New Mexico MPJE | 151 Questions
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When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? Correct Answer: Every two years, by last
day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? Correct Answer: ≥ 30 hrs every
two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? Correct Answer: ≥ 2hrs of patient safety
applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP (LIVE course)
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? Correct Answer: ≥ 10hrs (excluding law
requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? Correct Answer: 1 hr for every full day of attendance
at a regularly scheduled NM BoP meeting
2 hrs for successfully completing an open book test administered by the NM BoP
2 hrs for attendance at scheduled NM BoP law programs
(see NMAC 16.19.4.J-K)
http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/pharmacy_requirements_and_continuing_education.aspx
If you are an out-of-state pharmacist and do not reside or practice within New Mexico how do you fill
the law CPE requirement? Correct Answer: Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in the area of law will
be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
(http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Pharmacy_Requirements_and_Continuing_Education.aspx)
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? Correct Answer: Every TWO years, you need 2 hours of CE each for:
Vaccines
Emergency Contraception
Naloxone
Tobacco Cessation
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-patient
relationship? Correct Answer: ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see expedited partner
therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health) (treatment of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and
trichomoniasis, except in pregnant women or MSM)
Naloxone (as authorized in public health law 24-23)
Immunizations
Others as ordered by Dept of Health in a declared public health emergency
, What action defined as "unprofessional conduct" by NMAC 16.19.4.9.B(10) are consultant pharmacists
exempt from? Correct Answer: Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information to providers
(?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? Correct Answer: If medication
never left the premises
OR
If it is in unit-dose packaging, dispensed by a consultant pharmacist, to a SNF or ICF facility
When otherwise approved for return, what manner of packaging render said drugs ineligible for return?
Correct Answer: More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a qualifying
institution? Correct Answer: 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? Correct Answer:
A properly trained local pharmacist, designated as a "co-consultant"
Within how many days must notice of consultant pharmacist/co-consultant agreements be made known
to the BoP and the facility? Correct Answer: 10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a clinic be made
known to the BoP? Correct Answer: 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists according to
class? Correct Answer: Class A: at all times
Class B Category 1: bi-monthly
Class B Category 2: monthly
Class B Category 3: bi-weekly
Class C: at least every 3 months (quarterly)
What is the minimum percentage of patient records a consultant pharmacist must review of a class B
clinic or facility? Correct Answer: not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved physical
assessment training is required? Correct Answer: 60
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient contact training
is required?
What are the minimum number of patients encountered as part of that training?
How long does the applicant have to submit these hours? Correct Answer: 150 hrs
300 patients
Must be completed within 2 years
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist clinician
certification? Correct Answer: 2 years
with 100% Correct Answers
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? Correct Answer: Every two years, by last
day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? Correct Answer: ≥ 30 hrs every
two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? Correct Answer: ≥ 2hrs of patient safety
applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP (LIVE course)
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? Correct Answer: ≥ 10hrs (excluding law
requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? Correct Answer: 1 hr for every full day of attendance
at a regularly scheduled NM BoP meeting
2 hrs for successfully completing an open book test administered by the NM BoP
2 hrs for attendance at scheduled NM BoP law programs
(see NMAC 16.19.4.J-K)
http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/pharmacy_requirements_and_continuing_education.aspx
If you are an out-of-state pharmacist and do not reside or practice within New Mexico how do you fill
the law CPE requirement? Correct Answer: Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in the area of law will
be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
(http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Pharmacy_Requirements_and_Continuing_Education.aspx)
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? Correct Answer: Every TWO years, you need 2 hours of CE each for:
Vaccines
Emergency Contraception
Naloxone
Tobacco Cessation
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-patient
relationship? Correct Answer: ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see expedited partner
therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health) (treatment of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and
trichomoniasis, except in pregnant women or MSM)
Naloxone (as authorized in public health law 24-23)
Immunizations
Others as ordered by Dept of Health in a declared public health emergency
, What action defined as "unprofessional conduct" by NMAC 16.19.4.9.B(10) are consultant pharmacists
exempt from? Correct Answer: Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information to providers
(?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? Correct Answer: If medication
never left the premises
OR
If it is in unit-dose packaging, dispensed by a consultant pharmacist, to a SNF or ICF facility
When otherwise approved for return, what manner of packaging render said drugs ineligible for return?
Correct Answer: More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a qualifying
institution? Correct Answer: 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? Correct Answer:
A properly trained local pharmacist, designated as a "co-consultant"
Within how many days must notice of consultant pharmacist/co-consultant agreements be made known
to the BoP and the facility? Correct Answer: 10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a clinic be made
known to the BoP? Correct Answer: 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists according to
class? Correct Answer: Class A: at all times
Class B Category 1: bi-monthly
Class B Category 2: monthly
Class B Category 3: bi-weekly
Class C: at least every 3 months (quarterly)
What is the minimum percentage of patient records a consultant pharmacist must review of a class B
clinic or facility? Correct Answer: not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved physical
assessment training is required? Correct Answer: 60
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient contact training
is required?
What are the minimum number of patients encountered as part of that training?
How long does the applicant have to submit these hours? Correct Answer: 150 hrs
300 patients
Must be completed within 2 years
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist clinician
certification? Correct Answer: 2 years
