2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 25 - INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE
CHAPTER 10 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 25-10-120 - Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer.
25-10-120. Rights of patients; commitment and treatment of persons being treated by prayer.
(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations creating a bill of patient rights and establishing the procedures by which those rights may be enforced, limited or denied.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 147, § 2.
(d) No person who is being treated in good faith by spiritual means alone, through prayer, by a duly accredited practitioner in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination may be detained, hospitalized or ordered to receive treatment under this act unless:
(i) A court finds by clear and convincing evidence that he is mentally ill; or
(ii) If the person is a minor or is incompetent his parent or guardian consents to detention, hospitalization or treatment.
