Wyoming Statutes
Article 1 - Department of Health
Section 9-2-116 - Legislative Findings; Purposes.

9-2-116. Legislative findings; purposes.
The legislature finds that a shortage of primary care physicians and allied health providers exists in the state of Wyoming which limits the availability of adequate health care services for the citizens of the state who live in rural areas. The legislature further finds that the number of qualified physicians and allied health care providers can be increased to enhance the provision of rural health care services by the adoption of incentives to attract more primary care physicians and allied health care providers to communities experiencing these shortages. The legislature therefore enacts the Rural Health Care Act of 1993 to create an office of rural health care and to create a loan repayment program to repay education loans of primary care physicians and allied health care providers who practice for specified periods of time in designated communities which are experiencing shortages.

Structure Wyoming Statutes

Wyoming Statutes

Title 9 - Administration of the Government

Chapter 2 - Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Departments Generally

Article 1 - Department of Health

Section 9-2-101 - Creation; Definitions; Divisions.

Section 9-2-102 - Department of Health; Duties and Responsibilities; State Grants.

Section 9-2-103 - Division Administrators; Appointment; Qualifications; Duties; Salaries, Tenure and Removal Generally; Necessary Personnel.

Section 9-2-104 - Allocation, Transfer and Abolition of Powers, Duties and Functions Within Department.

Section 9-2-105 - Office of Planning and Administration; Created; Duties and Powers of Administrator.

Section 9-2-106 - Duties and Powers of Director of Department.

Section 9-2-107 - Division Advisory Councils; Appointment; Departmental Advisory Council; Created; Term; Composition; Meetings; Removal of Members; Selection of Officers; Vacancies; Expenses.

Section 9-2-108 - Director of Department; Appointment; Removal; Duties.

Section 9-2-109 - Vocational Rehabilitation; Definitions.

Section 9-2-110 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Administrative Duties.

Section 9-2-111 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Provision of Authorized Services; Related Powers.

Section 9-2-112 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Cooperation With Federal Government in Providing Services to Individuals With Disabilities.

Section 9-2-113 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Federal and State Funds; Custody and Disbursement by State Treasurer; Gifts.

Section 9-2-114 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Services; Persons Eligible; Extent Provided at Public Cost; Regulation as to Selection of Persons to Be Benefited; Right to Benefit Not Transferable.

Section 9-2-115 - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Preference Given to Eligible Individuals With Disabilities in Operating Small Businesses on Public Property; New Construction and Remodeling; Effect of Preference on Existing Small Businesses.

Section 9-2-116 - Legislative Findings; Purposes.

Section 9-2-117 - Office of Rural Health Created; Duties.

Section 9-2-118 - Physician and Dentist Loan Repayment Program.

Section 9-2-119 - Allied Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.

Section 9-2-122 - Substance Abuse Control Plan.

Section 9-2-123 - Wyoming Investment in Nursing Loan and Grant Program; Eligibility Criteria; Procedures.

Section 9-2-124 - Prescription Drug Consumer Information and Technical Assistance Program.

Section 9-2-125 - Client Treatment Records; Confidentiality; Limited Disclosure Permitted; Definitions.

Section 9-2-126 - Client Treatment Records; Research; Access; Disclosure; Penalties.

Section 9-2-127 - Community Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics; Process for Grants Facilitating Capital Construction, Start Up Costs and Equipment Costs; Account Established; Grant Criteria.

Section 9-2-128 - Health Care Innovation; Studies; Account.

Section 9-2-129 - Waiver of Rules.

Section 9-2-130 - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programming; Department of Corrections; Criminal Justice Populations.

Section 9-2-131 - Wyoming Health Information Exchange.