§ 35-4-903 — Prescription of epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist

Wyoming § 35-4-903

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 4: HEALTH REGULATIONS GENERALLY
• Art. 9: EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT

Text

(a) A practitioner or a pharmacist acting in good faith
and exercising reasonable care may, without a prescriber-patient
relationship, prescribe an epinephrine auto-injector or an
opiate antagonist to:
(i) A person at risk of experiencing anaphylaxis or
an opiate related drug overdose;
(ii) A person in a position to assist a person at
risk of experiencing anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug
overdose;
(iii) A person who, in the course of the person's
official duties or business, may encounter a person experiencing
anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug overdose.
(b) A practitioner or pharmacist who prescribes an
epinephrine auto-injector or an opiate antagonist under this
article shall provide education to the person to whom the
epinephrine auto-injector or opiate antagonist is prescribed,
which shall include written instruction on how to:
(i) Recognize anaphylaxis or an opiate related drug
overdose;
(ii) Respond appropriately to an anaphylaxis or
opiate related drug overdose event, including how to administer
epinephrine through use of an epinephrine auto-injector or
administer an opiate antagonist;
(iii) Ensure that a person to whom epinephrine or an
opiate antagonist has been administered receives, as soon as
possible, additional medical care and a medical evaluation.