Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 059 - Pharmacy, Board of › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pharmacy, Board of › Chapter 19 - LICENSING OF PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES › Section 19-12 - Resident Retail Pharmacy Closure or Change of Ownership

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Resident Retail Pharmacy Closure. Not
				less than twenty-one (21) days prior to a resident retail pharmacy, licensed by
				the Board, permanently ceasing operation, the Board shall receive written
				notice of the following:
(i) The last day the
				retail pharmacy will be open for business;
(ii) The proposed disposition of all
				prescription files, both hard copy and electronic records;
(iii) The proposed disposition of all
				prescription drug inventory, including controlled and non-controlled
				prescription drug products;
(iv)
				The proposed method of communicating to the public the last day the pharmacy
				will be open for business, the location of prescription records after the
				pharmacy closes, and how the patients can arrange for transfer of their
				prescription records to a pharmacy of their choice. Included in this
				communication shall be a description of the method of transfer of prescription
				records, including the last day a transfer may be made from the pharmacy
				closing and the initial date the prescription may be transferred from the
				pharmacy that acquired the prescription records. Communication to the public
				must begin no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the last day the pharmacy
				will be open for business;
(v) If
				prescription records are not transferred to another pharmacy, the name, address
				and telephone number of the custodian of prescription records must be provided.
				Prescription records must be maintained for two (2) years from the date of
				closure;
(vi) The scheduled date to
				have all signage removed from the exterior and interior of the building that
				includes the wording "drug," "pharmacy," "drugstore," "Rx," "Apothecary" or
				other terms or symbols that might indicate or signify by any advertising medium
				that such an establishment is a licensed pharmacy;
(vii) The name, address and telephone number
				of the custodian of records for the following documents, which must be
				maintained for two (2) years from the date of closure:
(A) Completed DEA 222 forms or retrievable
				electronic equivalent;
(B) Invoices
				for purchases of Schedule III, IV and V controlled substances; and
(C) Patient signature logs.
(viii) The date the Drug
				Enforcement Administration (DEA) was contacted regarding the closure and that
				all invoices and DEA 222 forms referencing the sale of controlled substances at
				closure, blank DEA 222 forms, and the DEA registration certificate were
				returned to the regional DEA office;
(ix) At the close of business on the last day
				the retail pharmacy is open for business, a controlled substance inventory,
				including all Schedule II, III, IV and V controlled substances, shall be taken.
				This inventory shall be dated and signed by the PIC. A copy shall be provided
				to the Board;
(x) An inspection of
				the pharmacy shall be conducted by the Board after the retail pharmacy has
				closed for business and all prescription drug stock has been removed. At the
				time of inspection, the following documents shall be provided to the Compliance
				Officer:
(A) A copy of the final controlled
				substance inventory;
(B)
				Documentation, as noted in this chapter, regarding notification to the public
				of the closure of the retail pharmacy;
(C) The Wyoming retail pharmacy
				license;
(D) Documentation of the
				transfer of all prescription drug inventory (controlled and non-controlled) to
				a third party authorized to have such possession of inventory. Under no
				circumstance may prescription drug inventory remain in the possession of a
				person or business not authorized by law to have possession; and
(E) Any changes to information previously
				provided to the Board as required in this chapter.
(xi) It is unprofessional conduct for a
				retail pharmacy to close in a manner other than that prescribed in this
				chapter; and
(xii) If a retail
				pharmacy purchases the patient prescription records (electronic and hard copy
				prescription), those records shall be maintained by the acquiring retail
				pharmacy for a minimum of two (2) years from the date of closure.