Committee advances pharmacy practice update, strips proposal to lower pediatric immunization age
Sen. Doc Stutter’s pharmacy amendments to expand pharmacist prescribing and update the practice act passed committee after members removed language that would have lowered the minimum immunization age to three; supporters said the bill improves rural access and preserves voluntary pharmacist participation.
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Senator Doc Stutter told the committee Senate File 121 is an agreed-upon update to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act intended to modernize pharmacy practice, expand services in rural communities and let the Board of Pharmacy write clear rules. He described the changes as allowing pharmacists to prescribe certain medications and devices (for example glucose monitors and antibiotics after testing), to streamline collaborative agreements, and to formalize immunization practice already occurring in pharmacies.
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