MISSOURI MPJE UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What disciplinary action can result after a finding by the AHC? - ✔✔1) Probation for
up to 5 years
2) Suspension for up to 3 years
3) Revocation of the license, certificate, or permit
✔✔What can result from a finding that shows clear and present danger to public safety?
- ✔✔expedited hearing and preliminary hearing in 15 days
✔✔At what point for the board does temporary authority become final authority to
suspend or revoke license? - ✔✔If there is no request by the licensee or registrant for a
full hearing within thirty days of the preliminary hearing
✔✔When can a pharmacist sub a generic product for brand name? - ✔✔1) When
prescriber signs the generic sub allowed line
2) Oral rx when the prescriber says substitution allowed
✔✔Which side on a written script should have the DAW line? - ✔✔right
✔✔What must be on an rx label? - ✔✔1) Date filled
2) Sequential number
3) Patient's name
4) Directions
5) Prescriber's name
6) Name and address of pharmacy
7) Exact name and dosage of drug
8) Refills or no refills
9) Name of manufacturer for generic
✔✔What is required on the label of wholesale drugs? - ✔✔1) Name of manufacturer
2) Expiration date
3) Batch or lot number
4) NDC
✔✔When should a pharmacist file an application for license renewal? - ✔✔Within 30
days of expiration
✔✔What happens if a pharmacist fails to renew license within 2 years of expiration? -
✔✔They shall be treated as a new applicant
✔✔What happens to a pharmacist whose license lapses while they are engaged in
active duty? - ✔✔can be renewed without paying
,any lapse, renewal or registration fee or without passing any examination, if an affidavit
is furnished within one year of when the pharmacist's service, training or education has
terminated
✔✔How much CE is required in MO? - ✔✔15 hours every year
✔✔How often must an inactive license be renewed? - ✔✔every other year
✔✔When can an inactive license be switched to an active license? - ✔✔When proof of
CE completion is provided for the total amount of time license was inactive
✔✔In any order of revocation, the board may provide that the person may not apply for
reinstatement of his license for a period of time ranging from ___ to ___ years following
the date of the order of revokation - ✔✔2 to 7 years
✔✔What can the board require if a license is revoked for greater than 2 years? - ✔✔CE
must be made up and possible must retake exam
✔✔What happens with fees paid? - ✔✔Placed in BOP fund by department of revenue
✔✔When are BOP funds transferred? - ✔✔when the amount in the fund at the end of
the biennium
exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the
preceding fiscal year (or three times if renewal less frequent than one year)
✔✔Which poisons are in Schedule A? - ✔✔arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of
mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous
vegetable alkaloids and their salts, and the essential oil of bitter almonds
✔✔How must a box containing schedule A or B poisons be labeled? - ✔✔label the box,
vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or
cover with the name of the article, the word "poison" and the name and place of
business of the seller
✔✔What documentation must be kept regarding the sale of poison? - ✔✔an entry made
in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of
purchaser, the name of the poison sold, the purpose for which it was represented by the
purchaser to be required and the name of the
dispenser, such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to
be preserved for at least
five years
✔✔Which poisons are schedule B? - ✔✔opium and its preparations, except paregoric
and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce, aconite,
bella donna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root,
, cantharides, creosote, veratrum, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton
oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate,
white precipitate, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid
✔✔Define prescription or drug order. - ✔✔lawful order for medications or devices issued
and signed by an authorized prescriber within the scope of his professional practice
which is to be dispensed or administered by a pharmacist or dispensed or administered
for the ultimate user. The terms "prescription" and "drug order" do not include an order
for medication requiring a prescription to be dispensed, which is provided for the
immediate administration to
the ultimate user or recipient.
✔✔What happens with a telephone prescription? - ✔✔A telephone prescription shall be
promptly reduced to written or electronic medium by the pharmacist and shall comply
with all laws governing
prescriptions and record keeping.
✔✔T or F: Pharmacy law does not limit the authority of other licensed health care
providers to prescribe, administer, or dispense medications and treatments within the
scope of their professional practice. - ✔✔true
✔✔Who can accept a prescription presented to be dispensed? - ✔✔the patient or
patient's authorized representative, unless that person is located on a premises licensed
by the board as a pharmacy
✔✔How long must original prescriptions be kept and be producible for court? - ✔✔At
least 5 years
✔✔Which records can be contained on microfilm? - ✔✔Those maintained for greater
than 3 years
✔✔Who must the pharmacist be able to furnish an original rx for? - ✔✔prescriber or
patient
✔✔How many people sit on the MO BOP? - ✔✔7 persons not affiliated with any SOP
✔✔What kind of people make up the BOP? - ✔✔6 practicing MO pharmacists (at least
one hospital or LTCF pharmacist) and 1 voting public member
✔✔How are BOP members appointed? - ✔✔Appointed by governor, approved by
senate
✔✔How long is a term on the MO BOP? - ✔✔five years
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What disciplinary action can result after a finding by the AHC? - ✔✔1) Probation for
up to 5 years
2) Suspension for up to 3 years
3) Revocation of the license, certificate, or permit
✔✔What can result from a finding that shows clear and present danger to public safety?
- ✔✔expedited hearing and preliminary hearing in 15 days
✔✔At what point for the board does temporary authority become final authority to
suspend or revoke license? - ✔✔If there is no request by the licensee or registrant for a
full hearing within thirty days of the preliminary hearing
✔✔When can a pharmacist sub a generic product for brand name? - ✔✔1) When
prescriber signs the generic sub allowed line
2) Oral rx when the prescriber says substitution allowed
✔✔Which side on a written script should have the DAW line? - ✔✔right
✔✔What must be on an rx label? - ✔✔1) Date filled
2) Sequential number
3) Patient's name
4) Directions
5) Prescriber's name
6) Name and address of pharmacy
7) Exact name and dosage of drug
8) Refills or no refills
9) Name of manufacturer for generic
✔✔What is required on the label of wholesale drugs? - ✔✔1) Name of manufacturer
2) Expiration date
3) Batch or lot number
4) NDC
✔✔When should a pharmacist file an application for license renewal? - ✔✔Within 30
days of expiration
✔✔What happens if a pharmacist fails to renew license within 2 years of expiration? -
✔✔They shall be treated as a new applicant
✔✔What happens to a pharmacist whose license lapses while they are engaged in
active duty? - ✔✔can be renewed without paying
,any lapse, renewal or registration fee or without passing any examination, if an affidavit
is furnished within one year of when the pharmacist's service, training or education has
terminated
✔✔How much CE is required in MO? - ✔✔15 hours every year
✔✔How often must an inactive license be renewed? - ✔✔every other year
✔✔When can an inactive license be switched to an active license? - ✔✔When proof of
CE completion is provided for the total amount of time license was inactive
✔✔In any order of revocation, the board may provide that the person may not apply for
reinstatement of his license for a period of time ranging from ___ to ___ years following
the date of the order of revokation - ✔✔2 to 7 years
✔✔What can the board require if a license is revoked for greater than 2 years? - ✔✔CE
must be made up and possible must retake exam
✔✔What happens with fees paid? - ✔✔Placed in BOP fund by department of revenue
✔✔When are BOP funds transferred? - ✔✔when the amount in the fund at the end of
the biennium
exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the
preceding fiscal year (or three times if renewal less frequent than one year)
✔✔Which poisons are in Schedule A? - ✔✔arsenic and its preparations, biniodide of
mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, and all other poisonous
vegetable alkaloids and their salts, and the essential oil of bitter almonds
✔✔How must a box containing schedule A or B poisons be labeled? - ✔✔label the box,
vessel or paper in which the said poison is contained, and also the outside wrapper or
cover with the name of the article, the word "poison" and the name and place of
business of the seller
✔✔What documentation must be kept regarding the sale of poison? - ✔✔an entry made
in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, name and address of
purchaser, the name of the poison sold, the purpose for which it was represented by the
purchaser to be required and the name of the
dispenser, such book to be always open for inspection by the proper authorities, and to
be preserved for at least
five years
✔✔Which poisons are schedule B? - ✔✔opium and its preparations, except paregoric
and other preparations of opium containing less than two grains to the ounce, aconite,
bella donna, colchicum, conium, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root,
, cantharides, creosote, veratrum, digitalis, and their pharmaceutical preparations, croton
oil, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphate of zinc, corrosive sublimate, red precipitate,
white precipitate, mineral acids, carbolic acid, oxalic acid
✔✔Define prescription or drug order. - ✔✔lawful order for medications or devices issued
and signed by an authorized prescriber within the scope of his professional practice
which is to be dispensed or administered by a pharmacist or dispensed or administered
for the ultimate user. The terms "prescription" and "drug order" do not include an order
for medication requiring a prescription to be dispensed, which is provided for the
immediate administration to
the ultimate user or recipient.
✔✔What happens with a telephone prescription? - ✔✔A telephone prescription shall be
promptly reduced to written or electronic medium by the pharmacist and shall comply
with all laws governing
prescriptions and record keeping.
✔✔T or F: Pharmacy law does not limit the authority of other licensed health care
providers to prescribe, administer, or dispense medications and treatments within the
scope of their professional practice. - ✔✔true
✔✔Who can accept a prescription presented to be dispensed? - ✔✔the patient or
patient's authorized representative, unless that person is located on a premises licensed
by the board as a pharmacy
✔✔How long must original prescriptions be kept and be producible for court? - ✔✔At
least 5 years
✔✔Which records can be contained on microfilm? - ✔✔Those maintained for greater
than 3 years
✔✔Who must the pharmacist be able to furnish an original rx for? - ✔✔prescriber or
patient
✔✔How many people sit on the MO BOP? - ✔✔7 persons not affiliated with any SOP
✔✔What kind of people make up the BOP? - ✔✔6 practicing MO pharmacists (at least
one hospital or LTCF pharmacist) and 1 voting public member
✔✔How are BOP members appointed? - ✔✔Appointed by governor, approved by
senate
✔✔How long is a term on the MO BOP? - ✔✔five years
