TEXAS MPJE 2026 EXAMINERS SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Schedule IV Controlled Substances - ✔✔Substances in this schedule have a low
potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III. Abuse may lead to limited
physical and psychological dependence.
Examples of Schedule IV substances include: alprazolam (Xanax), carisoprodol
(Soma), clonazepam (Klonopin), clorazepate (Tranxene), diazepam (Valium),
lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), and triazolam
(Halcion), Tramadol, Ambien
✔✔Schedule V Controlled Substances - ✔✔Substances in this schedule have a low
potential for abuse relative to substances listed in Schedule IV and consist primarily of
preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics.
Examples of Schedule V substances include: cough preparations containing not more
than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams (Robitussin AC®,
Phenergan with Codeine®), and ezogabine, Lyrica, Antidiarrheals with opium, Brivact
and Vimpat
✔✔What schedules?
Phendimetrazine
,Phenmetrazine
Phentermine - ✔✔III
II
IV
✔✔Pseudoephedrine is NOT a controlled substance, but rather, a "listed chemical" -
✔✔This is per Texas CS Law
✔✔Compounded narcotics (codeine, opium), not compounded with a nonnarcotic, are
ALWAYS schedule ___ - ✔✔II
✔✔Compounding of controlled substances id limited to ___%. If over this, it is
considered _____________ even with a valid script. - ✔✔20%
Manufacturing
✔✔%w/v = - ✔✔grams in 100ml
✔✔Codeine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = 200mg/100ml
Schedule III = 1.8g/100ml and 90mg/dosage unit
**All Codeine/Dihydrocodeine products must be dispensed pursuant to an Rx - Cheracol
& Robitussin AC are schedule V**
✔✔Dihydrocodeine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = 100mg/100ml
Schedule III = 1.8g/100ml and 90mg/dosage unit
✔✔Opium Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Federal Schedule V = 100mg/100ml
Texas Schedule V = 50mg/100ml
Schedule III = 500mg/100ml and 25mg/dosage unit
✔✔Morphine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = None, only II or III
Schedule III = 50mg/100ml
✔✔A compounded narcotic script will NEVER be a schedule ____ - ✔✔IV
✔✔DEA Dispenser Registrations
Who?
Renew how often?
First letter of registration? - ✔✔-Pharmacies, hospitals, teaching institutions, docs and
MLP
-Renew every 3 years
, -A, B, or F + G for DOD contractors
✔✔MLP DEA registration begins with? - ✔✔M
✔✔Activities requiring separate DEA registration - ✔✔-Manufacturing (I-V)
-Distributing (I-V)
-Reverse distributing (I-V)
-Dispensing (II-V)
-Conducting research (I)
-Conducting research (II-V)
-Narcotic treatment programs (II-V)
-Chemical analysis (I-V)
-Importing (I-V)
-Exporting (I-V)
✔✔Verifying a DEA number - the math! - ✔✔AB1234563
1. Add 1st, 3rd, and 5th digits
2. Add 2nd, 4th, and 6th digits then multiply by 2
3. Add the sum of steps 1 and 2 and the last digit should correspond to the last digit in
the DEA number
✔✔DEA Form 224 and 224a - ✔✔224: Initial registration as DISPENSER
224a: Renewal registration form as DISPENSER
✔✔DEA Form 225 and 225a - ✔✔Manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, exporters,
and researchers, analytic labs register with DEA form 225 and renew with 225a
✔✔DEA Form 363 and 363a - ✔✔Narcotic Treatment Program & renewal
✔✔"Federal" practitioners (US armed services, public health services, bureau of
prisons) do not need to register w DEA to write CDS Rx. In TX, can they write C-II to C-
V Rx to be filled off base or out of the facility where they practice? - ✔✔Only III - V, not
II. That's because TSBP gives DEA registrants official prescription forms, so they would
not have these.
✔✔Before applying for a DEA registration, a pharmacy must first... - ✔✔obtain a state
pharmacy license and state controlled substance license.
✔✔DEA Form 222 - ✔✔-Ordering CII's
-Signed by registrant and person being authorized to execute form
-Only the actual registrant can grant a POA for signing DEA 222
-20 lines per form
-Orderer keeps a copy, supplier gets original
-Purchaser enters supplier's DEA, but supplier may add in if omitted
-Supplier can sill an order in part and supply balance within 60 days
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Schedule IV Controlled Substances - ✔✔Substances in this schedule have a low
potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III. Abuse may lead to limited
physical and psychological dependence.
Examples of Schedule IV substances include: alprazolam (Xanax), carisoprodol
(Soma), clonazepam (Klonopin), clorazepate (Tranxene), diazepam (Valium),
lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed), temazepam (Restoril), and triazolam
(Halcion), Tramadol, Ambien
✔✔Schedule V Controlled Substances - ✔✔Substances in this schedule have a low
potential for abuse relative to substances listed in Schedule IV and consist primarily of
preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics.
Examples of Schedule V substances include: cough preparations containing not more
than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams (Robitussin AC®,
Phenergan with Codeine®), and ezogabine, Lyrica, Antidiarrheals with opium, Brivact
and Vimpat
✔✔What schedules?
Phendimetrazine
,Phenmetrazine
Phentermine - ✔✔III
II
IV
✔✔Pseudoephedrine is NOT a controlled substance, but rather, a "listed chemical" -
✔✔This is per Texas CS Law
✔✔Compounded narcotics (codeine, opium), not compounded with a nonnarcotic, are
ALWAYS schedule ___ - ✔✔II
✔✔Compounding of controlled substances id limited to ___%. If over this, it is
considered _____________ even with a valid script. - ✔✔20%
Manufacturing
✔✔%w/v = - ✔✔grams in 100ml
✔✔Codeine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = 200mg/100ml
Schedule III = 1.8g/100ml and 90mg/dosage unit
**All Codeine/Dihydrocodeine products must be dispensed pursuant to an Rx - Cheracol
& Robitussin AC are schedule V**
✔✔Dihydrocodeine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = 100mg/100ml
Schedule III = 1.8g/100ml and 90mg/dosage unit
✔✔Opium Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Federal Schedule V = 100mg/100ml
Texas Schedule V = 50mg/100ml
Schedule III = 500mg/100ml and 25mg/dosage unit
✔✔Morphine Concentration Limits: - ✔✔Schedule V = None, only II or III
Schedule III = 50mg/100ml
✔✔A compounded narcotic script will NEVER be a schedule ____ - ✔✔IV
✔✔DEA Dispenser Registrations
Who?
Renew how often?
First letter of registration? - ✔✔-Pharmacies, hospitals, teaching institutions, docs and
MLP
-Renew every 3 years
, -A, B, or F + G for DOD contractors
✔✔MLP DEA registration begins with? - ✔✔M
✔✔Activities requiring separate DEA registration - ✔✔-Manufacturing (I-V)
-Distributing (I-V)
-Reverse distributing (I-V)
-Dispensing (II-V)
-Conducting research (I)
-Conducting research (II-V)
-Narcotic treatment programs (II-V)
-Chemical analysis (I-V)
-Importing (I-V)
-Exporting (I-V)
✔✔Verifying a DEA number - the math! - ✔✔AB1234563
1. Add 1st, 3rd, and 5th digits
2. Add 2nd, 4th, and 6th digits then multiply by 2
3. Add the sum of steps 1 and 2 and the last digit should correspond to the last digit in
the DEA number
✔✔DEA Form 224 and 224a - ✔✔224: Initial registration as DISPENSER
224a: Renewal registration form as DISPENSER
✔✔DEA Form 225 and 225a - ✔✔Manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, exporters,
and researchers, analytic labs register with DEA form 225 and renew with 225a
✔✔DEA Form 363 and 363a - ✔✔Narcotic Treatment Program & renewal
✔✔"Federal" practitioners (US armed services, public health services, bureau of
prisons) do not need to register w DEA to write CDS Rx. In TX, can they write C-II to C-
V Rx to be filled off base or out of the facility where they practice? - ✔✔Only III - V, not
II. That's because TSBP gives DEA registrants official prescription forms, so they would
not have these.
✔✔Before applying for a DEA registration, a pharmacy must first... - ✔✔obtain a state
pharmacy license and state controlled substance license.
✔✔DEA Form 222 - ✔✔-Ordering CII's
-Signed by registrant and person being authorized to execute form
-Only the actual registrant can grant a POA for signing DEA 222
-20 lines per form
-Orderer keeps a copy, supplier gets original
-Purchaser enters supplier's DEA, but supplier may add in if omitted
-Supplier can sill an order in part and supply balance within 60 days
