QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● Change of PIC reported to board within __ days.
Answer: 30 days
●● PIC self-assessment every __ years.
Answer: 2 years, or within 30 days if new permit/PIC/location
●● PIC self-assessment form kept for __ years.
Answer: 3 years
●● If there's only ONE pharmacist, how long for lunch break?.
Answer: 30 minutes
●● SB 493 expanded scope of practice for ALL REGISTERED
PHARMACISTS.
Answer: - administer drugs and biologics when ordered by prescriber
- furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives
- furnish travel meds recommended by CDC which do not require
diagnosis
- furnish Rx nicotine replacement therapy
,- administer immunizations published by CDC to 3y and older
- order and interpret tests
●● Requirements for licensure.
Answer: - 18 yo
- ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy
- 150 hrs college credit, 90 of which from pharmacy school
- have a baccalaureate degree devoted to pharmacy
- 1500 hrs pharmacy practice experience, 900 of which in both
community and hospital pharmacy
- passed NAPLEX and CPJE
●● Continued education requirement and who's exempt.
Answer: 30 hrs during each 2-year license period, but first 2 year license
cycle is EXEMPT from CE requirement
●● Continued education requirement after July 1, 2019.
Answer: 2 hrs pharmacy law and ethics
●● Licensure expiration.
Answer: Last day of pharmacist's birth month
●● Certification of completion of CEs kept for __ years.
,Answer: 4 years
●● Pharmacists must disclose violation of what laws?.
Answer: Any violation of law, except for traffic violations that do not
involve alcohol and controlled substances
●● Advanced Practice Pharmacists (APh) can do....
Answer: - patient assessment
- order and interpret labs
- refer patients to other providers
- initiate, adjust, and dc drug therapy (including controlled substance if
registered with DEA)
●● APh requirements.
Answer: 2/3:
- certification in relevant area of practice i.e. amb care, critical care,
oncology, pharmacotherapy
- post-grad residency program
- provided clinical services for ONE year at least 1500 hours under CPA
●● Intern pharmacist can do....
Answer: All functions of a pharmacist under supervision, but CANNOT
have a key to the pharmacy
, ●● Pharmacist to intern ratio.
Answer: 1:2
●● Technician's work must be checked by....
Answer: Outpatient: pharmacist
Inpatient: pharmacist, technician (TCT)
●● TCT program allowed when....
Answer: There is ongoing clinical pharmacy program, which has
pharmacists located in the patient care areas
●● Pharmacist to tech ratio.
Answer: Community: 1:1, then 2 for each additional pharmacist
Inpatient: 1:2
●● Pharmacist to tech trainee ratio.
Answer: 1:1
●● Pharmacist to clerk ratio.
Answer: None