33-24-135. Internship.

(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.