33-24-101. Short title; definitions.

(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) "Direct supervision" means that a licensed pharmacist shall be physically present and capable of observing the actions of a pharmacy technician except at telepharmacies where video oversight is maintained;

(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.