PTCB Exam Review: Pharmacy Regulatory
Agencies ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a federal
agency that protects the public health and the safety through the investigation, identification,
prevention, and control of diseases
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates
administration of Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, SCHIP, CLIA'88 and other several health
related programs
What does CMS do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅conducts inspections to ensure
compliance with its guidelines
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Program
offering health insurance coverage for uninsured children under Medicaid
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Regulations include federal standards applicable to all U.S. facilities or sites
that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates legal drug
trade in narcotic and dangerous drugs, manages national narcotics intelligence system; works
with other agencies to prevent illegal drug trafficking
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protects the public
health by ensuring safety, efficacy, and security of drugs, biological products, medical
devices, food and cosmetics
What other functions does the FDA perform? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅reviews and
approves new drug applications, new generic equivalent, and new therapeutic indications for
existing medications
Agencies ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a federal
agency that protects the public health and the safety through the investigation, identification,
prevention, and control of diseases
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates
administration of Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, SCHIP, CLIA'88 and other several health
related programs
What does CMS do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅conducts inspections to ensure
compliance with its guidelines
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Program
offering health insurance coverage for uninsured children under Medicaid
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Regulations include federal standards applicable to all U.S. facilities or sites
that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅regulates legal drug
trade in narcotic and dangerous drugs, manages national narcotics intelligence system; works
with other agencies to prevent illegal drug trafficking
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅protects the public
health by ensuring safety, efficacy, and security of drugs, biological products, medical
devices, food and cosmetics
What other functions does the FDA perform? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅reviews and
approves new drug applications, new generic equivalent, and new therapeutic indications for
existing medications
