PTCB PHARMACY LAW & REGULATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Code of Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians
1. First consideration is to ensure the health and safety of the patient and to use
knowledge and skills to the best of her/his ability in serving others.
2. Supports and promotes honesty and integrity in the profession include duty to
observe law, maintain highest moral and ethical conduct and uphold ethical principles of
the profession.
3. Assists and supports the pharmacists in safe, efficacious and cost effective
distribution of health service.
4. Respects and supports the confidentiality of a patient's records and discloses
pertinent info ONLY with proper authorization.
5. Never assists in dispensing, distribution or engage in activity that will discredit the
profession.
Roles and Responsibilities of Pharm Techs
1. Enter prescription orders into the computer.
2. Create a profile of patient's health & insurance info in computer
3. Assist the pharmacist under direct supervision.
4. Help patients dropping off or picking up prescription orders.
,Pharmacy Law
Federal law takes precedence over state law unless the state law is stricter than federal
law.
Laws are principles and regulations established in a community by a governing body,
whether in the form of legislation or policies recognized and reenforced by judicial
decisions.
Laws also provide resolution to conflicts between body
In pharmacy, the goal is to protect the health and welfare of the patients while also
protecting the practitioners from individuals trying to defraud pharmacy to obtain
medications.
The Sources of Law
Sources of law are the core of laws comes from the constitution and broken into 4
types.
1. Constitutional Law - drawn from Constitution Bill of Rights
2. Legislative Law - drawn from legislative branch US congress and State legislatives.
3. Administrative Law - drawn from executive branch the president and states governors
and their cabinets
4. Common Law - also known as CASE LAW, drawn from judicial branch of government
the court system.
Decisions of Law
, 1. Criminal law - enforced by state representative against person or companies. Pertain
to violations of criminal statues and codes. Punishments include monetary fines and
imprisonment or death in certain cases and separated into 2 categories.
MISDEMEANOR - lessor crimes that punishable by fines and imprisonment less than 1
year
FELONIES - punishable by larger fines and more than 1 year imprisonment
2. Civil Law - civil wrong doings are referred to as TORT where a plaintiff will bring a suit
against an alleged defendant for cause injuries even unintentional.
3. Contract Law - pertain to an agreement between 2 parties that usually binds
exchange which requires the involved parties to do or not to do a certain things.
Pure, Food and Drug Act
Prohibit the interstate transportation or sale of adulterated and misbranded food or
drugs.
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)
1. FDA was created under this law
2. Requires all new drug applications be filed with the FDA
3. Clearly defined adulteration and misbranding of drugs and food products.
ADULTERATION :
1. Consisting filthy or decomposed substance
2. Prepared, packed and held under unsanitary conditions
3. Prepared in containers composed poisonous substance
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Code of Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians
1. First consideration is to ensure the health and safety of the patient and to use
knowledge and skills to the best of her/his ability in serving others.
2. Supports and promotes honesty and integrity in the profession include duty to
observe law, maintain highest moral and ethical conduct and uphold ethical principles of
the profession.
3. Assists and supports the pharmacists in safe, efficacious and cost effective
distribution of health service.
4. Respects and supports the confidentiality of a patient's records and discloses
pertinent info ONLY with proper authorization.
5. Never assists in dispensing, distribution or engage in activity that will discredit the
profession.
Roles and Responsibilities of Pharm Techs
1. Enter prescription orders into the computer.
2. Create a profile of patient's health & insurance info in computer
3. Assist the pharmacist under direct supervision.
4. Help patients dropping off or picking up prescription orders.
,Pharmacy Law
Federal law takes precedence over state law unless the state law is stricter than federal
law.
Laws are principles and regulations established in a community by a governing body,
whether in the form of legislation or policies recognized and reenforced by judicial
decisions.
Laws also provide resolution to conflicts between body
In pharmacy, the goal is to protect the health and welfare of the patients while also
protecting the practitioners from individuals trying to defraud pharmacy to obtain
medications.
The Sources of Law
Sources of law are the core of laws comes from the constitution and broken into 4
types.
1. Constitutional Law - drawn from Constitution Bill of Rights
2. Legislative Law - drawn from legislative branch US congress and State legislatives.
3. Administrative Law - drawn from executive branch the president and states governors
and their cabinets
4. Common Law - also known as CASE LAW, drawn from judicial branch of government
the court system.
Decisions of Law
, 1. Criminal law - enforced by state representative against person or companies. Pertain
to violations of criminal statues and codes. Punishments include monetary fines and
imprisonment or death in certain cases and separated into 2 categories.
MISDEMEANOR - lessor crimes that punishable by fines and imprisonment less than 1
year
FELONIES - punishable by larger fines and more than 1 year imprisonment
2. Civil Law - civil wrong doings are referred to as TORT where a plaintiff will bring a suit
against an alleged defendant for cause injuries even unintentional.
3. Contract Law - pertain to an agreement between 2 parties that usually binds
exchange which requires the involved parties to do or not to do a certain things.
Pure, Food and Drug Act
Prohibit the interstate transportation or sale of adulterated and misbranded food or
drugs.
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)
1. FDA was created under this law
2. Requires all new drug applications be filed with the FDA
3. Clearly defined adulteration and misbranding of drugs and food products.
ADULTERATION :
1. Consisting filthy or decomposed substance
2. Prepared, packed and held under unsanitary conditions
3. Prepared in containers composed poisonous substance
