Attorney General

Schedule IV - Controlled Substances

Effective Date: 11/17/2023 to 03/16/2024

Rule Type: Expired Emergency Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 015.0024.1.11172023

Chapter 1

Additional Controlled Substances

EMERGENCY RULES ARE IN EFFECT NO LONGER THAN 120 DAYS AFTER FILING WITH THE REGISTRAR OF RULES.

Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to add, delete, and reschedule controlled substances in the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971. Some changes will be made to similarly control a substance in response to the publication of a final order in the Federal Register designating that substance as a controlled substance under federal law. Other changes will be made at the discretion of the Wyoming Attorney General, in his or her capacity as the Commissioner of Drugs and Substances Control, with the advice of the Advisory Board on Drugs and Substances Control.

Section 2. Authority. The Commissioner of Drugs and Substances Control's rulemaking authority is found at Wyoming Statute § 35-7-1011(a) and (d), which allow the Commissioner to add, delete, and reschedule substances to the control schedules pursuant to the procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

Section 3. Additional Controlled Substances. The Commissioner of Drugs and Substances Control adds the following substances to Schedule IV:

1. (a) Depressants:
2. (i) Brexanolone, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
3. (ii) Lemborexant, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
4. (iii) Remimazolam, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers;
5. (iv) Daridorexant, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; and
6. (v) Zuranolone, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.
7. (b) Stimulants:
8. (i) Solriamfetol, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers; and
9. (ii) Serdexmethylphenidate, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.

Section 4. Substances Excluded From Control. The Commissioner of Drugs and Substances Control excludes the following substances from Schedule IV:

(a) Fenfluramine (chemical name: N-ethyl-α-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenethylamine), including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible.