§ 33-24-135 — Internship

Wyoming § 33-24-135

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 24: PHARMACY
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) The internship or practical experience requirement for
registration as a pharmacist in this state shall consist of no
more than two thousand (2,000) and no less than one thousand two
hundred (1,200) hours experience in a pharmacy or related
setting. Hours shall be accumulated after the completion of the
first professional year in an approved college or school of
pharmacy or, for those applicants who have graduated from a
foreign college of pharmacy, completed a transcript verification
program, taken and passed a college of pharmacy equivalency exam
program and completed a communication ability test as provided
in board regulations. Hours of internship experience accumulated
may be determined by the board.
(b) The board is hereby empowered to promulgate and
enforce such reasonable regulations as may from time to time
appear necessary to provide that interns shall receive broad
training in all aspects of the profession during internship, and
that each intern shall keep a record thereof during a portion of
the training reflecting his work and experience and whether it
conforms to the requirements of the board.
(c) The service and experience rendered and gained during
internship must be predominantly related to the preparing,
compounding, processing, packaging, labeling, and dispensing of
the restricted substances, selling or offering the same for sale
at retail, keeping records in regard thereto, and making reports
required by law in regard thereto, all under the personal
guidance and supervision of a preceptor.
(d) Each prospective intern shall be licensed by the board
upon payment of a fee and shall register by application giving
the intern's name and address. Under its regulations the board
may provide for consideration and acceptance of internship
served in other jurisdictions.
(e) The board may issue a letter of admonition or suspend
or revoke a pharmacy intern's license for any:
(i) Willful violation of any provision of this
chapter or the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971;
(ii) Willful violation of any rule or regulation
promulgated pursuant to this chapter or the Wyoming Controlled
Substances Act of 1971;
(iii) Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor that
relates to the practice of pharmacy or to the ability to
practice as a pharmacy intern;
(iv) Action which threatens the public health, safety
or welfare; or
(v) Knowing submission of false or misleading
information to the board in the application for an initial or
renewal license.