Title 25 — Title 25 — Institutions Of The State

Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, § 2.

Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 85, § 2.

Admittance for temporary services; excepted provisions; limited duration. The administrator may admit individuals for services temporarily pursuant to rules promulgated under W.S. 25-5-105(a) if the administrator determines a less restrictive environment is appropriate but unavai…

Consent and notice required before major surgery; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no client shall undergo major surgery until the superintendent: (i) Obtains the prior consent of the client, or if his consent cannot be given knowingly, he sha…

Confidentiality of records; exceptions; penalties for violations. (a) All records of clients, former clients and proposed clients of the center are confidential except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, when disclosure is required by state or federal law or when discl…

No determination of incompetency; notification of rights; deniable rights and conditions therefor; undeniable rights. (a) The determination that a person is eligible for admission to the center is not a determination or adjudication that the person is incompetent. (b) Upon admiss…

Restraint; conditions for use; strict administration of medication; prohibited uses. (a) Isolation or seclusion procedures in which a person is placed alone in a locked room or in an area from which the person is physically prevented from leaving are prohibited. Restraint of a cl…

Employment of clients within institution; wages; duties; discharge for cause. Clients who are employed within the center shall be paid a reasonable wage based upon commensurate wages under special certificate as authorized by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act at 21 U.S.C. 214(…

Medications aides. Any person trained and qualified as a medication aide may administer medications in basic client care situations at the center. The center shall develop curricula, certification criteria and protocols concerning administration of medications and use of medicati…

Authority of state to receive property; maintenance; sale and investment of proceeds. (a) The state may receive gifts, devises, bequests, deeds and other conveyances of property of any kind for the benefit of the blind citizens of Wyoming. (b) The property received shall be cared…

Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 7, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 1986, ch. 25, § 3.

Purpose. Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the purpose of the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center is to provide a place for the care and maintenance of residents of this state who are afflicted with …

(a) Powers and duties of department of health. The department of health may: (i) Construct, maintain, equip, operate and manage the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center; (ii) Purchase, rent or otherwise provide the equipment, materials or supplies necessary to carry out…

Conditions for admission; charges for care. Admission to the pioneer home and the Wyoming retirement center shall be voluntary and only upon prior approval by the department of health. Indigent aged persons may be cared for without charge. Nonindigent aged persons may be cared fo…

Receipt and disposition of revenues and gifts. (a) All revenues received from the operation of the pioneer home and from gifts given for the general purpose of the pioneer home shall be paid over to the state treasurer and deposited in the general fund. Gifts given for a specific…

dependents. Purpose; admission of veterans and veterans' (a) Except as otherwise authorized by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with W.S. 9-2-106(d), the veterans' home of Wyoming shall provide domiciliary level care and, if appropriate facilities are completed, ma…

When nonveterans permitted admission; preference to veterans and veterans' dependents. (a) The department of health may admit persons who are not veterans or dependents of veterans for care and treatment at the veterans' home of Wyoming if: (i) The home is not filled to ninety pe…

Acceptance of donations. The department of health on behalf of the state may accept donations of lands, money or other property.

residents. (a) Medical care of residents; burial of deceased The department of health shall: (i) Furnish medical care for all residents of the (ii) Provide a place of burial; and (iii) Bury deceased residents. home;

Disposition of monies received from national home for disabled volunteer soldiers. Money received from the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers shall be deposited in a separate account. The money shall be expended by the department of health for …

Chaplain; appointment; term; duties. The department of health may appoint a chaplain of the veterans' home of Wyoming who shall hold his office for a period of one (1) year from date of his appointment unless removed for cause. He shall have charge of the moral and intellectual w…

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Court" means the district court which ordered detention, directed outpatient commitment or involuntary hospitalization of the person pursuant to this act, or the district court in the county where the person resides, is found or is hospi…

department. Admittees subject to rules and regulations of All persons admitted to the state hospital shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the department.

Admission of persons with mental illness to hospital or treatment center. Subject to the rules and regulations of the department, a hospital or any other treatment provider providing treatment under this act may admit persons who have symptoms of mental illness for treatment in t…

Duties of department of health as to hospitals other than state hospital. (a) The department, with respect to hospitals or other treatment providers other than the state hospital, shall: (i) Adopt standards for the designation of hospitals or other licensed treatment providers as…

hospital. Duties of department of health as to state (a) The department shall: (i) Adopt standards governing the state hospital; (ii) Visit the state hospital to review methods of treatment of patients; and (iii) Investigate complaints made by or on behalf of state hospital patie…

Voluntary applications for admission. (a) The head of a hospital may admit for treatment any adult who has symptoms of mental illness but who has sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible, voluntary application for admission and who applies for admission. (b) A person wh…

When voluntary patients shall be discharged. The head of a hospital shall discharge any patient admitted pursuant to W.S. 25-10-106(a) or (b) who no longer needs hospital treatment.

plan. Release upon request; exceptions; discharge (a) A patient admitted pursuant to W.S. 25-10-106 who requests his release in writing or whose release is requested in writing by the person responsible for his care or custody, shall be released within twenty-four (24) hours afte…

(a) Emergency detention. A person may be detained when: (i) A law enforcement officer or examiner has reasonable cause to believe a person is mentally ill pursuant to W.S. 25-10-101; (ii) A court has entered an ex parte order for immediate detention of a person pursuant to W.S. 2…

Involuntary hospitalization proceedings. (a) Proceedings for the involuntary hospitalization of a person may be commenced by the filing of a written application with the court in the county in which the person is initially detained. Proceedings may also be initiated in the county…

Directed outpatient commitment proceedings. (a) If the court finds based upon the recommendation of an examiner or on its own determination that the proposed patient is mentally ill but does not require inpatient hospitalization, the court shall consider issuing a directed outpat…

Commitment or transfer to federal hospital; effect of orders by courts of other jurisdictions; powers of federal facility. (a) The court, when ordering involuntary hospitalization pursuant to W.S. 25-10-110(j), may order a person hospitalized in a hospital or facility operated by…

Liability for costs of detention, involuntary hospitalization and proceedings therefor. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the county in which a person is detained or in which involuntary hospitalization proceedings are brought shall pay the…

Duties of head of hospital upon admission; treatment of patients primarily needing medical care. (a) As soon as possible but not later than seven (7) days after a patient is admitted to a hospital under this act, the head of the hospital shall: (i) Review the patient's record; (i…

Transfer of inmates of penal institutions to state hospital; notice. (a) The department of corrections may transfer an inmate of a state penal institution who is mentally ill to the state hospital, subject to the rules of admission of the department, if adequate treatment cannot …

notice. Transfer of patients to another hospital; (a) A hospital may transfer a patient hospitalized under this act to another hospital if the transfer is in the best interest of the patient. An involuntarily hospitalized patient who is so transferred retains the status of an inv…

Periodic examinations of patients; determination of discharge or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing. (a) Three (3) months after each patient's admission to the hospital, the head of the hospital shall evaluate the progress of each patient and shall reevaluate the treatmen…

Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.

Objections to proposed transfer or continued hospitalization; notice; hearing; options of court. (a) A hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this section when a patient contests one (1) of the following actions: (i) Transfer pursuant to W.S. 25-10-114 or 25-10-115; (ii) 2…

Mechanical restraints; uses and reasons therefor recorded. Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to any patient, unless the head of the hospital determines that the medical needs of the patient require them. The head of the hospital shall record every use of a mechanical res…

Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer. (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations creating a bill of patient rights and establishing the procedures by which those rights may be enforced, limited or denied. (b) Repealed by Laws 1…

Admission not to create presumption as to competency nor ground for guardianship. Admission to a hospital under this act shall not create any presumption with respect to the patient's mental or legal competency to exercise civil, contractual or other rights for which a legal stan…

Records to be kept confidential; exceptions. (a) Records and reports made under this act which directly or indirectly identify a patient, a former patient or an individual for whom an application for directed outpatient commitment or involuntary hospitalization has been filed, sh…

Discharge of patient held on order in action arising out of criminal offense. A patient held on order of a court having criminal jurisdiction in any action or proceeding arising out of a criminal offense shall not be discharged except upon order of a court of competent jurisdicti…

Transfer of patients between states. (a) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2. (d) Transfer of patients between states shall be governed by the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, W.S. 25-10-301.

Clothing and transportation upon discharge. (a) The department, pursuant to W.S. 25-10-112 shall ensure that a patient discharged from the state's custody possesses suitable clothing and adequate means to ensure his arrival at the home from which he was admitted or another place …

Penalties for unwarranted hospitalization or denial of rights. (a) A person who willfully causes the unwarranted hospitalization of any individual under this act is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment not exceedi…

Convalescent status; discharge; readmittance. (a) After providing notice to the court, the county attorney who initiated involuntary hospitalization procedures, any gatekeeper designated by the department and all interested parties, the hospital may release an improved patient on…