Wyoming § 33-24-101 Short title; definitions

Wyoming Statutes

§ 33-24-101 — Short title; definitions

Wyoming·Title 33 Professions and Occupations·Ch. 24 PHARMACY·Art. 1 IN GENERAL

(a)This act means W.S. 33-24-101 through 33-24-301 and shall be known as the "Wyoming Pharmacy Act".

(b)As used in this act:

(i)Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 7, § 2.

(ii)"Telepharmacy" means a site where prescription drugs are stored and dispensed that is remote from but under the active control and supervision of a parent pharmacy and a licensed pharmacist and that is subject to the requirements of W.S. 33-24-156;

(iii)"Collaborative pharmaceutical care" means a pharmacist working in collaboration with practitioners authorized to prescribe medications;

(iv)"Unprofessional conduct" means:

(A)Dispensing a drug or brand of drug in filling a prescription which differs from that specified by the prescription, without authority of the issuer of the prescription, regarding the patient's name

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(a) This act means W.S. 33-24-101 through 33-24-301 and
shall be known as the "Wyoming Pharmacy Act".
(b) As used in this act:
(i) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 7, § 2.
(ii) "Telepharmacy" means a site where prescription
drugs are stored and dispensed that is remote from but under the
active control and supervision of a parent pharmacy and a
licensed pharmacist and that is subject to the requirements of
W.S. 33-24-156;
(iii) "Collaborative pharmaceutical care" means a
pharmacist working in collaboration with practitioners
authorized to prescribe medications;
(iv) "Unprofessional conduct" means:
(A) Dispensing a drug or brand of drug in
filling a prescription which differs from that specified by the
prescription, without authority of the issuer of the
prescription, regarding the patient's name, drug, strength,
quantity, directions or number of authorized refills;
(B) Obtaining any fee by fraud or
misrepresentation;
(C) Willfully betraying patient confidences,
provided a pharmacist may provide otherwise confidential patient
information to other licensed health care professionals treating
the patient;
(D) Employing directly or indirectly any
student, any unlicensed pharmacy technician or any unlicensed
pharmacist to practice pharmacy unless authorized by this act;
(E) Advertising in a misleading, false or
deceptive manner;
(F) Filling a prescription which is more than
two (2) years old;
(G) Filling a prescription without reasonable
inquiry and confirmation of its validity if there are reasonable
grounds to doubt the current existence of a practitioner-patient
relationship between the practitioner and the customer seeking
to obtain the drug;
(H) Filling a prescription with a drug that is
past the expiration date provided by the manufacturer or
supplier of the drug or other competent authority;
(J) Filling a prescription with drugs which have
not been refrigerated as recommended by the manufacturer or
supplier of the drugs or by other competent authority; or
(K) Other actions defined by rule and
regulations as relevant to the pharmacist's professional
character.