Wyoming Pharmacy Act amendments, the official text

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File No. SF0121

ENROLLED ACT NO. 65, SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act; amending provisions related to the practice of pharmacy; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1. W.S. 33‑24‑124 is amended to read:

33‑24‑124. Persons deemed practicing pharmacy.

(a) Any person shall be deemed to be practicing pharmacy within the meaning of this act who provides collaborative 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 connection with operation of a health‑care facility, any dangerous drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, narcotics, or prescriptions, which are identified as such in accordance with this act.

(b) "Practice of pharmacy" means, but is not limited to:

(i) Interpreting, evaluating, compounding, dispensing or administering medical orders or prescriptions;

(ii) Providing patient counseling;

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

(iv) Initiating or providing pharmacist care services pursuant to board of pharmacy rules;

(v) Using continuous quality improvement programs, emerging technologies and competency‑based education to improve patient safety and the quality of services provided;

(vi) Engaging in collaborative pharmaceutical care.

(c) Regarding collaborative pharmaceutical care:

(i) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any pharmacist to provide collaborative pharmaceutical care. No employer shall discriminate against a pharmacist on the basis that the pharmacist declines to participate in a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement;

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

Section 2. The board of pharmacy shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3.

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2026.

(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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