INDIANA MPJE UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Intern hours requirements - ✔✔If COP is accredited, 4th year experiential education
suffices
If COP is not accredited, 1500 hours- written description to the Board
✔✔What is classified as the practice of pharmacy? - ✔✔1. providing interpretation,
evaluation, and implementation of prescription orders
2. compounding, labeling, administering, dispensing, selling of drugs and devices
whether from a prescriber
3. safety, storage, and distribution of drugs and devices
4. proper record keeping
5. counseling, advising, and education patients
6. assessing and reporting events related to drugs and devices
7. proper use of professional judgement
✔✔Pharmacy techs work under the ________ supervision of a pharmacist - ✔✔direct
(immediate and personal supervision or reasonable visual and vocal distance)
✔✔Pharmacy tech duties are those that do NOT require a ________ _______ _______
- ✔✔pharmacists professional judgement
✔✔Who are considered pharmacy techs? - ✔✔cashiers
clerks
secretaries
delivery people
BUT NOT INTERNS
✔✔Pharmacist to tech ratio - ✔✔1 to 6 techs
✔✔Techs shall wear __________ which identifies them as a tech. They shall also
identify themselves as techs when engaged in _________ or ________ communication
- ✔✔identification (ID badges)
telephone, electronic
✔✔T/F: Techs cannot have been convicted of any crime that would bear on ability to be
a tech - ✔✔True
✔✔Qualifications for techs - ✔✔1. High school graduate, GED, or have been judged
competent by qualifying pharmacist
,2. successfully completed approved training program within 12 months of hire or
successfully completed Board approved certification exam
✔✔Pharmacist who qualifies pharmacy _____ must keep readily retrievable of tech
training - ✔✔permit
✔✔Tech training documentation requirements - ✔✔name
date of hire
date started
date completed training
copy of training manual
✔✔Techs may be involved in drug _______ or prescription ________ - ✔✔order
preparation
✔✔T/F: Techs may take prescription refill OK or denials - ✔✔True
But no new Rxs
✔✔Duties techs may NOT do - ✔✔1. provide advice or consult with prescriber or patient
2. provide drug information to patients
3. do the final check or verification
✔✔An impaired pharmacist is one that is affected by abuse of ______ or ______ -
✔✔drugs
alcohol
✔✔T/F: The BOP SHALL assist in the rehab of the pharmacist - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔How can the BOP assist in the rehab of pharmacists - ✔✔May enter into
agreements, provide grants or make suitable arrangements with entities specializing in
the rehab of health care professionals. All info provided to these entities is privileged
and confidential. If told the pharmacist is non-compliant, the BOP may use this info in
proceedings against the pharmacists license
✔✔T/F: Counseling on prescriptions is required - ✔✔False- offer to counsel is required
on all new and REFILLS
✔✔Two ways counseling may be done - ✔✔In person
On the phone
✔✔Counseling must be given to the ________, _________, or _________ - ✔✔patient
caregiver
representative
,✔✔Counseling is not required if the patient _______ declines - ✔✔knowingly
✔✔Record of refusal to counsel must be kept for _______ years - ✔✔two
✔✔T/F: Counseling is required for patients in institutional setting - ✔✔FALSE- not
required
✔✔Law regarding patient counseling and patient records - ✔✔OBRA 90
✔✔Patient records must be readily retrieval and show.... - ✔✔the pharmacist previously
dispensed drugs, known disease states, shall also require the pharmacist to perform
prospective DUR with the newly dispensed drug
✔✔Requirements for patient records - ✔✔Patients full name
address and telephone #
age or DOB
gender
Rxs within the last 12 months
known disease states
allergies
✔✔T/F: Patient records are confidential - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: Patient counseling is confidential - ✔✔False
✔✔Acts that are prohibited by pharmacists - ✔✔1. sell or dispense adulterated or
misbranded drugs
2. sell or dispense counterfeit drugs
3. dispense from a forged Rx
4. practice in an incompetent manner
5. aid or abet an unlicensed person to practice
6. violate applicable law
✔✔Acts the open the pharmacist to discipline - ✔✔fraud, misrepresentation, convicted
of a crime, continuing to practice when impaired, sexual misconduct, knowingly violated
a law that governs practice
✔✔T/F: Pharmacist must be immunization trained - ✔✔True
✔✔What vaccines may pharmacist administer under a prescription or protocol drug
order - ✔✔flu
pneumonia
tDap
, HPV
Meningitis
Shingles
✔✔Pharmacy must inform prescriber within _____ days of immunizing a patient - ✔✔14
(Prescriber must be in active practice and not employed by a pharmacy)
✔✔Ages of immunizations - ✔✔May immunize down to 11 years old. For pneumonia,
patient must be 65
✔✔T/F: Written consent to immunize is required - ✔✔True
✔✔_______, ________, and _______ info for protocol doctor must be displayed and
available for inspection - ✔✔Name
license #
contact
✔✔Category I pharmacy permit - ✔✔retail
✔✔Category II pharmacy permit - ✔✔institutional (hospital, nursing home, health care
facilities, clinic where drugs are administered to patients)
✔✔Hospital pharmacies may dispense to... - ✔✔employees, students, volunteers,
retirees, administrative personnel, physician staff, and their dependents
✔✔Remote hospital locations must be determined by the Board to be within a _______
________ for the licensed area - ✔✔reasonable distance (application sent to BOP,
inspected, and approved by Board)
✔✔Category III pharmacy permit - ✔✔Closed door facility (mail order, central fill, not
open to public but do traditional pharmacy functions)
Non traditional but also closed to public include sterile compounding, nuclear pharmacy,
and home infusion
✔✔In order to receive a pharmacy permit, the BOP must be satisfied that the location
will engage in the _____ ______ practice of pharmacy, including hours open to public -
✔✔bona fide
✔✔In order to receive a pharmacy permit, the BOP must be satisfied that the
___________ is sufficient to adequately serve the public - ✔✔inventory
✔✔After receiving a pharmacy permit and prior to opening for the first time, the BOP
MUST do a __________ inspection - ✔✔qualifying
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Intern hours requirements - ✔✔If COP is accredited, 4th year experiential education
suffices
If COP is not accredited, 1500 hours- written description to the Board
✔✔What is classified as the practice of pharmacy? - ✔✔1. providing interpretation,
evaluation, and implementation of prescription orders
2. compounding, labeling, administering, dispensing, selling of drugs and devices
whether from a prescriber
3. safety, storage, and distribution of drugs and devices
4. proper record keeping
5. counseling, advising, and education patients
6. assessing and reporting events related to drugs and devices
7. proper use of professional judgement
✔✔Pharmacy techs work under the ________ supervision of a pharmacist - ✔✔direct
(immediate and personal supervision or reasonable visual and vocal distance)
✔✔Pharmacy tech duties are those that do NOT require a ________ _______ _______
- ✔✔pharmacists professional judgement
✔✔Who are considered pharmacy techs? - ✔✔cashiers
clerks
secretaries
delivery people
BUT NOT INTERNS
✔✔Pharmacist to tech ratio - ✔✔1 to 6 techs
✔✔Techs shall wear __________ which identifies them as a tech. They shall also
identify themselves as techs when engaged in _________ or ________ communication
- ✔✔identification (ID badges)
telephone, electronic
✔✔T/F: Techs cannot have been convicted of any crime that would bear on ability to be
a tech - ✔✔True
✔✔Qualifications for techs - ✔✔1. High school graduate, GED, or have been judged
competent by qualifying pharmacist
,2. successfully completed approved training program within 12 months of hire or
successfully completed Board approved certification exam
✔✔Pharmacist who qualifies pharmacy _____ must keep readily retrievable of tech
training - ✔✔permit
✔✔Tech training documentation requirements - ✔✔name
date of hire
date started
date completed training
copy of training manual
✔✔Techs may be involved in drug _______ or prescription ________ - ✔✔order
preparation
✔✔T/F: Techs may take prescription refill OK or denials - ✔✔True
But no new Rxs
✔✔Duties techs may NOT do - ✔✔1. provide advice or consult with prescriber or patient
2. provide drug information to patients
3. do the final check or verification
✔✔An impaired pharmacist is one that is affected by abuse of ______ or ______ -
✔✔drugs
alcohol
✔✔T/F: The BOP SHALL assist in the rehab of the pharmacist - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔How can the BOP assist in the rehab of pharmacists - ✔✔May enter into
agreements, provide grants or make suitable arrangements with entities specializing in
the rehab of health care professionals. All info provided to these entities is privileged
and confidential. If told the pharmacist is non-compliant, the BOP may use this info in
proceedings against the pharmacists license
✔✔T/F: Counseling on prescriptions is required - ✔✔False- offer to counsel is required
on all new and REFILLS
✔✔Two ways counseling may be done - ✔✔In person
On the phone
✔✔Counseling must be given to the ________, _________, or _________ - ✔✔patient
caregiver
representative
,✔✔Counseling is not required if the patient _______ declines - ✔✔knowingly
✔✔Record of refusal to counsel must be kept for _______ years - ✔✔two
✔✔T/F: Counseling is required for patients in institutional setting - ✔✔FALSE- not
required
✔✔Law regarding patient counseling and patient records - ✔✔OBRA 90
✔✔Patient records must be readily retrieval and show.... - ✔✔the pharmacist previously
dispensed drugs, known disease states, shall also require the pharmacist to perform
prospective DUR with the newly dispensed drug
✔✔Requirements for patient records - ✔✔Patients full name
address and telephone #
age or DOB
gender
Rxs within the last 12 months
known disease states
allergies
✔✔T/F: Patient records are confidential - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: Patient counseling is confidential - ✔✔False
✔✔Acts that are prohibited by pharmacists - ✔✔1. sell or dispense adulterated or
misbranded drugs
2. sell or dispense counterfeit drugs
3. dispense from a forged Rx
4. practice in an incompetent manner
5. aid or abet an unlicensed person to practice
6. violate applicable law
✔✔Acts the open the pharmacist to discipline - ✔✔fraud, misrepresentation, convicted
of a crime, continuing to practice when impaired, sexual misconduct, knowingly violated
a law that governs practice
✔✔T/F: Pharmacist must be immunization trained - ✔✔True
✔✔What vaccines may pharmacist administer under a prescription or protocol drug
order - ✔✔flu
pneumonia
tDap
, HPV
Meningitis
Shingles
✔✔Pharmacy must inform prescriber within _____ days of immunizing a patient - ✔✔14
(Prescriber must be in active practice and not employed by a pharmacy)
✔✔Ages of immunizations - ✔✔May immunize down to 11 years old. For pneumonia,
patient must be 65
✔✔T/F: Written consent to immunize is required - ✔✔True
✔✔_______, ________, and _______ info for protocol doctor must be displayed and
available for inspection - ✔✔Name
license #
contact
✔✔Category I pharmacy permit - ✔✔retail
✔✔Category II pharmacy permit - ✔✔institutional (hospital, nursing home, health care
facilities, clinic where drugs are administered to patients)
✔✔Hospital pharmacies may dispense to... - ✔✔employees, students, volunteers,
retirees, administrative personnel, physician staff, and their dependents
✔✔Remote hospital locations must be determined by the Board to be within a _______
________ for the licensed area - ✔✔reasonable distance (application sent to BOP,
inspected, and approved by Board)
✔✔Category III pharmacy permit - ✔✔Closed door facility (mail order, central fill, not
open to public but do traditional pharmacy functions)
Non traditional but also closed to public include sterile compounding, nuclear pharmacy,
and home infusion
✔✔In order to receive a pharmacy permit, the BOP must be satisfied that the location
will engage in the _____ ______ practice of pharmacy, including hours open to public -
✔✔bona fide
✔✔In order to receive a pharmacy permit, the BOP must be satisfied that the
___________ is sufficient to adequately serve the public - ✔✔inventory
✔✔After receiving a pharmacy permit and prior to opening for the first time, the BOP
MUST do a __________ inspection - ✔✔qualifying
