Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 33-1-118 (2026)

Health care licensing boards; authority to

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discipline licensees for sexual misconduct.

     (a) A board which licenses health care providers may
refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke the license,
certificate or temporary permit of any licensee or certificate
holder, or otherwise discipline a licensee or certificate
holder, upon clear and convincing evidence that the licensee or
certificate holder has committed sexual misconduct.

    (b)   As used in this section:

          (i) "Health care provider" means an individual who is
licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the
laws of this state to provide care, treatment, services or
procedures to maintain, diagnose or otherwise treat a patient's
physical or mental condition;

          (ii)   "Sexual misconduct" means:

               (A) Any behavior by a licensee that involves
offers of exchange of medical services for some form of sexual
gratification; or
               (B) Sexual contact or sexual intrusion, as
defined in W.S. 6-2-301(a), that occurs while the patient is
under the care of the licensee.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Rebecca Painter, M.D. v. Jody Mcgill & Kristina Stefka, M.D., Ex Rel. Wyoming Bd. of Med., 2019 WY 108 (Wyo. 2019).

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Rebecca Painter, M.D. v. Jody Mcgill & Kristina Stefka, M.D., Ex Rel. Wyoming Bd. of Med., 2019 WY 108 (Wyo. 2019). “In its place it added subsection (xxxv), which prohibits a doctor from exploiting his patients, and added an entirely new statute addressing sexual misconduct, § 33-1-118. 2 itemized list of costs. Without the list, the court reasoned, the Board could not have determined the…”

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