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.