059-16 Wyo. Code R. § 16-4

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 16-4 - Definitions

(a) "Healthy Adults" means those individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and have no absolute contraindications to receive immunizations allowed by this Chapter.

(b) "Minor" means those individuals who are seven (7) years of age or older but have not attained the age of eighteen (18) years old and have no absolute contraindications to receive immunizations allowed by this Chapter.

(c) "High Risk Adults" means for the purpose of this Chapter those adults eighteen (18) years of age or older who may have an absolute or relative contraindication to receive immunizations as allowed by this Chapter for whom a physician has issued a prescription authorizing a pharmacist to dispense and administer an immunization. Only those pharmacists that meet the qualifications of this Chapter may administer an immunization to a high risk adult.

(d) "Immunizations" means treatment by vaccination of an organism for the purpose of making it immune to a particular pathogen.

(e) "Private Space" means a physical area separated from the pharmacy that is no less than 48 square feet and has at least a six (6) feet tall partition to ensure patient safety and confidentiality. The partition cannot be a curtain.

(f) "Vaccine" means a preparation of killed microorganisms, toxoids, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms, that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease.

059-16 Wyo. Code R. § 16-4

Amended, Eff. 5/16/2017.