Nevada MPJE – Multistate Pharmacy
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Practice Questions with Correct Answers
True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use
requirements for controlled substances.
true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and manner in which
the drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled
substances obtain registration from the DEA?
every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to
register with the DEA.
True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their business/employment.
True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need
registration with the DEA.
True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA?
,(1) manufacturing.
(2) distributing.
(3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research.
(4) conducting chemical analysis.
they all do. A separate registration for each of these activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent
activities must obtain a separate registration for each group of activities.
TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or
professional practice where controlled substances are manufactured, distributed,
used in research or scientific investigation, prescribed or dispensed.
TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate
registration.
FALSE.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed
but not stored or dispensed still requires a separate registration.
FALSE. If they are only prescribed, and not stored/dispensed/administered, the
location does not require registration.
,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does
not require a separate registration.
FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they require separate
registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration?
(1) name of registrant.
(2) address of registrant.
(3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant).
(4) activity authorized (is it dispensing, research, etc).
(5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is authorized
to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients
outside of his presence, what record-keeping is required?
(1) name of the patient.
(2) address, unless readily available (then indicated).
(3) date of dispensing.
(4) name of the prescribing practitioner and classification of license.
(5) DEA #.
(6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the dispensing is different from the
prescribing.
(7) directions for use.
(8) signature of the prescribing practitioner.
, True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after
he has issues a written RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another
location of the patient's choosing.
TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4)
for his own personal use.
FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications?
YES, but only in emergency situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be
limited to the amount adequate to treat the patient during the emergency period.
Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
What are the requirements for dispending a CII in an emergency situation?
Reduce the oral authorization to writing immediately. RX must contain all
information required of controlled medications, except the signature of the
prescriber. Write on the face of the RX "authorization for emergency dispensing"
and date or oral order. Make reasonable effort to confirm validity of registered
practitioner if they are personally unknown to the pharmacist. A written
prescription must be received, either by person or by mail, within 72 hours (if by
mail, then post-marked by 72 hours). Attach this written rx to the oral
authorization. If the written RX is not received, the pharmacist must notify the
board of the prescribers' failure to deliver.
Jurisprudence Examination| Latest Update|
Practice Questions with Correct Answers
True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use
requirements for controlled substances.
true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and manner in which
the drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled
substances obtain registration from the DEA?
every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to
register with the DEA.
True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their business/employment.
True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need
registration with the DEA.
True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA?
,(1) manufacturing.
(2) distributing.
(3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research.
(4) conducting chemical analysis.
they all do. A separate registration for each of these activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent
activities must obtain a separate registration for each group of activities.
TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or
professional practice where controlled substances are manufactured, distributed,
used in research or scientific investigation, prescribed or dispensed.
TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate
registration.
FALSE.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed
but not stored or dispensed still requires a separate registration.
FALSE. If they are only prescribed, and not stored/dispensed/administered, the
location does not require registration.
,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does
not require a separate registration.
FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they require separate
registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration?
(1) name of registrant.
(2) address of registrant.
(3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant).
(4) activity authorized (is it dispensing, research, etc).
(5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is authorized
to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients
outside of his presence, what record-keeping is required?
(1) name of the patient.
(2) address, unless readily available (then indicated).
(3) date of dispensing.
(4) name of the prescribing practitioner and classification of license.
(5) DEA #.
(6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the dispensing is different from the
prescribing.
(7) directions for use.
(8) signature of the prescribing practitioner.
, True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after
he has issues a written RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another
location of the patient's choosing.
TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4)
for his own personal use.
FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications?
YES, but only in emergency situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be
limited to the amount adequate to treat the patient during the emergency period.
Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
What are the requirements for dispending a CII in an emergency situation?
Reduce the oral authorization to writing immediately. RX must contain all
information required of controlled medications, except the signature of the
prescriber. Write on the face of the RX "authorization for emergency dispensing"
and date or oral order. Make reasonable effort to confirm validity of registered
practitioner if they are personally unknown to the pharmacist. A written
prescription must be received, either by person or by mail, within 72 hours (if by
mail, then post-marked by 72 hours). Attach this written rx to the oral
authorization. If the written RX is not received, the pharmacist must notify the
board of the prescribers' failure to deliver.
