Title 33 · WY

33-24-122(a) and impose administrative penalties authorized

Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 33-24-122

Section: 33-24-122

33-24-122(a) and impose administrative penalties authorized under W.S. 33-24-122(b) in lieu of the proceedings specified under subsection (a) of this section. If the board disapproves the agreement and informal resolution, the agreement shall not:

(i) Constitute any admission by the licensee;

(ii) Be admissible in any subsequent proceeding under this act;

(iii) Prohibit the director from filing a formal complaint;

(iv) Prohibit the licensee from contesting or objecting to a formal complaint filed by the director or from appealing the decision of the board.

(c) Upon receipt from the department of family services of a certified copy of an order from a court to withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a license issued by the board, the board shall notify the party named in the court order of the withholding, suspension or restriction of the license in accordance with the terms of the court order. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, no appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act shall be allowed for a license withheld, suspended or restricted under this subsection.

33-24-124. Persons deemed practicing pharmacy.

Any person shall be deemed to be practicing pharmacy within the meaning of this act who provides collaborative pharmaceutical care or prepares, or compounds, or processes, or packages, or repackages, or labels, or dispenses, or sells, or offers for sale, at retail or in connection with operation of a health-care facility, any dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, narcotics, or prescriptions, which are identified as such in accordance with this act.

33-24-125. Dangerous substances; generally.

(a) Dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, and narcotics include only those drugs, chemicals, poisons, medicines and other substances which are intended for use by man:

(i) Which are habit forming; or

(ii) Which because of toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or method of use, or the collateral measures necessary to its use, are not safe for use except under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such substances; or

(iii) Which are designated as dangerous substances under the provisions of W.S. 33-24-131; and which are named and thereby included on a list of dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals and narcotics compiled by the board of pharmacy and by them filed with the department of health. The board will provide a complete current copy of such list to all persons requesting same at cost.

33-24-126. Dangerous substances; compilation of list.

In compiling such list of dangerous substances, and determining which substances shall be included thereon, and in adding substances thereto, and in deleting substances therefrom, the board shall consider all information which shall come to its attention from reasonably reliable sources and shall compile the list making use of such information about, experience with, and knowledge of (or lack of knowledge of or about) each substance and shall include, add or delete each substance as the accumulation of such information, experience, knowledge, or lack thereof, shall indicate according to the definitions and guidelines provided in W.S. 33-24-125.

33-24-127. Adoption of certain publications by reference; list of dangerous substances open to public inspection; petition to add or delete substances from list.

(a) The board is authorized to adopt, by reference if feasible, in whole or in part the United States Pharmacopoeia, the National Formulary, and supplements thereto and later editions thereof, and lists of drugs the traffic in which is restricted by federal law, provided always:

(i) That a complete copy of the current list shall be always open to the public inspection at the department of health; and (ii) Any citizen may petition the board in writing to add or to delete any substance to or from the list, which petition shall be considered by the board after providing the petitioner reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard thereon. The board may consider treatises and scientific reports without requiring formal foundations or proofs thereof, and may accept or reject the conclusions therein or deductible therefrom as deemed best in the light of the professional knowledge and experience of the individual members of the board.

33-24-128. Appeal from decisions of board as to list of dangerous drugs.

Appeal from decisions of the board relating to composition of, additions to or deletions from the list of dangerous drugs shall be had initially to the advisory council to the department of health, the decision of which advisory council shall be final unless appealed by either the pharmacy board or the petitioner to the courts of this state. All appeals shall be conducted as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. No board shall be concluded by decisions of any previous board as to a particular substance, provided that the board shall not be obliged to consider the same substance more than once during any twelve (12) month period.

33-24-129. Exempted professions.

This act does not apply to physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists, optometrists, osteopaths or midwives licensed by law to practice their professions within this state or to other persons authorized by federal law and state law to treat sick and injured persons in Wyoming and to use controlled substances in the course of treatment.

33-24-130. Exemptions; administration of drugs and medicine.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this act do not apply to administration of drugs and medicines, or to persons engaged in the administration of drugs and medicines. Administration of drugs and medicines, for the purpose of this exclusion, is hereby defined as actual, personal distribution to, or injection in, or application to a particular human being, of substances or material which has already been prepared, selected, measured, packaged, and labeled, or otherwise specifically identified by a person qualified to do so under the terms of this act. 33-24-131. Exemptions; sale of certain articles.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to the sale at wholesale or sale by any method at retail of economic poisons, medical and dental supplies, cosmetics, dietary foods, or nonnarcotic, nonprescription, prepackaged medicinal preparations contained in distinctive and original unbroken containers, when such medicinal preparations are identified by and sold under a trade name of the manufacturer or primary distributor thereof and are sold or offered for sale to the general public, if such articles meet the requirements of state and federal food, drug and cosmetic laws; provided however, that notwithstanding the above, any drug, medicinal preparation, or substance for use by man which is determined by the state board of pharmacy, after notice to the manufacturer or primary distributor thereof, and opportunity to be heard pursuant to the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, as having a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system or its hallucinogenic effect, or as habit forming, or as a drug or product which, because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or method of use, or the collateral measures necessary for such use is not safe for use except under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such substances, may be designated by rule as a dangerous drug which shall be restricted to sale on prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such substances.

33-24-132. Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 169, § 2.

33-24-133. Association with boards of pharmacy of other jurisdictions.

In order to be informed and to determine the status of boards of pharmacy of other jurisdictions which desire to effect arrangements for reciprocal registration of pharmacists, and in order to also be advised regarding fitness of applicants, and of the progress and changes in pharmacy throughout the country, the board may annually select at least one (1) of its members to meet with like representatives from other jurisdictions, and may join in creating and maintaining an association for such mutual ends, and in its discretion the board may contribute such information as it possesses which is useful to such aims and objects. Additionally, the board may subscribe for and secure the services of associations engaged in the compilation of pharmaceutical information, knowledge and progress, specially adapted to secure excellence and efficiency in the work of the board.

33-24-134. Reciprocity.

(a) The board, in its sole discretion, may license as a pharmacist in this state without examination, any person who proposes to practice pharmacy in this state who is duly licensed by examination in some other state. An applicant for a license pursuant to this section shall:

(i) Submit an application in the form and containing information as prescribed by the board;

(ii) Meet the qualifications specified in W.S.