Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 35-4-115 (2026)

Definitions.

✓ current as of May 2026
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(a)   As used in this article:

          (i) "Public health emergency" means an occurrence or
imminent threat of an illness or health condition caused by an
epidemic or pandemic disease, a novel and highly fatal
infectious agent or a biological toxin that poses a substantial
risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of
permanent or long-term disability. The governor shall declare
when a public health emergency exists or has ended;

          (ii)   "Quarantine" means:

               (A) The physical separation and confinement of
an individual or group of individuals that has been, or may have
been, exposed to, or is reasonably believed to be infected with,
a contagious or possibly contagious disease, from nonquarantined
individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease
to nonquarantined individuals;

               (B) The isolation of a geographic area where
individuals are located who have been or are reasonably believed
to have been exposed to or infected by a contagious or possibly
contagious disease; or

               (C) The physical separation and confinement of
an individual or group of individuals or the isolation of a
geographic area where a public health emergency of unknown
effect has occurred or is reasonably believed to have occurred.

           Division 2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases