NYS PHARMACY LAW UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔In NYS, how many hours of live law must pharmacist take? - ✔✔Zero Hours of Live
Law Required
✔✔Anabolic steroids are what schedule controlled substance? - ✔✔CII
✔✔Emergency controlled substance medication orders must be countersigned by the
prescriber within what period of time? - ✔✔48 Hours
✔✔In NYS, PRN medication orders are valid for how long a period of time? - ✔✔72
Hours (3 Days Max!)
✔✔In NYS, routine medication orders are valid for how long period of time? -
✔✔Routine Orders are NOT VALID in NYS!
✔✔In NYS RHCFs, standing medication orders must be renewed how often? - ✔✔30
Days (Same goes for Prisons)
- However, standing orders are only good for 7 Days in Hospitals
✔✔RHCFs are required to notify the vendor pharmacy within what period of time that
the seal of an emergency medication kit has been broken? - ✔✔Within 24 Hours!
✔✔Chorionic gonadotropins are what Schedule Controlled Substance? - ✔✔CIII
✔✔What is the maximum number of refills a practitioner may authorize on a prescription
for suboxone? - ✔✔Up to 5 Refills (Within 6 Months of Date Rx Was Written)
✔✔Pharmacists in NYS are required to transmit controlled substance data to BNE by
what date? - ✔✔By 15th of the Month
✔✔An emergency oral prescription for Phenobarbital is calling into the community
pharmacy. The prescription is for 120 tablets with directions of 1 tablet four times a day.
What is the maximum quantity the pharmacy can fill? - ✔✔Quantity of 100 or a 30-Day
Supply, Whichever is Less (Since Phenobarbital is a CIV)
✔✔True or False:
Optometrists may prescribe injectable drug products. - ✔✔False (Only Topical
Ophthalmic Meds)
, ✔✔Which of the following professionals may prescribe controlled substances utilizing
the hospital's DEA number in NYS? - ✔✔Interns and Residents
✔✔In NYS, how many PAs may a physician supervise in private practice? - ✔✔2
✔✔In NYS hospitals, physician's assistant prescriptions for controlled substances must
be countersigned by the supervising physician within what period of time? - ✔✔No
countersignature is required
✔✔What is the pharmacist to technician ratio in NYS? - ✔✔1:2
✔✔Which of the following may a Nurse Practitioner prescribe?
I. Benzodiazepines
II. Anabolic Steroids
III. Standing orders for immunizations of influenza - ✔✔I, II, and III (All of the Above)
✔✔In NYS, under what circumstances may a pharmacist partially fill a prescription for
Lortab?
I. Patient requests a partial fill
II. Pharmacy has an insufficient quantity
III. Patient is terminally ill - ✔✔I, II, and III (All of the Above)
✔✔Federally, pharmacies maintain prescription records for controlled substances for
how long a period of time? - ✔✔2 Years (5 Years for NYS)
✔✔Federally, what quantity of a schedule II controlled substance may an authorized
prescriber issue in an emergency? - ✔✔Quantity Sufficient to Treat the Emergency
✔✔What Act or Amendment to the FDCA required that drug products be proven
effective? - ✔✔Kefauver Harris
✔✔True or False
IRBs assure that the protocols are followed in clinical trials. - ✔✔True
✔✔If deaths are associated with an approved drug product, what action may the FDA
take?
A) Issue a Recall
B) Detain the Import
C) Seize the Drug Product
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔In NYS, how many hours of live law must pharmacist take? - ✔✔Zero Hours of Live
Law Required
✔✔Anabolic steroids are what schedule controlled substance? - ✔✔CII
✔✔Emergency controlled substance medication orders must be countersigned by the
prescriber within what period of time? - ✔✔48 Hours
✔✔In NYS, PRN medication orders are valid for how long a period of time? - ✔✔72
Hours (3 Days Max!)
✔✔In NYS, routine medication orders are valid for how long period of time? -
✔✔Routine Orders are NOT VALID in NYS!
✔✔In NYS RHCFs, standing medication orders must be renewed how often? - ✔✔30
Days (Same goes for Prisons)
- However, standing orders are only good for 7 Days in Hospitals
✔✔RHCFs are required to notify the vendor pharmacy within what period of time that
the seal of an emergency medication kit has been broken? - ✔✔Within 24 Hours!
✔✔Chorionic gonadotropins are what Schedule Controlled Substance? - ✔✔CIII
✔✔What is the maximum number of refills a practitioner may authorize on a prescription
for suboxone? - ✔✔Up to 5 Refills (Within 6 Months of Date Rx Was Written)
✔✔Pharmacists in NYS are required to transmit controlled substance data to BNE by
what date? - ✔✔By 15th of the Month
✔✔An emergency oral prescription for Phenobarbital is calling into the community
pharmacy. The prescription is for 120 tablets with directions of 1 tablet four times a day.
What is the maximum quantity the pharmacy can fill? - ✔✔Quantity of 100 or a 30-Day
Supply, Whichever is Less (Since Phenobarbital is a CIV)
✔✔True or False:
Optometrists may prescribe injectable drug products. - ✔✔False (Only Topical
Ophthalmic Meds)
, ✔✔Which of the following professionals may prescribe controlled substances utilizing
the hospital's DEA number in NYS? - ✔✔Interns and Residents
✔✔In NYS, how many PAs may a physician supervise in private practice? - ✔✔2
✔✔In NYS hospitals, physician's assistant prescriptions for controlled substances must
be countersigned by the supervising physician within what period of time? - ✔✔No
countersignature is required
✔✔What is the pharmacist to technician ratio in NYS? - ✔✔1:2
✔✔Which of the following may a Nurse Practitioner prescribe?
I. Benzodiazepines
II. Anabolic Steroids
III. Standing orders for immunizations of influenza - ✔✔I, II, and III (All of the Above)
✔✔In NYS, under what circumstances may a pharmacist partially fill a prescription for
Lortab?
I. Patient requests a partial fill
II. Pharmacy has an insufficient quantity
III. Patient is terminally ill - ✔✔I, II, and III (All of the Above)
✔✔Federally, pharmacies maintain prescription records for controlled substances for
how long a period of time? - ✔✔2 Years (5 Years for NYS)
✔✔Federally, what quantity of a schedule II controlled substance may an authorized
prescriber issue in an emergency? - ✔✔Quantity Sufficient to Treat the Emergency
✔✔What Act or Amendment to the FDCA required that drug products be proven
effective? - ✔✔Kefauver Harris
✔✔True or False
IRBs assure that the protocols are followed in clinical trials. - ✔✔True
✔✔If deaths are associated with an approved drug product, what action may the FDA
take?
A) Issue a Recall
B) Detain the Import
C) Seize the Drug Product
