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Exemptions and limitations

33-29-604. Exemptions and limitations.

(a) The provisions of this act shall not apply to:

(i) An officer or employee of the United States practicing within the scope of his authority and employment;

(ii) An officer or employee of the state of Wyoming performing regulatory reviews within the scope of his authority and employment provided the officer or employee shall not represent himself to be a licensed professional engineer or licensed professional surveyor unless he is so licensed and except when filing water right petitions with the state of Wyoming as provided in title 41 of the Wyoming statutes;

(iii) An individual working for a business entity or licensee provided a licensee exercises responsible charge over all final designs, drawings, maps, plats and plans filed under W.S. 33-29-801;

(iv) A utility company or telecommunications company regulated by the Wyoming public service commission or the company's employees practicing within the scope of their employment and authority;

(v) An individual who performs actions described in W.S. 33-29-201(a)(viii)(A) up

Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-801 — 21-2-801.

(D) In addition to any exam required under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph the Wyoming licensing board may require an examination relating to the specifics of Wyoming law and regulations regardless of the length of time the individual has been licensed.

(ii) Demonstrates competency in the occupation or profession for which the applicant seeks licensure. Competency shall be determined pursuant to rules that shall be adopted for that purpose and may include consideration of continuing education credits, recent work experience, prior licensing examinations, disciplinary actions taken against the applicant in other states and other appropriate factors;

(iii) Has not engaged in any act that would constitute grounds for refusal, suspension or revocation of the occupational or professional license sought in this state; and

(iv) Has completed all required application procedures and paid any required fee.

(c) All relevant work experience of an applicant, including full-time or part-time experience, regardless of whether in a paid or volunteer capacity, may be credited in any work experience requirement adopted by an occupational or professional licensing board.

(d) This section shall apply to all applications for licensure under W.S. 21-2-802 or under title 33 of the Wyoming statutes except for the following:  (i) An application to be an attorney at law under chapter 5 of title 33;

35-9-126(d).

35-9-126(d).

35-9-125. Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses.

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, an electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant shall be or actively employ in a full-time capacity a licensed master electrician of record who assumes responsibility to ensure that the National Electrical Code, W.S. 35-9-120 through 35-9-130 and applicable rules of the department are adhered to on all electrical work undertaken by the electrical contractor in the state of Wyoming, and who is not the master electrician of record for, or employed by, any other electrical contractor. The electrical contractor shall pay the fee required by W.S. 35-9-129 for each firm operated by him. If the applicant qualifies, he shall receive a license which bears the date of issue and expires on July 1 next following the date of issue.

(b) On or before July 1 of each year, a low voltage electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant

Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-801 — 21-2-801.

(iv) "License" means any license, certificate or registration required to practice an occupation or profession.

(b) A professional or occupational licensing board shall issue a license to an applicant to allow the applicant to lawfully practice a profession or occupation requiring licensure in this state if the Wyoming licensing board determines that the applicant:

(i) Holds a relevant, active occupational or professional license in good standing from another state that mandates substantially equivalent or more stringent educational, training, examination and experience requirements for licensure than the licensing entity in this state. Substantial equivalency shall be determined pursuant to rules adopted by the licensing board in Wyoming provided that:  (A) The educational equivalency shall be determined by whether the degree required is a doctorate, master, bachelor, associate or other degree with curriculum deemed substantially equivalent by the licensing board;

(B) If the Wyoming licensing board requires an examination for licensure, the substantially equivalent examination requirement may be met by passing the same or an earlier version of the exam. The Wyoming licensing board shall waive this requirement if the individual has been licensed for more than ten (10) years;

(C) In evaluating any work experience requirements the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall apply;

Wyo. Stat. § 33-42-111 — 33-42-111(a).

33-42-111(a).

33-42-114. Reciprocity.

If a person holding a license entitling him to drill water wells or install pumping equipment in another state applies for a Wyoming water well drilling contractor's or water well pump installation contractor's license, if the other state offers reciprocity, and if the board determines the standards and requirements of the state in which the applicant is licensed are equal to or exceed the standards or requirements of this act, the board may waive the examination requirements except the applicant shall successfully complete an examination based on Wyoming statutes and rules relating to the drilling of water wells or installation of pump equipment. The applicant shall also pay all applicable fees.

33-42-115. Complaints and investigations.

If any information concerning a possible violation of this act or rules and regulations applicable to water well drilling or pump installation is received or obtained by a board member or the state engineer's office, the board may, on its own motion, initiate proceedings under this act and in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

33-42-116. Account; expenditures.

Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-701 — 16-6-701(a)(v):

ARTICLE 11 - CONTRACTOR LICENSES – RECIPROCITY

16-6-1101. Contractor licenses; reciprocity; requirements.

(a) As used in this section:

(i) "Accepting jurisdiction" means a county, city, town or other government entity that is required to recognize and accept a license issued by an issuing jurisdiction;

(ii) "Contractor" means a person employed by and contracting with an owner to improve an owner's property;

(iii) "Issuing jurisdiction" means the county, city, town or other government entity that issued a license to a contractor;  (iv) "License" means any license or certification necessary for a contractor to perform work in a jurisdiction.

(b) Each county, city, town and other government entity that issues licenses to contractors shall recognize a license issued to a contractor by another county, city, town or other government entity in Wyoming, in accordance with the following:

(i) Before the accepting jurisdiction shall recognize the license under this section:

(A) The contractor's license shall be active; and

(B) The contractor shall be in good standing with the issuing jurisdiction and shall provide to the accepting jurisdiction any proof of financial assurance required by the accepting jurisdiction.

33-42-111(a).

33-42-111(a).

33-42-114. Reciprocity.

If a person holding a license entitling him to drill water wells or install pumping equipment in another state applies for a Wyoming water well drilling contractor's or water well pump installation contractor's license, if the other state offers reciprocity, and if the board determines the standards and requirements of the state in which the applicant is licensed are equal to or exceed the standards or requirements of this act, the board may waive the examination requirements except the applicant shall successfully complete an examination based on Wyoming statutes and rules relating to the drilling of water wells or installation of pump equipment. The applicant shall also pay all applicable fees.

33-42-115. Complaints and investigations.

If any information concerning a possible violation of this act or rules and regulations applicable to water well drilling or pump installation is received or obtained by a board member or the state engineer's office, the board may, on its own motion, initiate proceedings under this act and in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

33-42-116. Account; expenditures.

Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses

35-9-125. Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses.

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, an electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant shall be or actively employ in a full-time capacity a licensed master electrician of record who assumes responsibility to ensure that the National Electrical Code, W.S. 35-9-120 through 35-9-130 and applicable rules of the department are adhered to on all electrical work undertaken by the electrical contractor in the state of Wyoming, and who is not the master electrician of record for, or employed by, any other electrical contractor. The electrical contractor shall pay the fee required by W.S. 35-9-129 for each firm operated by him. If the applicant qualifies, he shall receive a license which bears the date of issue and expires on July 1 next following the date of issue.

(b) On or before July 1 of each year, a low voltage electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The

Wyo. Stat. § 17-21-1101 — 17-21-1101(f).

17-21-1101(f).

(n) A foreign registered limited liability partnership whose registration has lapsed for failure to pay fees or failure to maintain a registered agent in this state as provided in this article may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within two (2) years after the effective date of lapse as provided in W.S. 17-21-1107.

17-21-1105. Registered limited liability partnership by licensed persons.

Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as precluding an individual whose occupation requires licensure under Wyoming law or the law of another jurisdiction from forming a registered limited liability partnership if the applicable licensing statutes do not prohibit it and the licensing body does not prohibit it by rule or regulation adopted consistent with the appropriate licensing statute. Each licensed professional offering professional services through a registered limited liability partnership shall retain their professional license in good standing and shall be subject to all rules, regulations, standards and requirements pertaining thereto.

17-21-1106. Statement of continuance.

(a) Any foreign registered limited liability partnership, except partnerships acting as an insurer as defined in W.S.

Wyo. Stat. § 33-43-118 — 33-43-118.

(iv) Maintain an up-to-date list of persons whose licenses have been suspended, revoked or denied. This list shall include the names, social security numbers, type and cause of action, date and penalty incurred, and the length of penalty. This list shall be available for public inspection during reasonable business hours. This list shall be supplied to similar boards in other states upon request;

(v) Establish fees for licenses, permits, renewals and reinstatements in accordance with W.S. 33-1-201.  33-43-106. Board; general powers.

(a) The board may:

(i) In accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the law as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this act;

(ii) Employ personnel as necessary to perform the functions of the board;

(iii) Establish relicensure requirements and procedures as are appropriate, including adopting and publishing a code of ethics;

(iv) Secure the services of resource consultants as deemed necessary by the board. Resource consultants shall receive travel and per diem expenses in the same manner and amount as state employees, while engaged in consultative service to the board;

Wyo. Stat. § 15-6-448 — 15-6-448.

(f) If, after investigation, the department believes that a certificate of residency should be denied or revoked, it shall provide notice to the applicant or certificate holder of its intent to deny or revoke the certificate and of the applicant or certificate holder's opportunity for a hearing if requested. Any hearing conducted under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.  (g) Whenever an emergency arises requiring a contract for a public work, a public entity may waive any applicable requirement of this section if the requirement endangers the health, welfare or safety of the public.

16-6-103. Limitation on subcontracting by resident contractors.

A successful resident bidder shall not subcontract more than thirty percent (30%) of the work covered by his contract to nonresident contractors.

16-6-104. Preference for Wyoming materials required in contracts.

Wyoming made materials and products, and Wyoming suppliers of products and materials of equal quality and desirability shall have preference over materials or products produced or supplied outside the state and any contract let shall so provide. The preference created by this section shall be applied in a manner identical to the preference for residence contractors in W.S.

Wyo. Stat. § 35-9-126 — 35-9-126(d).

35-9-126(d).

35-9-125. Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses.

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, an electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant shall be or actively employ in a full-time capacity a licensed master electrician of record who assumes responsibility to ensure that the National Electrical Code, W.S. 35-9-120 through 35-9-130 and applicable rules of the department are adhered to on all electrical work undertaken by the electrical contractor in the state of Wyoming, and who is not the master electrician of record for, or employed by, any other electrical contractor. The electrical contractor shall pay the fee required by W.S. 35-9-129 for each firm operated by him. If the applicant qualifies, he shall receive a license which bears the date of issue and expires on July 1 next following the date of issue.

(b) On or before July 1 of each year, a low voltage electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant shall be or actively employ in a full-time capacity a licensed low voltage technician of record who assumes responsibility to ensure that the National Electrical Code, W.S.

Wyo. Stat. § 26-34-125 — 26-34-125 are satisfied.

(a) Before entering into any written agreement with any provider for the furnishing of health care services to enrollees of a health maintenance organization the organization shall establish terms and conditions to be required of any provider interested in entering into the agreement. In no event shall any Wyoming provider willing to meet the established terms and conditions be denied the right to enter into any written agreement. The established terms and conditions shall not discriminate against any Wyoming provider solely on the basis of an inability to provide specified services within a health maintenance organization's entire service area. This subsection shall not be construed to require any health maintenance organization to involuntarily employ any person, sell any ownership interest to any person, enter into any partnership with any person or grant staff privileges to any person.

(b) No health maintenance organization shall discriminate in employment, contracting, participation, reimbursement or indemnification against a provider who is acting within the scope of his professional license under applicable state law, based solely on the academic degree of the provider.

26-34-135. Application of other laws.

(a) The annual audited financial reports law, title 26, chapter 3, article 3 of the Wyoming statutes, shall apply to domestic health maintenance organizations licensed under this chapter.

Wyo. Stat. § 17-29-101 — 17-29-101 through 17-29-1102 may convert to a close limited

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any entity required to file an annual report and pay an annual license fee under title 17 of the Wyoming statutes, may be authorized by rules of the secretary of state to file the annual report electronically and pay the annual license fee through credit card, electronic funds transfer or by other means. For each electronically transmitted annual report filed in the office of the secretary of state, the office shall assign a unique number to the filed report, create a record that bears the number assigned and the date and time of filing, and maintain the filed annual report for public inspection.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 91, § 3.

CHAPTER 28 - REGISTERED OFFICES AND AGENTS

17-28-101. Registered office and registered agent.

(a) Each business entity shall continuously maintain in this state:  (i) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business but shall be located at a street address in Wyoming which shall be a physical location where the business entity's registered agent, or a natural person who has an agency relationship with the registered agent, can accept service of process as provided in W.S. 17-28-104 and is physically present at that location; and

(ii) A registered agent, who shall be:

Wyo. Stat. § 16-6-701 — 16-6-701(a)(v):

(vi) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to:

(A) Require an accepting jurisdiction to grant privileges to a contractor for a license that is not of a similar type or class to the license granted by the issuing jurisdiction;

(B) Prohibit an accepting jurisdiction from requiring a contractor to complete application requirements and procedures, satisfactorily complete any testing requirements or pay fees if the contractor seeks to perform work in an accepting jurisdiction that is not covered under the license issued by the issuing jurisdiction or seeks to perform work that is not at an equivalent level of required competency in the accepting jurisdiction.

(c) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any county, city, town or other government entity that issues licenses to contractors from entering into agreements for the recognition of licenses obtained in other jurisdictions in Wyoming.

CHAPTER 7 - RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

16-7-101. Short title.

This act is known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Relocation Assistance Act of 1973".

16-7-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

12-4-502;

12-4-502;

(x) A corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership which has not qualified to do business in Wyoming;

(xi) An individual who is not a resident; or

(xii) Any general partnership or group of two (2) or more persons unless each person interested, directly or indirectly, is a resident or qualified to do business in this state.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.

(c) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.

(d) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.

12-4-104. Publication of notice; grant or denial; renewal preference; copy of application and notice to division; judicial review.

(a) When an application for a license, permit, renewal or any transfer of location or ownership thereof has been filed with a licensing authority, the clerk shall promptly prepare a notice of application and publish the notice in a newspaper of local circulation once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks. When a county is the licensing authority, the county clerk shall also post the notice on the official website of the county in the manner provided in W.S 18-3-516(f). When a city or town

Wyo. Stat. § 33-29-604 — Exemptions and limitations

33-29-604. Exemptions and limitations.

(a) The provisions of this act shall not apply to:

(i) An officer or employee of the United States practicing within the scope of his authority and employment;

(ii) An officer or employee of the state of Wyoming performing regulatory reviews within the scope of his authority and employment provided the officer or employee shall not represent himself to be a licensed professional engineer or licensed professional surveyor unless he is so licensed and except when filing water right petitions with the state of Wyoming as provided in title 41 of the Wyoming statutes;

(iii) An individual working for a business entity or licensee provided a licensee exercises responsible charge over all final designs, drawings, maps, plats and plans filed under W.S. 33-29-801;

(iv) A utility company or telecommunications company regulated by the Wyoming public service commission or the company's employees practicing within the scope of their employment and authority;

(v) An individual who performs actions described in W.S. 33-29-201(a)(viii)(A) upon lands owned or leased by him or upon lands owned or leased by an entity, which is not a publicly traded corporation, of which he owns an interest; or

Wyo. Stat. § 33-29-406 — License on the basis of comity

33-29-406. License on the basis of comity.

(a) An applicant who holds a license issued by another jurisdiction to practice professional engineering or professional land surveying may be issued a professional license provided:

(i) The applicant has submitted evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has a background that does not evidence conduct adverse to the practice of engineering or land surveying or to the ability to practice engineering or land surveying;

(ii) The applicant has passed any examinations required by rule of the board to establish competence at a professional level in Wyoming licensing laws and professional ethics; and

(iii) The applicant:

(A) Meets the education, experience and examination requirements equivalent to the requirements in effect in Wyoming at the time the applicant's license was issued by the other jurisdiction; or

(B) Meets requirements established by the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying or its successor organization that the board has determined are equivalent to the requirements for a professional license in Wyoming.

Wyo. Stat. § 35-9-125 — Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses

35-9-125. Electrical contractor's, low voltage electrical contractor's and limited electrical contractor's licenses.

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, an electrical contractor shall file with the chief electrical inspector a license application in writing for each of his firms. The applicant shall be or actively employ in a full-time capacity a licensed master electrician of record who assumes responsibility to ensure that the National Electrical Code, W.S. 35-9-120 through 35-9-130 and applicable rules of the department are adhered to on all electrical work undertaken by the electrical contractor in the state of Wyoming, and who is not the master electrician of record for, or employed by, any other electrical contractor. The electrical contractor shall pay the fee required by W.S. 35-9-129 for each firm operated by him. If the applicant qualifies, he shall receive a license which bears the date of issue and expires on July 1 next following the date of issue.