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23LSO-0515
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0515
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0233
Transportation and care of injured police dogs.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Allemand
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to peace officers; authorizing emergency medical services providers to transport and treat injured police dogs as specified; providing definitions; providing immunity to emergency medical services providers as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 33
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116 is created to read:
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116.
Use of ambulances for transporting police dogs; treatment of police dogs; immunity.
(a)
As used in this section:
(i)
"Ambulance" means as defined by 33
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102(a)(i);
(ii)
"Police dog" means a dog owned or employed by a law enforcement agency or corrections agency in the course of the agency's work, including a search and rescue dog as defined by W.S. 6
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211(b)(iv), fire dog as defined by W.S. 6
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211(b)(iii), service dog or other dog that is owned or employed by a law enforcement agency or corrections agency.
(b)
It shall not be a violation of professional or licensing standards for emergency medical services providers to transport or treat a police dog injured in the line of duty provided that there are no persons requiring ambulance transport or services at that time. An emergency medical services provider may require a member of the law enforcement agency or corrections agency to accompany the police dog during transport. During transport, an emergency medical services provider may provide care including:
(i)
Opening and manually maintaining an airway;
(ii)
Giving mouth to snout or mouth to barrier ventilation;
(iii)
Administering oxygen;
(iv)
Managing ventilation by mask;
(v)
Controlling hemorrhage with direct pressure;
(vi)
Immobilizing fractures;
(vii)
Bandaging;
(viii)
Administering an opiate antagonist as defined by W.S. 35
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902(a)(i), if the drug is administered either in accordance with a written protocol established and provided by a veterinarian or pursuant to a consultation with a veterinarian.
Section 2
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W.S. 1
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120 by creating a new subsection (d) and 33
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111(a) are amended to read:
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Persons rendering emergency assistance exempt from civil liability.
(d)
No emergency medical services provider who in the performance of their duties and in good faith renders emergency first aid to an injured police dog shall be held personally liable for any damages occurring as a result of rendering such aid or services or as a result of transporting a police dog to a veterinary care facility, nor shall they be held personally liable to a veterinary care facility for its expenses if, under emergency conditions, they cause the admission of a police dog to the veterinary care facility.
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Authorized acts of emergency medical technicians.
(a)
An individual who holds a valid emergency medical technician license issued by the division is authorized to perform any act authorized by division rules and regulations, under written or oral authorization of a licensed physician,
is authorized to provide care and ambulance transportation to police dogs pursuant to W.S. 33
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and may provide emergency medical technician services in other states as permitted by the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact Act, W.S. 33
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Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2023
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