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STATE AND STATUTE: Wyoming, Stats. §§ 14-3-201 et seq. (originally enacted in 1971; statute language affecting what appears here most recently amended in 2005; all language verified here as of November of 2017)
WHAT IS REPORTABLE "ABUSE": Physical, sexual, or mental abuse or neglect. [14-3-202(a)]
"Treatment given 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 is not child neglect for that reason alone." [14-3-202(a)(vii)]
