Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 059 - Pharmacy, Board of
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pharmacy, Board of
Chapter 14 - TELEPHARMACY
Section 14-4 - Definitions

(a) "Adequate Supervision" means oversight by the parent pharmacy by which they maintain visual supervision and auditory communication with the telepharmacy and full supervisory control of the automated system, if applicable, and shall not be delegated to another person or entity.

(b) "Automated Dispensing Device" means a mechanical system which performs operations relative to distributing individual unit of issue packages, and which collects, controls, and maintains all transaction information.

(c) "Parent Pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed by the Board which is authorized by the Board to operate a telepharmacy site via real-time data, video, and audio links.

(d) "Real-time" means that the transmission of information through data, video and audio links is so rapid that the information is available to the parent pharmacy and telepharmacy sites simultaneously.

(e) "Telepharmacy" means a site where prescription drugs are stored and dispensed that is remote from but under the active control and supervision of a parent pharmacy and a licensed pharmacist, and that is subject to the requirements of W.S. § 33-24-156.

(f) "Single Unit Dose" means a package that contains one unit of medication.

(g) "Traditional Dispensing" means a drug package system in which individual doses are not packaged in single unit dose packages or unit of use packages.

(h) "Unit of Use package" means a package that provides multiple units of doses separated in a medication card or other similarly designed container.