New Mexico MPJE Correct Questions &
Answers
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - ANSWER Every two
years, by last day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - ANSWER ≥
30 hrs every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - 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? - ANSWER ≥ 10hrs
(excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - 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? - 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_Educatio
n.aspx)
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER Providing prescription blanks with
pharmacy information to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - 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? - ANSWER More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - ANSWER 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
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? - 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? - ANSWER 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - 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? - ANSWER not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board
approved physical assessment training is required? - ANSWER 60
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient
contact training is required?
Answers
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - ANSWER Every two
years, by last day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - ANSWER ≥
30 hrs every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - 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? - ANSWER ≥ 10hrs
(excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - 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? - 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_Educatio
n.aspx)
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER Providing prescription blanks with
pharmacy information to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - 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? - ANSWER More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - ANSWER 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
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? - 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? - ANSWER 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - 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? - ANSWER not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board
approved physical assessment training is required? - ANSWER 60
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient
contact training is required?
