Section 35-1-310 - Limitation on orders(a) No public health order requested or issued by a county, municipal or district health officer under this article shall become effective without notice being provided to the public not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the order is to become effective and an opportunity to provide public comment through written and electronic submissions is provided, except when the delay will result in immediate and life threatening physical harm, exposure or transmission beyond the existing affected area. Any order issued under this chapter by a county, municipal or district health officer that restricts individuals' movements or their ability to engage in any activity, that applies to individuals not under an isolation or quarantine order and that is designed to prevent or limit the transmission of a contagious or possibly contagious disease shall be effective for a period of not more than ten (10) days. Subsequent orders, including order extensions, for the same or substantially same purpose of any duration shall only be issued as follows:(i) The board of county commissioners, by a vote of the majority of the board, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a county health officer;(ii) The governing body of a municipality, by a vote of the majority of the governing body, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a municipal health officer;(iii) The governing body of a political subdivision that is a member of a health district or a district health department, by a majority vote of the governing body, may issue an order subsequent to an order issued by a district health officer to have effect within the governing body's political subdivision only.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a parent or guardian's right to the care, custody and control of a minor child under the care of the parent or guardian.(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit a caregiver's right to the care, custody and control of a vulnerable adult.(d) As used in this section: (i) "Caregiver" means a family member responsible, or a person with court ordered responsibility, for the care, custody and control of a vulnerable adult;(ii) "Vulnerable adult" means as defined in W.S. 35-20-102(a)(xviii).Added by Laws 2021 , ch. 168, § 1, eff. 7/1/2021.