{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-115","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 35-4-115","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in this article:\n(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;\n(ii) \"Quarantine\" means:\n(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;\n(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\n(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.\nDivision 2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases","path":["TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 4 - HEALTH REGULATIONS GENERALLY","ARTICLE 1 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title35.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"67b00a8bad4f22de889a43aefc9c511e2ed41109f1ffe3d776901d1d4e2630b9","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-114","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}