Wyo. Code R. 048-0058-1
Effective Date: 10/23/1989 to 06/14/2017
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 048.0058.1.10231989
Section 1. Authority. The State of Wyoming pursuant to W.S. 25-1-106 shall provide for the care and maintenance of residents in the Veterans' Home of Wyoming.
Section 2. Purpose. These rules and regulations are adopted to implement the authority of the Veterans' Home of Wyoming, pursuant to W.S. 25-9-101 to provide for the care and treatment of honorably discharged veterans, including their spouses, and disabled members of the state national guard, who are domiciled in Wyoming.
(a) 'Agency' means the department which is administratively responsible for the Veterans' Home of Wyoming.
(b) 'Care and treatment' means those general health care services necessary in a residential institution.
(c) 'Discharge' means full release of a resident from the home.
(d) 'Home' means the Veterans' Home of Wyoming.
(e) 'Institution' means any state facility or institution established by statute, a federal institution or a private facility in the community.
(f) 'Medical reasons' means a mental or physical condition which requires care and treatment, not available in a residential facility as the Veterans' Home of Wyoming.
(g) 'Resident' means a person admitted to the home as a veteran of the armed forces, a disabled member of the state national guard, a dependent of a veteran or other nonveterans.
(h) 'Superintendent' means the person appointed by the agency to supervise, administer and manage the home for day-to-day operation.
(i) 'Transfer' means full release of a resident from the home to another institution.
(j) 'Veteran' means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States.