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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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(i) Repealed by Laws 2022, ch. 7, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 33. Professions and Occupations § 33-24-101. Short title; definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-33-professions-and-occupations/wy-st-sect-33-24-101/
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