Wyo. Code R. 059-0002-1
Commissioner of Drugs & Substances Control
Effective Date: 01/16/2014 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 059.0002.1.01162014
These rules and regulations are adopted as authorized by the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115; and the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act, W.S. 35-7-1001 through 35-7-1055.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:
(a) The term 'Act' means the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act.
(b) The term 'Bureau' means the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Department of Justice.
(c) The term 'person' includes any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency business trust, partnership, association or other legal entity.
(d) The term 'pharmacist' means any pharmacist licensed by the Board to dispense controlled substances, and shall include any other person (e.g., a pharmacist intern) authorized by the Board to dispense controlled substances under the immediate supervision of a pharmacist licensed by the Board.
(e) The term 'prescription' means an order for medication which is dispensed to or for an ultimate user but does not include an order for medication which is dispensed for immediate administration to the ultimate user. (E.g., an order to dispense a drug to a bed patient for immediate administration in a hospital is not a prescription.)
(f) The term 'registrant' means any person who is registered pursuant to either Sections 24 and 25 of the Act or Section 302 of the Federal Act.
The adoption of rules requiring registration of persons engaged in the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of controlled substances is deemed to be in the public's interest in the regulation of such activities.
To implement such regulation the rules specifically provide for and establish:
(a) Requirements pertaining to registration of persons manufacturing, distributing and dispensing controlled substances, and provide for exemption from registration designated classes.
(b) Requirements relating to maintaining records of inventories and safeguarding inventories.
(c) Requirements governing the issuing, filing and filing of prescriptions containing controlled substances. (d) Procedures for Administrative Inspection of inventories and records.