SF 121 — Wyoming Pharmacy Act amendments.

SORIGINAL TATE OF W YOMING 26LSO-0147 SENATE ENGROSSED FILE NO.

SF0121 WyomingENROLLED PharmacyACT ActNO. amendments.

Sponsored65, by:SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act;

Senator(s) Dockstader and Representative(s) Connolly, Harshman, Riggins and Washut A BILL for AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act;

amending the age of patients to whom a pharmacist may provide immunizations;

7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

9 Section 1.

33-24-124 andis 33-24-157(a) are amended to read:

1 SF0121 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0147 (a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing pharmacy within the meaning of this act who provides engagescollaborative 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 theconnection practicewith operation of pharmacya health-care facility, any dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, narcotics, or prescriptions, which are identified as asuch pharmacist.in accordance with this act.

5 (b) "Practice of pharmacy" means, but is not limited to,to: a pharmacist who:

8 (i) Interprets,Interpreting, evaluates,evaluating, compounds,compounding, dispensesdispensing or administersadministering medical orders or prescriptions;

(ii) ProvidesProviding patient counseling;

(iii) AssessesAssessing the patient for the purpose of prescribing drugs and devices pursuant to board of pharmacy rules;

(iv)ORIGINAL InitiatesSENATE orENGROSSED providesFILE pharmacistNO. care services;

(v)SF0121 UsesENROLLED continuousACT qualityNO. improvement programs, emerging technologies and competency-based education to improve patient safety and the quality of services provided;

SF012165, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0147BUDGET 2SESSION (vi)(iv) EngagesInitiating inor collaborativeproviding pharmaceuticalpharmacist care;care services pursuant to board of pharmacy rules;

or(v) 5Using (vii)continuous Performsquality actsimprovement consistentprograms, withemerging atechnologies pharmacist'sand training,competency-based education andto experience,improve aspatient determinedsafety byand the boardquality of pharmacyservices inprovided; accordance with accepted standards of care and not expressly prohibited by this act, board of pharmacy rules or applicable law;

(viii)(vi) Prepares,Engaging or compounds, or processes, or packages, or repackages, or labels, or dispenses, or sells, or offers for sale, at retail or in connectioncollaborative withpharmaceutical operationcare. of a health-care facility, any dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, narcotics, or prescriptions, which are identified as such in accordance with this act.

No employer shall discriminate against SF0121 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0147 a pharmacist on the basis that the pharmacist declines to participate in a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement;

4 (ii) The practice of collaborative pharmaceutical care shall be governed by board of pharmacy rules.

8Section 33-24-157.2.

Immunization administration;

prescription contraception.

(a) A pharmacist licensed under this act may only prescribe and administer immunizations recommended for healthy individuals age seven (7) three (3) and older in a private space utilized for counseling and administering immunizations to ensure patient safety and confidentiality as authorized by the board.

Parental consent shall be required for prescriptions for immunizations and for administration of immunizations pursuant to this section for any minor child.

A pharmacist administering vaccinations pursuant to this section shall enter a record of the immunization in the Wyoming immunization registry operated by the department of health.

Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to require any pharmacist to SF0121 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0147 administer immunizations to individuals who are less than thirteen (13) years of age.

No employer shall discriminate against a pharmacist on the basis that the pharmacist determines not to administer immunizations to individuals who are less than thirteen (13) years of age.

7 Section 2.

SectionORIGINAL 3.SENATE ENGROSSED FILE NO.

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65, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION Section 3.

(END) SF0121Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED:

_________ DATE APPROVED:

_________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

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