{"id":"DUT-WY-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wyoming","state":"WY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 35, ch. 4, art. 1)","authority":"Wyo. Stat. Ann. Title 35, ch. 4 (Disease Prevention and Control), art. 1 (Contagious and Infectious Diseases), div. 1 (Generally)","instrument":"Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-4-101 to 35-4-105","title":"35-4-101. Department of health to prescribe rules and regulations; penalty for violation; resisting or interfering with enforcement. 35-4-103. Investigation of diseases; quarantine; regulation of travel; employment of police officers to enforce quarantine. 35-4-104. Quarantine regulations generally. 35-4-105. Escape from quarantine deemed crime; punishment.","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","TRAV"],"addressees":["persons generally; the population of any quarantined city, town or place; carriers and lines of travel; owners or persons in control of an \u0027infected place\u0027"],"clause":"The county health officer shall place any restrictions upon ingress and egress at this location as in his judgment or in the judgment of the state health officer are necessary to prevent the spread of the disease from the infected locality.... If necessary for the protection of the public health... the state health officer shall establish and maintain a state quarantine","enforcement":"35-4-101: misdemeanor, fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both, or such penalty as provided by law; 35-4-105: fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than one year; general penalty of 35-1-106 for disobeying a health officer\u0027s order","functions":[],"notes":"The Department \u0027shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations for the management and control of communicable diseases\u0027 and \u0027Any persons violating or refusing to obey such rules and regulations or resisting or interfering with any officer or agent of the state department of health... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor\u0027 (35-4-101); on report of an infectious or contagious disease that \u0027is a menace to the public health\u0027 the health officers shall investigate, may declare a place in quarantine with restrictions on ingress and egress, shall \u0027control the population\u0027 of the quarantined place, shall maintain a State quarantine and \u0027enforce practical regulations regarding railroads or other lines of travel into and out of the state\u0027, and may employ police officers \u0027to enforce and carry out any quarantine regulations\u0027 (35-4-103); escape from quarantine is a crime (35-4-105).","sourceUrl":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title35.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":101201,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WY","url":"/library/DUT-WY-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WY-004","citation":"Wyoming Legislature (Wyo. Stat. Title 35, ch. 4, art. 1), Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-4-101 to 35-4-105 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WY-004)","stateName":"Wyoming","related":["DUT-WY-006","DUT-WY-003"]}