35-4-113

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

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(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,
W.S. 14-4-116 and 21-4-309, the state health officer shall not
subject any person to any vaccination or medical treatment
without the consent of the person.
(b) During a public health emergency, the state health
officer may subject a person to vaccination or medical treatment
without consent in the following circumstances:
(i) If the parent, legal guardian or other adult
person authorized to consent to medical treatment of a minor
child cannot be located and consulted and the vaccination of or
medical treatment for the minor child is reasonably needed to
protect the public health or protect the minor child from
disease, death, disability or suffering;
(ii) If the person authorized to consent on behalf of
an incompetent person cannot be located and consulted and the
vaccination of or medical treatment for the incompetent person
is reasonably needed to protect the public health or protect the
incompetent person from disease, death, disability or suffering.
(c) If a person withholds or refuses consent for himself,
a minor or other incompetent when the vaccination or medical
treatment is reasonably needed to protect the health of others
from a disease carrying the risk of death or disability, then
the person for whom the vaccination or medical treatment is
refused may be quarantined by the state health officer.