Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 015 - Attorney General
Sub-Agency 0012 - Child Care Licensing
Chapter 3 - VICTIMS COMPENSATION
Section 3-2 - Definitions

(i) Account means crime victims compensation account established by W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-114, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(i);

(ii) A Criminal act means an act committed or attempted in this state, including an act of domestic violence, which constitutes a crime as defined by the laws of this state or an act of terrorism, as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2331 committed outside the United States, and which results in actual bodily injury or actual mental harm or death to the victim. No act involving the operation of a motor vehicle, boat or aircraft which results in injury or death constitutes a crime for the purpose of this act unless the injury or death was recklessly or intentionally inflicted through the use of he vehicle, boat or aircraft, or unless the act constitutes a violation of W.S. W.S. W.S. 31-5-233, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(iii);

(iii) Dependent means any relative of the victim who was wholly or partially dependent upon the victim's income at the time of his injury or death and includes the child of the victim born after his death, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(iv);

(iv) Economic loss means and includes medical and hospital expenses, loss of earnings, future loss of earnings resulting from the injury, funeral and burial expenses and loss of support to dependants of the victim to include home maintenance and child care, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(v);

(v) Medical expense includes the cost of all medical and dental services, mental health counseling and care, dental and prosthetic devises, eyeglasses or other corrective lenses, and services rendered in accordance with any method of healing recognized by the law of this state, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(vi);

(vi) Personal injury means actual bodily injury or actual mental harm, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(vii);

(vi) A Relative of victim means his spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, child including natural born child, stepchild or adopted child, grandchild, brother or sister, W.S. W.S. W.S. 1-40-102(a)(viii);

(vii) A Victim means:

A person who suffers personal injury or is killed in this state as a direct result of:

(i) "Compensation" means monies awarded by the Division as prescribed by the Crime Victims Compensation Act and as authorized in W.S. W.S. W.S. 9-1-638;

(ii) "Crime" means an act committed in this state which would constitute a crime as defined in W.S. W.S. W.S. 6-1-104;

(iii) "Law enforcement agency" means any agency that is responsible for the enforcement of the laws or governmental administrative rules concerning a particular group; and

(iv) "Mental health counseling and care" means the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of an individuals mental and emotional functioning required to alleviate psychological trauma resulting from a compensable crime provided by a certified or licensed practitioner of the healing arts within the scope of his license or certification.