2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 7 - FOOD AND DRUGS
ARTICLE 18 - RIGHT TO TRY ACT
SECTION 35-7-1802 - Definitions.
35-7-1802. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Eligible patient" means a person who has:
(A) A terminal illness;
(B) Considered all other treatment options currently approved by the United States food and drug administration;
(C) Received a recommendation from a physician for an investigational drug, biological product or device;
(D) Given written, informed consent for the use of the investigational drug, biological product or device or, if the patient is a minor or lacks the mental capacity to provide informed consent, a parent or legal guardian has given written informed consent on the patient's behalf; and
(E) Documentation from a physician that the person meets the requirements of this paragraph.
(ii) "Investigational drug, biological product or device" means a drug, biological product or device that has successfully completed phase one of a clinical trial but has not yet been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a clinical trial;
(iii) "Terminal illness" means a disease that, without life-sustaining procedures, will soon result in death or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which recovery is unlikely.
