Questions And Answers
/. How many members serve on the Board of Pharmacy? - Answer-✅7: 5 pharmacists,
1 registered technician, 1 public member
/.How many are public members? (not pharmacist, no financial interest in the field, not
spouse of RPh or someone who has financial interest in the field) - Answer-✅1
/.Which of the following can prescribe legend drugs:
O.D. (Optometrist)-
Nurse Practitioner -
Clinical Nurse Specialist -
Physician's Assistant -
Midwife -
Nurse Midwife -
Chiropractor -
Naturopath -
Clinical Psychologist -
Physical Therapist -
Respiratory Therapist -
Pharmacist - - Answer-✅Optometrist, Nurse practitioner, Physician's assistant
/.May any of them purchase legend drugs for use in their practice? - Answer-✅
/.Which of the following can prescribe CSA drugs (and which classes):
O.D. (Doctor of Optometry)-
Nurse Practitioner -
Clinical Nurse Specialist -
Physician's Assistant -
Midwife -
Nurse Midwife -
Chiropractor -
Naturopath -
Clinical Psychologist -
Physical Therapist -
Pharmacist - - Answer-✅Optometrist (3), Nurse practitioner (2-5), Physician's assistant
(2-5)
/.How long are prescriptions for legend drugs valid from the date issued?
Non CSA: - Answer-✅one year
, /.Is there a maximum number of refills allowed for legend drugs? What is it? - Answer-
✅No
/.How long are prescriptions for each of the following valid: C-2s, C-3s, C-4s, C-5s?
II→
III→
IV →
V → - Answer-✅
/.Is there a maximum number of refills allowed for C-5s? - Answer-✅
/.Are the number of refills for C-3s and C-4s the same as federal or less? - Answer-✅
/.Which of the following must be on the label of an outpatient prescription:
RX number, date of origination/renewal, patient name, prescriber name, drug name,
strength, and physical description, directions, manufacturer/distributor, pharmacy name,
address, and telephone number, auxiliary labels - Answer-✅
/.Can the prescribed brand name be placed on the label when a generic is dispensed? If
so, what wording is required? - Answer-✅
/.How does a pharmacist determine whether a particular generic drug is suitable as a
substitute for a brand name drug? - Answer-✅orange book
/.Must generic savings be passed on to patients? If so, what proportion, and how
determined? - Answer-✅
/.How can a prescriber indicate that substitution is or is not permitted? - Answer-✅
/.Do patients have the option of demanding the brand name when substitution is
permitted?
How about patients whose prescriptions are paid for by public funds? - Answer-✅
/.What documentation is required of the pharmacist when product interchange is
performed? - Answer-✅
/.Under what conditions, if any, is therapeutic substitution allowed? - Answer-✅
/.What minimum sets of references, products, or equipment are required in all
community pharmacies? - Answer-✅books or electronic
/.Do pharmacy hours have to be posted? Where? - Answer-✅