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Wyoming adding new education requirements for local health officers under new law By Brendan LaChance on April 1, 2021
Dr. Mark Dowell, M.D., Dr. Ghazi Ghanem, M.D., both infectious disease experts at WMC, are joined by Anna Kinder with the Natrona County Health Department, and Dr. Ron Ivenson, M.D., during a press conference on coronavirus plans. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. New education requirements for local health officers in Wyoming will go into effect on July 1, 2021 after Governor Mark Gordon signed House Bill 109 into law on Thursday, April 1.
Under the new law, county, municipal and district health officers will be required to have either a doctor of medicine degree, an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician’s assistant.
Wyoming drives at requiring rear-facing car seats for kids under two; hiking fines By Brendan LaChance on March 1, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. Existing Wyoming law requires children under 9 years of age to be “properly secured in a child safety restraint system in a seat of the vehicle other than the front seat” but does not require young children to be restrained in a rear-facing car seat.
Rep. Kevin O’Hearn (Natrona County) said during the Wyoming House of Representatives Monday, March 1 floor session that House Bill 23 would require children under two years of age be secured in a rear-facing child safety restraint system.
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Wyoming House votes down suicide prevention training programs for schools By Brendan LaChance on February 4, 2021
Muralist Tony Elmore works on the Better Together mural on the Atrium Plaza on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in downtown Casper. The Casper Mural Project’s latest mural is in honor of the community’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. “The word suicide is always a big elephant in the room. and in Wyoming it is actually larger than an elephant. It is like a woolly mammoth.”
Those were the words of Wyoming Rep. Rachel Rodriquez-Williams (Park County) during the Wyoming House of Representatives’ Wednesday, Feb. 3 floor session. She was advocating for legislation that would require school districts across the state to offer suicide prevention training programs for students.