35-1-615. Community board is agency of county; appropriations; joint community board agreements.
(a) A community board is an agency of the county government.
(b) A county which establishes or agrees to establish a community board, or community boards may appropriate funds for human services programs.
(c) When two (2) or more counties have agreed to establish a community board, the funds appropriated by the counties shall be expended by the board in accordance with the agreement between the counties. The agreement shall require each county to bear a cost proportionate to the services provided in the county. The agreement may specify that, for particular purposes, officers and employees of a joint community board are considered employees of a participating county.
35-1-616. Community boards; membership; appointment; terms of office; removal; vacancies; compensation.
(a) A community or joint board shall consist of not more than nine (9) members, unless the board is comprised of members from two (2) or more counties in which event the board shall consist of not more than fifteen (15) members.
(b) The members of a community board shall be appointed by the county commissioners. When two (2) or more counties have agreed to establish a community board, the county commissioners of each participating county shall appoint members as provided in the agreement of the counties. The members appointed by each county shall represent their county on the community board.
(c) Members of community boards shall serve for rotating terms of four (4) years. Of the members first appointed, one-third (1/3) shall be appointed for two (2) years, one-third (1/3) for three (3) years and one-third (1/3) for four (4) years. No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.
(d) A member of a community board may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in office after receiving a written statement of charges and an opportunity to be heard.
(e) Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments.
(f) The members of a community board may receive per diem compensation and may be allowed necessary and actual expenses to be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the county.
(a) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. All actions of the board shall be approved by a majority of those present at the meeting.
(b) A community board shall elect from its members a chairman to preside at meetings, a secretary to maintain the records and a finance officer who shall file with the board a bond with an approved corporate surety in the penal sum designated by the board.
(a) For each human services program authorized by the county commissioners the community boards may contract with a behavioral health center or a local public or private nonprofit provider or:
(i) Appoint a director whose qualifications meet the standards fixed by the division;
(ii) Prescribe the director's duties and fix his compensation;
(iii) Make rules or regulations relating to the operation of services and facilities under the board's supervision, including a reasonable schedule of fees not inconsistent with the division's uniform fee schedule;
(iv) Contract for facilities or support services;
(v) Accept donations of money or property; and
(vi) Expend funds for the purposes and programs of the community board, including necessary capital construction, as authorized by the county commissioners.
(a) Subject to this act, a community board shall:
(i) Review and evaluate human services programs operating within its jurisdiction;
(ii) Submit to the commissioners for the county of which it is an agency a comprehensive plan for the establishment, development and promotion of human services programs;
(iii) Insure that the human services programs which are authorized by the county commissioners and funded by the county or the division are executed and maintained; and
(iv) Insure that clients are charged fees for services promulgated by the division.
35-1-620. Powers and duties of the department and its divisions.
(a) The department through its divisions may:
(i) Enter into cooperative contracts with behavioral health centers, private agencies, public agencies and community boards by negotiation without competitive bids or by competitive bidding. The department shall not contract with any entity which is not in substantial compliance with the standards and guidelines under subsection (b) of this section. The department shall not contract with any entity to purchase shelter and crisis services for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault;
(ii) Consult with and advise community boards, political subdivisions, nonprofit corporations, state agencies, health and medical groups within the state and the United States public health service about standards for the promotion of services to residents of Wyoming for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, substance use disorders and developmental disabilities and for the provision of other community based services which serve a public purpose.
(b) The department shall:
(i) Prescribe professional standards for personnel providing services purchased in whole or in part by the state under this act. The standards do not replace the standards for licensing under any other Wyoming law;
(ii) Prescribe standards for the quality of human services programs which provide state funded services under this act;
(iii) Establish payment policies for state funded services provided to priority populations that take into account a client's ability to pay and utilize general funds authorized for expenditure as the payment of last resort;
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2.
(v) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2.
(vi) Prioritize behavioral health centers as the providers of state funded services. If a behavioral health center cannot provide sufficient services, the department shall select the most appropriate service provider in order to achieve an effective and efficient delivery of mental illness and substance use disorder services and human services programming;
(vii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2.
(viii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2.
(ix) Prioritize the delivery of state funded services to priority populations and allocate those services between priority populations in the following order of priority, with tier 1 being the highest priority and tier 3 being the lowest priority among priority populations:
(A) Tier 1: priority populations specified under W.S. 35-1-613(a)(xxii)(A) through (E);
(B) Tier 2: priority populations specified under W.S. 35-1-613(a)(xxii)(F), who do not otherwise qualify under Tier 1;
(C) Tier 3: priority populations specified under W.S. 35-1-613(a)(xxii)(G), who do not otherwise qualify under Tiers 1 or 2.
(x) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the priority populations tier requirements under paragraph (ix) of this subsection and in addition to other contractual payments to behavioral health centers and other service providers under this act, the department may provide essential subsidy payments to eligible behavioral health centers, or to other eligible service providers under paragraph (vi) of this subsection, to help defer continuing operating costs needed to provide services to priority populations. A behavioral health center or other service provider under paragraph (vi) of this subsection shall be eligible to receive essential subsidy payments only upon demonstrating a need for operational cost assistance as determined by rule of the department. The amount of any essential subsidy payment shall be subject to available funding and based on service needs as demonstrated by the behavioral health center;
(x) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the priority populations tier requirements under paragraph (ix) of this subsection and in addition to other contractual payments to behavioral health centers and other service providers under this act, the department shall provide essential subsidy payments to eligible behavioral health centers, or to other eligible service providers under paragraph (vi) of this subsection, to help defer continuing operating costs needed to provide services to priority populations. A behavioral health center or other service provider under paragraph (vi) of this subsection shall be eligible to receive essential subsidy payments only upon demonstrating a need for operational cost assistance as determined by rule of the department. The amount of any essential subsidy payment shall be subject to available funding and based on the total population of the geographic area served by the behavioral health center or other provider and the number of other behavioral health care providers within a thirty-five (35) mile radius;
(x) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the priority populations tier requirements under paragraph (ix) of this subsection and in addition to other contractual payments to behavioral health centers and other service providers under this act, the department may provide essential subsidy payments to eligible behavioral health centers, or to other eligible service providers under paragraph (vi) of this subsection, to help defer continuing operating costs needed to provide services to priority populations. A behavioral health center or other service provider under paragraph (vi) of this subsection shall be eligible to receive essential subsidy payments only upon demonstrating a need for operational cost assistance as determined by rule of the department. The amount of any essential subsidy payment shall be subject to available funding and based on service needs as demonstrated by the behavioral health center;
(xi) Prioritize behavioral health centers for the delivery of gatekeeping services as provided by W.S. 25-10-112(g) and only assume the expenses associated with a gatekeeper under W.S. 25-10-112(j) when the gatekeeper has been contracted through a behavioral health center.
(c) Behavioral health centers may provide mental health or substance use disorder services to general access clients provided that the service is funded through any combination of sources other than state funding for priority populations under this section. Behavioral health centers may use the facilities, supplies and personnel funded under paragraph (x) of this subsection to provide services to general access clients provided services to priority populations are not materially diminished. When the means of the state allow, the department is authorized to seek funding through the budget process to deliver mental health or substance use disorder services to general access clients.
35-1-621. All state funds for human services contracted to department; federal and private funding not affected.
A state agency which provides state or federal funds to a community based mental health, substance use disorder, developmental disabilities or other human services program shall contract the funds to the department. The department shall expend the funds in accordance with W.S. 9-2-102 and this act. This section does not impair the ability of community based programs to apply for or receive funds directly from federal or private sources, subject to W.S. 35-1-620(b)(i).
35-1-622. Department; budget requests; purchase of service contracts.
(a) The department's budget request shall recommend:
(i) The types of services that the division shall purchase, in accordance with the priority populations tier requirements provided by W.S. 35-1-620(b)(ix), which shall not include shelter and crisis services for victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault;
(ii) The levels of services that the division shall purchase based on population, needs assessment, regional cost differences necessary to provide reasonably similar access to services and other criteria; and
(iii) The quality of services that the division shall purchase.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 79, § 2.
(a) Every contract awarded pursuant to this act shall require:
(i) The provider to submit annual financial and expenditure reports to the department;
(ii) The division to make regular payments to the provider based on the services provided;
(iii) Compliance with W.S. 18-3-516(e).
(b) The division shall terminate a contract with a behavioral health center or other provider made under this act when the division finds, after a hearing in accordance with W.S. 16-3-107 through 16-3-112 if requested by the provider, that the provider is not using contract funds for contract purposes, or that a contract is not being administered in accordance with this act.
(a) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to guarantee the clients' rights to:
(i) An individualized plan of appropriate services which provides for the least restrictive treatment that may reasonably be expected to benefit the client;
(ii) Send and receive sealed mail;
(iii) Wear his own clothing, to keep and use personal possessions, including toilet articles, unless the articles may be used to endanger their own or others' lives, and to keep and be allowed to spend his own money;
(iv) Be free from physical restraints and isolation except for emergency situations or when isolation or restraint is a part of a treatment program;
(v) Be free from unnecessary or excessive medication;
(vi) Make and receive telephone calls within reasonable limits;
(vii) Receive visitors daily; and
(viii) Be informed orally and in writing of the rights under this section at the time of admission.
(b) Every contract awarded under this act shall require the provider to:
(i) Post copies of this section conspicuously in each client area;
(ii) Make copies of this section available to the client's guardian or immediate family.
(a) Isolation or restraint of a client may be used only when less restrictive measures are ineffective or not feasible for the welfare of the client and shall be used for the shortest time possible. Each center or facility shall have a written policy covering the use of restraint or isolation which ensures that the dignity and safety of the individual are protected and that there is regular, frequent monitoring by trained staff.
(b) No medication may be administered to a client except on the written order of a physician. A record of the medication which is administered to each patient shall be kept in his treatment record. Medication may not be used as punishment, for the convenience of staff or in quantities that interfere with a client's treatment program.
The governing body of any entity receiving state funds under this act shall not less than every two (2) years cause to be made an audit or other oversight of the financial affairs and transactions of all funds and activities of the entity in accordance with W.S. 16-4-121(b) and (c) and 16-4-122. Costs of the audit or other oversight shall be borne by the entity. Copies of audit reports or other reports shall be submitted to the division upon completion. The director of the state department of audit may examine the accounts of any entity receiving state funds under this act. The legislative service office may audit the accounts of any entity. These accounts shall be maintained in a manner to guarantee confidentiality of the patient's identity. The state auditor and treasurer shall not disburse any state money to any entity refusing access to its accounts and records for the purposes of this section.
(a) The department of health shall develop and administer a statewide program to provide community based respite care services to families with a member age birth to twenty-one (21) years who has developmental disabilities who is not eligible for home and community based waiver services under medicaid. This program shall be designed so as to permit persons with developmental disabilities who are under twenty-one (21) years of age to be cared for by the family to the greatest extent possible. The department in consultation with the Wyoming governor's council on developmental disabilities shall:
(i) Establish criteria for eligibility for respite care services which shall include consideration of:
(A) The family's need for services, including factors such as the demonstrated willingness and ability of family members to provide care and special requirements of the family member with a developmental disability;
(B) Family income;
(C) Family expenses, including those related to care of the individual with a developmental disability;
(D) Reasonable payment by the family for respite care services provided.
(ii) By rule and regulation limit the ability of individual eligible families to use the program so that all eligible families are able to use the program without exceeding the appropriation available;
(iii) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the program.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which is attributable to a mental, emotional or physical impairment or combination of impairments, manifested before the person attains twenty-two (22) years of age, is likely to continue indefinitely and results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas:
(A) Self-care;
(B) Receptive and expressive language;
(C) Learning;
(D) Mobility;
(E) Self-direction;
(F) Capacity for independent living; and
(G) Economic self-sufficiency.
(ii) "Respite care" means care of a developmentally disabled person by a competent person, trained to meet the individualized needs of a child who meets the eligibility criteria of this program, for short periods of time to allow other members of the family reprieve from continuous care.
35-1-702. Duties of joint committee; limitation upon application of policies.
It shall be the duty of the joint committee on school health to prescribe uniform policies regarding the medical services, sanitary environment and health instruction of the school children. Provided that any policies prescribed relating to medical treatment or physical examination shall not be applicable to any student whose parent or guardian in writing objects to such regulation on religious grounds. Such objection shall not exempt the student from the quarantine laws of the state, nor prohibit an examination for infectious or contagious diseases.
35-1-802. Designation of trauma areas; trauma system hospitals.
(a) The department of health shall designate within the state trauma areas consistent with local resources, geography and current patient referral patterns.
(b) Each trauma area shall have:
(i) Medical control for all field care and transportation consistent with geographic and current communications capability;
(ii) Specified triage protocols;
(iii) Hospitals categorized according to existing standards of the department.
(c) On and after July 1, 1993, the department may designate trauma system hospitals in areas that meet state objectives and standards.
(d) On or after July 1, 1994, the department may implement area trauma system plans.
35-1-804. Department of health to promulgate rules; contents.
The department shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations which specify state trauma system objectives and standards, hospital categorization criteria and criteria and procedures to be utilized in designating trauma system hospitals and for the prevention of trauma and injuries. The rules shall be in conformance with the most current standards of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma standards, but may be expanded into further categories.
The department of health shall identify the causes of trauma in Wyoming and propose programs of prevention thereof for consideration by the legislature, health care providers and other agencies concerned with accident prevention or aftercare.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Challenge account" means the critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account created under this article;
(ii) "Critical access or rural hospital" means:
(A) A county hospital established pursuant to W.S. 18-8-101, et seq., or a special district hospital established pursuant to W.S. 35-2-401, et seq., that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less; or
(B) A hospital that is certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare or has forty (40) beds or less which is owned by a private not for profit entity and is operated in a county in this state in which there is no hospital meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iii) "Endowment gift" means an irrevocable gift or transfer to a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation of money or other property, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, and whether or not the donor or transferor retains an interest in the property, where the gift or the foundation's interest in the property is required to be used by the foundation exclusively for endowment purposes, provided:
(A) The gift was received or the transfer occurred during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014; or
(B) A commitment to make the gift or transfer was made in writing to the respective critical access or rural hospital foundation, which commitment was received during the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2014, and the gift was received or the transfer occurred not later than June 30, 2015.
(iv) "Foundation" means an organization established for each critical access or rural hospital that among other purposes, exists to generate additional revenues for critical access or rural hospital programs and activities;
(v) "Permanent endowment funds managed by a Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation" means the endowment funds that are invested by the respective Wyoming critical access or rural hospital foundation on a permanent basis and the earnings on those investments are dedicated to be expended exclusively to benefit and promote the mission, operation or any program or activity of the respective critical access or rural hospital, including but not limited to capital and programmatic expenses, healthcare, increases to the corpus of the endowment and to defray reasonable costs of endowment administration;
(vi) "Unobligated," for purposes of W.S. 35-1-1003(b), means no commitment meeting the requirements of subparagraph (iii)(B) of this subsection was received prior to June 30, 2012.
35-1-1003. Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account.
(a) The Wyoming critical access or rural hospital endowment challenge account is created and, until June 30, 2013, shall consist of separate accounts, one (1) account for each Wyoming critical access or rural hospital.
(b) On June 30, 2012, from amounts which are within the challenge account, or as necessary within separate accounts which are unobligated, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) shall be segregated within the endowment challenge account for distribution as provided in W.S. 35-1-1004(k).
(c) The state treasurer shall invest funds within the account created under subsection (a) of this section and shall deposit the earnings from account investments to the general fund.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2025, ch. 63, § 2.
matching payments; agreements with foundations; annual reports.
(a) Until June 30, 2012, funds within the challenge account shall be expended as provided in this subsection. Funds within a separate account which are obligated for commitments made prior to July 1, 2012 shall remain in the separate account to fulfill the obligation in accordance with this subsection until June 30, 2013. From and after July 1, 2012 funds in the challenge account shall be expended as provided in subsection
(k) of this section. To the extent funds are available in the separate account of any critical access or rural hospital within the endowment challenge account, the state treasurer shall match endowment gifts actually received by that critical access or rural hospital's foundation. A match shall be paid under this subsection by the state treasurer at the time any accumulated amounts actually received by a critical access or rural hospital foundation total ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more. The match shall be made by transferring from the separate challenge account to the appropriate critical access or rural hospital board of trustees an amount equal to the amount accumulated by the foundation or, if the critical access or rural hospital was eligible to receive revenues from any tax imposed under W.S. 35-2-414(b) and (c) and a tax was not levied or was levied pursuant to one (1) but not both of those subsections, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the amount accumulated by the foundation. The board shall immediately transfer all matching funds received to its foundation. The critical access or rural hospital foundation shall match the funds received under this subsection with an equal amount of foundation funds to be managed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each critical access hospital shall enter into an agreement with its foundation under which the foundation shall manage the matching funds received under subsection (a) of this section in the same manner as other permanent endowment funds are managed by its foundation, including the permanent investment of funds, maintenance of the fund corpus as inviolate and the expenditure of fund earnings for endowment purposes only.
(c) Earnings from endowment funds established with matching funds under this section shall be expended only for the purpose of the endowment, including increasing the balance in the fund corpus and reasonable costs of administration.
(d) The state treasurer shall make transfers to the appropriate critical access hospital board under this section not later than the end of the calendar quarter following the quarter during which foundation gifts total at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). If gifts are made through a series of payments or transfers, no matching funds shall be transferred under this section until the total value of all payments or transfers actually received totals at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
(e) Matching funds paid under this section shall not be distributed to or encumbered by any critical access or rural hospital foundation in excess of the amount in the challenge account for that critical access or rural hospital. Matching funds shall not be transferred to any critical access or rural hospital board by the state treasurer or from any such board to a foundation except to match gifts actually received by the foundation.
(f) If the foundation's board of any critical access or rural hospital determines that the purpose of an endowment gift to the critical access or rural hospital is not consistent with the mission or capability of that critical access or rural hospital, the gift shall not qualify for matching funds under this section.
(g) For the purpose of computing the matching amount, the state treasurer shall use the value of an endowment gift based upon its fair market value at the time the gift is received by the critical access or rural hospital foundation. The critical access or rural hospital shall provide evidence of fair market value for any gift if requested by the state treasurer and shall fund the cost of providing any requested evidence.
(h) Each critical access or rural hospital shall on or before October 1 of each year submit a report to the state treasurer from its foundation on the endowment matching program under this section for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include a financial summary and a review of the accomplishments resulting from endowment program expenditures. The report required under this subsection shall be for each applicable fiscal year through June 30, 2015.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for any critical access or rural hospital qualifying under the provisions of W.S. 35-1-1002(a)(ii)(B), funds provided under this article shall be disbursed only to the board of county commissioners in which the hospital is located. The board of county commissioners shall provide those funds to the critical access or rural hospital under contract between the board of county commissioners and the critical access or rural hospital, which contract shall incorporate all provisions of this article and which shall control the distribution and use of those funds.
(k) From and after July 1, 2012, to the extent a critical access or rural hospital has not received matching funds under this article totaling at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), and to the extent funds segregated under W.S. 35-1-1003(b) are available in the challenge account, the state treasurer shall match endowment gifts actually received by that critical access or rural hospital’s foundation. A match shall be paid under this subsection by the state treasurer at the time any accumulated amounts actually received by a critical access or rural hospital foundation total ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more. The match shall be made by transferring from the challenge account to the appropriate critical access or rural hospital board of trustees an amount equal to the amount accumulated by the foundation or, if the critical access or rural hospital was eligible to receive revenues from any tax imposed under W.S. 35-2-414(b) and a tax was not levied pursuant to that subsection, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the amount accumulated by the foundation. The board shall immediately transfer all matching funds received to its foundation. The critical access or rural hospital foundation shall match the funds received under this subsection with an equal amount of foundation funds to be managed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(a) There is created the Wyoming provider recruitment program administered by the department.
(b) There is created the Wyoming provider recruitment account. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the department to provide grants for provider recruitment. Up to ten percent (10%) of the funds may be used to advertise the provider recruitment program.
(c) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall solicit provider recruitment applications from hospitals, physicians and others seeking to recruit providers. The applications shall be prioritized by need based on geographic area, then by medical need within the geographic area. Priority shall be given to recruitment of private practice providers. The department shall issue award letters to the persons or entities receiving grant authorizations within sixty (60) days after the close of an application period. The grant authorizations shall authorize the person or entity receiving it, for a period of one (1) year, to make a firm offer of recruitment incorporating the benefits authorized by this section to a candidate, conditioned upon Wyoming licensure and the candidate's signed written agreement to the conditions of this section.
(d) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to administer the program, including provisions for:
(i) Application forms for grants under the program;
(ii) Termination of grants and full or partial repayment if a provider fails to comply with the conditions of this section, rules and regulations of the department adopted pursuant to this section or the terms of the written incentive agreement;
(iii) Reporting requirements for grant recipients.
(e) Grants provided under this section shall be subject to the following:
(i) The provider shall be recruited to a stipulated geographic area;
(ii) A provider shall relocate his practice to the state of Wyoming from outside of the state to be eligible for a grant. Providers relocating to the state of Wyoming to become employed by the state or by the United States shall not be eligible for grants. The requirement to relocate pursuant to this paragraph shall not apply to providers recruited from a family practice residency in the state or recruitment of providers employed by the United States department of defense;
(iii) The recruitment conditions between a hospital and a physician shall meet the conditions set forth in 42 C.F.R. 411.357(e), as amended;
(iv) Recruitment of new providers shall be based on demonstrable need. Those recruiting persons or entities demonstrating the greatest need, in the discretion of the department shall be given the highest priority in receiving grants pursuant to this section;
(v) All recruitment incentives shall be in writing and shall be reported on federal income tax forms;
(vi) The recruited provider shall agree to provide medical services in the community to which he was recruited for a period of not less than two (2) years or the recruiting entity shall repay any monies granted under subparagraphs (e)(viii)(B) through (D) of this section to the state of Wyoming plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum;
(vii) The recruited provider shall agree to provide medical care for not less than two (2) years in underserved areas of the state and shall accept patients qualified under the Medical Assistance and Services Act, Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act and the child health insurance program who seek medical care which the health care provider is qualified to provide or the recruiting entity shall repay any monies granted under this section to the state of Wyoming plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum;
(viii) Costs reimbursed through grants under the program shall be documented by the provider as required by the department and may include:
(A) As incentive to the provider recruitment process, recruitment actual costs, up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per recruited provider, may be awarded to the successful recruiting person or entity paying those costs;
(B) Relocation expenses, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00);
(C) Malpractice insurance premium for two (2) years, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) per year;
(D) Signing bonuses not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00).
(ix) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 89, § 2.
(x) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 89, § 2.
(f) As used in this section:
(i) "Department" means the department of health;
(ii) "Hospital" means a county memorial, rural health care district or special hospital district formed and licensed under the laws of the state;
(iii) "Physician" means an individual licensed or eligible to be licensed under the laws of this state to practice medicine;
(iv) "Program" means the Wyoming provider recruitment grant program;
(v) "Recruiting entity" means a hospital, physician, clinic or other appropriate local organization;
(vi) "Provider" means an individual licensed or eligible to be licensed in a health care profession under title 33 of the Wyoming statutes.