Wyoming Statutes
Article 18 - Professional Review Panel
Section 9-2-1812 - Assessments; Funding.

9-2-1812. Assessments; funding.
(a) The panel shall be funded from assessments levied against and paid by each professional covered by this act. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations to annually establish appropriate assessments based upon the following guidelines:
(i) The total amount of the panel's proposed annual budget shall be prorated among the professional classification covered under this act based on the number of cases reviewed by the panel during the immediately preceding calendar year involving each professional classification;
(ii) The prorated amount determined for each professional classification shall be divided by the number of practicing professionals within each classification to determine the individual assessment.
(b) The director shall certify the amount of each assessment to the appropriate licensing board, agency or authority and the board, agency or authority shall levy and collect the assessments annually at the time annual license fees are collected. Assessments collected under this subsection shall be remitted to the director not later than thirty (30) days from the date of collection and paid immediately by the director to the state treasurer for deposit into the malpractice review account.
(c) Monies in the malpractice review account shall be expended by the panel to carry out the purposes of this act.

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