Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 33-36-102 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ current as of May 2026
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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Ambulance" means:
(A) Any land motor vehicle maintained, operated
or advertised for the medical care and transportation of
patients upon any street, highway or public way;
(B) Any land motor vehicle owned and operated on
a regular basis by the state of Wyoming or any agency,
municipality, city, town, county or political subdivision of
Wyoming for medical care and transportation of patients upon any
street, highway or public way; and
(C) Any aircraft which is maintained, operated
or advertised for the medical care and transportation of
patients in the state of Wyoming. This definition does not
include any land motor vehicle or aircraft owned and operated by
the United States.
(ii) "Ambulance business license" means a license
issued under W.S. 33-36-104 which has not expired, been revoked
or suspended;
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 37, § 2.
(iv) "Authorization" means discretionary consent
given to permit the actions of others;
(v) "Division" means the designated division of the
department of health which division shall be the state EMS
authority for purposes of the Recognition of Emergency Medical
Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact Act, W.S.
33-36-202;
(vi) "Industrial ambulance" means any motor vehicle
maintained and operated by an industrial company with the
primary purpose of medical care and transportation of employees
who are injured or taken ill;
(vii) "Patient" means an individual who is sick,
injured or otherwise incapacitated or helpless;
(viii) "Person" means any individual, firm,
partnership, association, corporation or group of individuals
acting together for a common purpose, including the state of
Wyoming and any agency, municipality, city, town, county or
political subdivision of the state of Wyoming;
(ix) "Search and rescue" means persons organized,
trained and equipped to provide assistance to patients, such
assistance being primarily limited to location, initial
treatment and removal from imminent danger and transportation to
a medical facility;
(x) "Emergency medical technician" means a person who
has graduated from a division approved training program for
emergency medical technicians and for purposes of the
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure
Interstate Compact Act means as defined in W.S. 33-26-202;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 33-36-101 through
33-36-115.