{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-131","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 35-4-131","heading":"Consent of minors to treatment; treatment of infected or exposed persons; immunity from liability.","body":"(a) Persons under eighteen (18) years of age may give legal consent for examination and treatment for any sexually transmitted disease infection.\n(b) For the protection of public health, a physician, health officer or other person or facility providing health care in accordance with state or federal law shall for any individual regardless of age, sex, race or color:\n(i) If reasonably suspected of being infected with any sexually transmitted disease, administer, refer for or recommend appropriate and adequate treatment;\n(ii) If exposed to any sexually transmitted disease, recommend or offer treatment.\n(c) Physical examination and treatment by a licensed physician or other qualified health care provider of a person under eighteen (18) years of age consenting to examination or treatment is not an assault or an assault and battery upon that person.","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":"c901cd50319be1033f62b1fe568c871a3d74b6c38978fdb704a9f73474c49b42","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-130","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-35-4-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}