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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 059 - Pharmacy, Board ofSubagency 0002 - Commissioner of Drugs & Substances Control
Chapter 6 - ISSUING, FILING AND FILLING OF PRESCRIPTIONS
Section 6-4 - Definitions

059-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-4

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Current through April 27, 2019
Section 6-4 - Definitions

(a) "Audit Trail" means a record showing who has accessed an information technology application and what operations the user performed during a given period.

(b) "Authentication" means verifying the identity of the user as a prerequisite to allow access to the information application.

(c) "Digital signature" means an electronic identifier that:

  • (i) Is intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as a manual signature;
  • (ii) Is unique to the authorized signer;
  • (iii) Is capable of verification;
  • (iv) Is under the sole control of the authorized signer; and
  • (v) Is linked to the prescription in such a manner that, if the prescription information is changed, the signature is invalidated.

(d) "Drug order" means a lawful order from a practitioner for a drug for a specific patient, where a valid patient/practitioner relationship exists, that is communicated to a pharmacist in a licensed pharmacy.

(e) "Electronic prescription" means a prescription that is generated on an electronic application and transmitted as an electronic data file.

(f) "Electronic signature" means a method of signing an electronic message that identifies a particular person as the source of the message and indicates the person's approval of the information contained in the message.

(g) "Electronic transmission" means transmission of the digital representation of information from one computer or other similar electronic device to another computer, which is authenticated by a digital signature.

(h) "Paper prescription" means a prescription created on approved security paper that includes a manual signature.

(i) "Readily retrievable" means that certain records are kept in such a manner that they can be separated out from all other records and produced for review within forty-eight (48) hours.

(j) "Registrant" means any person or entity licensed to prescribe or dispense controlled substances in the State.

(k) "Security" or "secure system" means a system which maintains the confidentiality and integrity of patient records being transmitted electronically.

059-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-4

Amended, Eff. 5/16/2017.

Amended, Eff. 12/11/2018.