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2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 33 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 26 - Physicians and Surgeons
Article 5 - Physician Assistants
Section 33-26-510 - Prescription of Drugs.

Universal Citation:
WY Stat § 33-26-510 (2021)
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33-26-510. Prescription of drugs.

(a) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 132, § 2.

(b) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 132, § 2.

(c) A physician assistant may prescribe medications only as an agent of the supervising physician. A physician assistant may not prescribe schedule I drugs as defined by W.S. 35-7-1013 through 35-7-1014. The supervising physician may delegate authority to the physician assistant to dispense prepackaged medications in rural clinics when pharmacy services are not physically available. The board shall, after consultation with the state board of pharmacy, promulgate rules and regulations governing the prescription of medications by a physician assistant.

Note: Effective 1/1/2022 this subsection will read as:

(c) A physician assistant shall not prescribe schedule I drugs as defined by W.S. 35-7-1013 through 35-7-1014. A physician assistant may prescribe schedule II, III, IV or V drugs as defined by W.S. 35-7-1015 through 35-7-1022. A physician assistant may dispense prepackaged medications in rural clinics when pharmacy services are not physically available. The board shall, after consultation with the state board of pharmacy, promulgate rules and regulations governing the prescription of medications by a physician assistant.

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