MA MPJE 2023 Questions and Answers
Already Passed
When does an RPh personal license registration expire? ✔✔December 31st on each even-
numbered year. Should be renewed prior to January 1st of the following year. UNLESS you're a
new grad and just received your license, you do not need to renew at the end of that year. Ex:
New grad of 2020 registers, don't renew in December 2020. Renewal is due December 2022.
What happens when you don't renew your personal registration within 60 days of its expiration?
✔✔You can still reapply for renewal but need to do more CE credits and pay late fees in addition
to license fees
What happens if you don't renew your personal registration and it has been over 2 years since it's
expiration? ✔✔If your license was not suspended or revoked, you must take and pass MPJE
again
What happens if your license has been suspended or revoked for over 2 years? ✔✔Must retake
and pass MPJE, and may also have to retake the NAPLEX
,How many CEs are required to renew MA license? ✔✔40 contact hours EVERY 2 years (20
contact hours per calendar year)
What are the required CEs that must be completed prior to renewal? ✔✔2 hours in pharmacy
law, 1 hour of immunization training within two-year cycle
How many CEs can be completed at home? How many in one day? ✔✔Can complete 15 contact
hours at home, however must not exceed 8 hours in one calendar day
If an RPh is involved in practice of sterile compounding, what is the CE requirement? If an RPh
is involved in non-sterile compounding, what is the CE requirement? ✔✔Sterile - must have at
least 5 contact hours per calendar year in sterile compounding. Non-sterile - must have 3 hours
per calendar year in non-sterile compounding.
If an RPh is involved in a CDTM agreement, what is the CE requirement? ✔✔Must take an
ADDITIONAL 5 contact hours within the scope of practice that RPh is involved in
How long must RPh keep documentation of CE completion? What information must be kept?
✔✔Must keep for at least 2 years and should include:
,-Name of authorized provider
-Participants name
-Title and number of CE program
-Date of completion
-Number of contact hours earned
How can CII prescriptions be received by an RPh in an emergency situation? ✔✔Can be orally
or electronically received by authorized provider
What dictates an emergency situation to dispense a CII? ✔✔1) When the practitioner decides
immediate administration of controlled substance is necessary
2) No appropriate alternative therapy is available
3) It is not reasonably possible to provide a written prescription to the dispenser prior to
dispensing medication
What are the requirements of dispensing CIIs in an emergency situation? ✔✔1) Prescribed
quantity is limited to the amount needed to treat "emergency situation"
2) Prescription contains all required information and only missing practitioner signature
, 3) Dispensing RPh makes reasonably good faith effort to ensure prescription was issued by an
authorized practitioner
After dispensing emergency CII supply, when does the hard copy need to be received? What
needs to be written on hard copy? ✔✔Within 7 days after authorizing. Must have "Emergency
situation" with the correct quantity with "Authorization for Emergency Dispensing" written on
face of prescription.
Who needs to be notified when the practitioner fails to send a hard copy for emergency CII
dispensing within 7 days? ✔✔RPh is obligated to notify the nearest DEA, U.S. Dept of Justice
and the Commissioner of Public Health, Massachusetts Dept of Public Health Office
According to USP 800, in a sterile compounding area, what is the ventilation order in each
room? ✔✔Buffer room with ISO 7 -> ante room with ISO 7 -> hood with ISO 5
What are the required air changes for sterile compounding? What about non-sterile
compounding? ✔✔Sterile - 30 air changes per hour
Non-sterile - 12 air changes per hour
Already Passed
When does an RPh personal license registration expire? ✔✔December 31st on each even-
numbered year. Should be renewed prior to January 1st of the following year. UNLESS you're a
new grad and just received your license, you do not need to renew at the end of that year. Ex:
New grad of 2020 registers, don't renew in December 2020. Renewal is due December 2022.
What happens when you don't renew your personal registration within 60 days of its expiration?
✔✔You can still reapply for renewal but need to do more CE credits and pay late fees in addition
to license fees
What happens if you don't renew your personal registration and it has been over 2 years since it's
expiration? ✔✔If your license was not suspended or revoked, you must take and pass MPJE
again
What happens if your license has been suspended or revoked for over 2 years? ✔✔Must retake
and pass MPJE, and may also have to retake the NAPLEX
,How many CEs are required to renew MA license? ✔✔40 contact hours EVERY 2 years (20
contact hours per calendar year)
What are the required CEs that must be completed prior to renewal? ✔✔2 hours in pharmacy
law, 1 hour of immunization training within two-year cycle
How many CEs can be completed at home? How many in one day? ✔✔Can complete 15 contact
hours at home, however must not exceed 8 hours in one calendar day
If an RPh is involved in practice of sterile compounding, what is the CE requirement? If an RPh
is involved in non-sterile compounding, what is the CE requirement? ✔✔Sterile - must have at
least 5 contact hours per calendar year in sterile compounding. Non-sterile - must have 3 hours
per calendar year in non-sterile compounding.
If an RPh is involved in a CDTM agreement, what is the CE requirement? ✔✔Must take an
ADDITIONAL 5 contact hours within the scope of practice that RPh is involved in
How long must RPh keep documentation of CE completion? What information must be kept?
✔✔Must keep for at least 2 years and should include:
,-Name of authorized provider
-Participants name
-Title and number of CE program
-Date of completion
-Number of contact hours earned
How can CII prescriptions be received by an RPh in an emergency situation? ✔✔Can be orally
or electronically received by authorized provider
What dictates an emergency situation to dispense a CII? ✔✔1) When the practitioner decides
immediate administration of controlled substance is necessary
2) No appropriate alternative therapy is available
3) It is not reasonably possible to provide a written prescription to the dispenser prior to
dispensing medication
What are the requirements of dispensing CIIs in an emergency situation? ✔✔1) Prescribed
quantity is limited to the amount needed to treat "emergency situation"
2) Prescription contains all required information and only missing practitioner signature
, 3) Dispensing RPh makes reasonably good faith effort to ensure prescription was issued by an
authorized practitioner
After dispensing emergency CII supply, when does the hard copy need to be received? What
needs to be written on hard copy? ✔✔Within 7 days after authorizing. Must have "Emergency
situation" with the correct quantity with "Authorization for Emergency Dispensing" written on
face of prescription.
Who needs to be notified when the practitioner fails to send a hard copy for emergency CII
dispensing within 7 days? ✔✔RPh is obligated to notify the nearest DEA, U.S. Dept of Justice
and the Commissioner of Public Health, Massachusetts Dept of Public Health Office
According to USP 800, in a sterile compounding area, what is the ventilation order in each
room? ✔✔Buffer room with ISO 7 -> ante room with ISO 7 -> hood with ISO 5
What are the required air changes for sterile compounding? What about non-sterile
compounding? ✔✔Sterile - 30 air changes per hour
Non-sterile - 12 air changes per hour
