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Health Information Technology in Wyoming

 

Health Information Technology in Wyoming

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Electronic pharmacy, including e-prescriptions and e-prescribing Centralized Prescription Processing, 059-0001-2 Wyo. Code R. § 22 Centralized Prescription Processing   Permits pharmacies to outsource dispensing to another pharmacy (“central fill pharmacy”) if...
Daily Operations, 059-0001-14 Wyo. Code R. § 7 Daily Operations   Requires a telepharmacy site to close whenever there is an interruption to their data, video, or audio link. Requires a...
Drug Substitution Procedures, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 33-24-149 Drug Substitution Procedures   Permits pharmacists to dispense a generic drug in place of a prescribed brand name unless the prescribing...
Electronic Prescription Transmission, 059-0001-2 Wyo. Code R. § 20 Electronic Prescription Transmission   Establishes requirements for electronic prescription transmissions to be deemed valid (e.g., they include...
Electronic Prescriptions, 059-0002-6 Wyo. Code R. § 12 Electronic Prescriptions   Authorizes practitioners to electronically prescribe controlled substances if they use an electronic prescription...
Electronic Records of Prescriptions, 059-0001-2 Wyo. Code R. § 24 Electronic Records of Prescriptions    Requires pharmacies to maintain written or electronic prescription records for two years following...
Minimum Structural Security and Equipment Requirements to Operate a Telepharmacy, 059-0001-14 Wyo. Code R. § 6 Minimum Structural Security and Equipment Requirements to Operate a Telepharmacy   Establishes structural, security, and equipment...
Practitioner’s Orders, 059-0001-12 Wyo. Code R. § 17 Practitioner's Orders   Requires drug orders to be transmitted to an institutional pharmacy either electronically or in a form that allows for...
Prescriptions in General, 059-0001-2 Wyo. Code R. § 13 Prescriptions in General   Specifies the information that prescriptions orders must include in order to be valid (e.g., patient name, name of...
Recordkeeping Requirements, 059-0001-14 Wyo. Code R. § 8 Recordkeeping Requirements   Requires telepharmacies to scan written prescriptions and retain the scan for at least two years from the date of...
Transfer of Prescription Orders Between Prescription Drug Outlets, 059-0001-2 Wyo. Code R. § 6 Transfer of Prescription Orders Between Prescription Drug Outlets   Establishes a procedure for transferring prescriptions between pharmacies...
Other Client treatment records; confidentiality; limited disclosure permitted; definitions - Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 9-2-125 Client Treatment Records; Confidentiality; Limited Disclosure Permitted; Definitions    Classifies the registration and treatment records...
Documentation and Reporting, 048-0023-14 Wyo. Code R. § 7 Documentation and Reporting    Requires Community EMS Technician programs to document clinical care in the Office of Emergency Medical...
Documentation Standards, 048-0037-45 Wyo. Code R. § 8 Documentation Standards   Establishes standards for documentation of DD waiver services, medical records, and financial records. Requires...
Electronic Prescriptions, 059-0002-6 Wyo. Code R. § 12 Electronic Prescriptions   Authorizes practitioners to electronically prescribe controlled substances if they use an electronic prescription...
Records and Inventory Requirements Generally, 059-0002-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4 Records and Inventory Requirements Generally    Establishes controlled substances record keeping requirements for manufacturers,...
Information security programs (if electronic) Daily Operations, 059-0001-14 Wyo. Code R. § 7 Daily Operations   Requires a telepharmacy site to close whenever there is an interruption to their data, video, or audio link. Requires a...
Minimum Structural Security and Equipment Requirements to Operate a Telepharmacy, 059-0001-14 Wyo. Code R. § 6 Minimum Structural Security and Equipment Requirements to Operate a Telepharmacy   Establishes structural, security, and equipment...
Interoperability standards IIS Interoperability, 048-0071-5 Wyo. Code R. § 10 IIS Interoperability    Requires organizations that participate in the WY IIS to ensure interoperability between their EHR system and the...
Telemedicine and telehealth Office of Rural Health Created; Duties, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 9-2-117 Office of Rural Health Created; Duties   Establishes the Office of Rural Health within the Department of Health. Tasks the Office with serving...
Practice of Chiropractic, 030.0001.11 Wyo. Code R. § 2 Practice of Chiropractic   Establishes standards for providing telehealth chiropractic services. Requires chiropractors to verify the location...
Telepharmacy Practice Authorized, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 33-24-156 Telepharmacy Practice Authorized    Permits the Pharmacy Board to authorize telepharmacy practices. Requires telepharmacies to comply with...
Electronic reporting requirements Patient Care Reporting, 048-0023-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4 Patient Care Reporting    Requires EMS agencies and personnel to document provided care data in the electronic patient care reporting...
Authorizing HIT activities Telepharmacy Practice Authorized, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 33-24-156 Telepharmacy Practice Authorized    Permits the Pharmacy Board to authorize telepharmacy practices. Requires telepharmacies to comply with...