2011 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 20 - ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
35-20-115. Central registry of adult protection cases; establishment; operation; amendment, expungement or removal of records; classification and expungement of reports; statement of person accused.

(a) The department shall establish and maintain a central registry of substantiated adult protection cases under this act.

(b) Through the recording of substantiated reports, the central registry shall be operated to assist the department to:

(i) Immediately identify and locate prior reports of cases of abuse, neglect, exploitation, intimidation or abandonment of a vulnerable adult to assist in the diagnosis of suspicious circumstances and the assessment of the needs of the vulnerable adult and his caregiver;

(ii) Continuously monitor the current status of all pending adult protection cases; and

(iii) Evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws and programs through the development and analysis of statistical and other information.

(c) Upon written application of the department or any substantiated person and with the approval of the local law enforcement agency in adult protection cases, upon good cause shown and upon notice to the department, the subject of the report and all interested parties, the department may amend, expunge or remove any record from the central registry.

(d) Any person named as a perpetrator of abuse, neglect, exploitation, intimidation or abandonment of any vulnerable adult in any substantiated report maintained in the central registry shall have the right to have included in the report a statement concerning the incident giving rise to the report. Any person seeking to include a statement pursuant to this subsection shall provide the department with the statement. The department shall provide notice to any person identified as a perpetrator of this right to submit a statement in any substantiated report maintained in the central registry.

(e) Any person convicted of, or having pled guilty or no contest to, a crime which includes the abuse, neglect, exploitation, intimidation or abandonment of any vulnerable adult shall have that conviction reported to the department by the court and the report shall be maintained in the central registry.