MA MPJE ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔can mid-level practitioners possess C2-5 for patient dispensing - ✔✔no
✔✔for opioid addiction, while arranging for care, a prescriber can administer - ✔✔1 day
of meds AT A TIME for a MAX of 3 days
✔✔physicians who STOCK C2/3 must maintain records of what? - ✔✔receipt of
substances
naem and address of patient to whom it was dispensed or administered
name, dosage, strength of each substance
date of administering or dispensing
✔✔under this subsection, must inventory C2-5 every - ✔✔2 years and keep records for
2 years after inventory
AND C2 must be separate from C3-5; C2-5 must be stored in a locked cabinet in office
✔✔for samples of C6 meds - ✔✔a max of 30 day supply can be dispensed by
practitioner
90 day supply may be dispensed only as part of indigent patient program
✔✔must record what: - ✔✔name, dose, and strength of substance dispensed
volume of units dispensed
date of dispensing
name and address of person to whom med was dispensed
✔✔samples must be labeled with - ✔✔practitioner's name and address
,dispense date
name of patient
name, dose form, strength of med
directions for use + any necessary cautionary statements
exp date
✔✔summary cease and desist notice (summary suspension) - ✔✔board of registration
in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business, wholesale druggist, or outsourcing
facility or the commissioner in al other cases may WITHOUT hearing suspend or refuse
to renew any registration if he finds there is imminent danger to public health or safety
✔✔summary quarantine notice - ✔✔Suspension PRIOR TO to a hearing to prevent the
use of medications prepared by a registrant to protect the public health, safety, or
welfare
✔✔ground for revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a registration include, but are
not limited to whether the registrant: - ✔✔- has furnished false or fraudulent material
info in any application filed
- has been convicted of any federal or state law of any criminal violation relating to his
or her fitness to be registered
-has had their federal registration suspended or revoked to mfr, distribute, dispense,
adminsiter, or possess controlled substances
- is found to be unfit or unqualified to mfr, distribute, dispense, adminsiter, or possess
controlled substances
- has violated any provision
-has used online PMP system or prescription data derived therefrom in a manner
inconsistent with the terms and conditions for such use
✔✔pharmacists - ✔✔applicant must pass MPJE and NAPLEX within 1 year period or
must retake both
✔✔a pharmacist MUST wear a name tag with - ✔✔at least his or her first name and the
title pharmacist, registered pharmacist, or RPh
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired <= 60 days ago - ✔✔pay a late
fee
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired 60 days-2 years ago - ✔✔pay a
late fee
may also have to take additional CE, it is up to BOP
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired >2 years ago - ✔✔pay a late fee
do additional CE
written petition
retake MPJE
,may retake NAPLEX IF person has not been practicing in another state and the BOP
wants
redo internship hours if they have not been practicing and the BOP wants
✔✔pharmacist license suspended or revoked for 6 months-2 years - ✔✔need written
petition, new MPJE, poss new naplex and redo intern hours if BOP wants
✔✔pharmacist license suspended or revoked for over 2 years - ✔✔same as last card
✔✔the board will not consider a petition for licensure reinstatement until >_____
after the effective date of the loss of license - ✔✔at least 5 FULL YEARS
✔✔total pharmacist CE hours per CALENDAR year - ✔✔20
✔✔max contact hours in one day for CE - ✔✔8 hours
✔✔how many LIVE contact CE hours you need - ✔✔5
✔✔how many CE hours must be law - ✔✔2 (but does not need to be live or MA-
specific!)
✔✔collaborative practice agreements CE hours needed - ✔✔5 additional hours (so
would need 25 CE total not 20)
CDTM pharmacists with prescriptive authority are also req to obtain at least 1 contact
hour of pain management training every TWO years & this does count towards yearly
total of 25)
✔✔sterile compounding CE hours if applicable - ✔✔5 - counts towards the 20 hours
✔✔complex non-sterile compounding CE hours if applicable - ✔✔3- count towards the
20 hours
✔✔if licensed on or after Oct 1, pharmacist has until _____ of the next year to get CEs
done - ✔✔April 30th
✔✔t/f CEs are needed during the year a pharmacist graduates from school - ✔✔false
✔✔can contact hours be carried over from one year to another - ✔✔naur
✔✔pharmacists MUST complete contact hours in the area of compounding IF they: -
✔✔oversee or are directly engaged in compounding
supervise compounding activities
, perform final verification of compounded preparations
engage in any of the above activities at any point during renewal period for any length of
time EVEN if temporary
✔✔the ACPE compounding designation alone is not sufficient to determine whether a
program/course is acceptable for sterile or nonsterile compounding credit. the title of
program/course msust have either: - ✔✔sterile compounding, CSPs, USP 797, IV,
aseptic, parenteral, cleanroom, ISO class, or environmental monitoring
OR
non-sterile compounding, CNSPs, USP 795
✔✔documentation of contact hours must be maintained for the most recent ____ FULL
calendar years - ✔✔2
✔✔note: revisit page 57 for chart of who can do what, not all of it is in here - ✔✔
✔✔can a technician trainee conduct remote processing of scripts in accordance with
shared services policy? - ✔✔no, but everyone else can (techs, certified techs, and
interns)
✔✔can a technician trainee take refills over the phone for C3-6? - ✔✔no, but everyone
else can
✔✔who can assist in handling C2s like perpetual inventory counts? - ✔✔certified techs
and interns
✔✔is there anything an intern can't do - ✔✔no, at least not on this list teehee
✔✔who is the only worker that can handle hydrocodone only ER in a non abuse
deterrent form - ✔✔interns only
✔✔who can take NEW scripts over the phone for C3-6 and can perform script transfers
for C6 - ✔✔certified techs and interns
✔✔who can stock/do exp date chceks of C3-6 in automated dispensing devices (pyxis)
- ✔✔everyone, but tech trainee only if within licensed healthcare facility that has an on-
site pharmacy, otherwise they need supervision
✔✔can a pharmacy intern contact the doc to clarify or modify therapy or do all
pharmacist duties if properly supervised (except final verification) - ✔✔yas
A+
✔✔can mid-level practitioners possess C2-5 for patient dispensing - ✔✔no
✔✔for opioid addiction, while arranging for care, a prescriber can administer - ✔✔1 day
of meds AT A TIME for a MAX of 3 days
✔✔physicians who STOCK C2/3 must maintain records of what? - ✔✔receipt of
substances
naem and address of patient to whom it was dispensed or administered
name, dosage, strength of each substance
date of administering or dispensing
✔✔under this subsection, must inventory C2-5 every - ✔✔2 years and keep records for
2 years after inventory
AND C2 must be separate from C3-5; C2-5 must be stored in a locked cabinet in office
✔✔for samples of C6 meds - ✔✔a max of 30 day supply can be dispensed by
practitioner
90 day supply may be dispensed only as part of indigent patient program
✔✔must record what: - ✔✔name, dose, and strength of substance dispensed
volume of units dispensed
date of dispensing
name and address of person to whom med was dispensed
✔✔samples must be labeled with - ✔✔practitioner's name and address
,dispense date
name of patient
name, dose form, strength of med
directions for use + any necessary cautionary statements
exp date
✔✔summary cease and desist notice (summary suspension) - ✔✔board of registration
in pharmacy in the case of a retail drug business, wholesale druggist, or outsourcing
facility or the commissioner in al other cases may WITHOUT hearing suspend or refuse
to renew any registration if he finds there is imminent danger to public health or safety
✔✔summary quarantine notice - ✔✔Suspension PRIOR TO to a hearing to prevent the
use of medications prepared by a registrant to protect the public health, safety, or
welfare
✔✔ground for revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a registration include, but are
not limited to whether the registrant: - ✔✔- has furnished false or fraudulent material
info in any application filed
- has been convicted of any federal or state law of any criminal violation relating to his
or her fitness to be registered
-has had their federal registration suspended or revoked to mfr, distribute, dispense,
adminsiter, or possess controlled substances
- is found to be unfit or unqualified to mfr, distribute, dispense, adminsiter, or possess
controlled substances
- has violated any provision
-has used online PMP system or prescription data derived therefrom in a manner
inconsistent with the terms and conditions for such use
✔✔pharmacists - ✔✔applicant must pass MPJE and NAPLEX within 1 year period or
must retake both
✔✔a pharmacist MUST wear a name tag with - ✔✔at least his or her first name and the
title pharmacist, registered pharmacist, or RPh
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired <= 60 days ago - ✔✔pay a late
fee
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired 60 days-2 years ago - ✔✔pay a
late fee
may also have to take additional CE, it is up to BOP
✔✔what you need to do if pharmacist license expired >2 years ago - ✔✔pay a late fee
do additional CE
written petition
retake MPJE
,may retake NAPLEX IF person has not been practicing in another state and the BOP
wants
redo internship hours if they have not been practicing and the BOP wants
✔✔pharmacist license suspended or revoked for 6 months-2 years - ✔✔need written
petition, new MPJE, poss new naplex and redo intern hours if BOP wants
✔✔pharmacist license suspended or revoked for over 2 years - ✔✔same as last card
✔✔the board will not consider a petition for licensure reinstatement until >_____
after the effective date of the loss of license - ✔✔at least 5 FULL YEARS
✔✔total pharmacist CE hours per CALENDAR year - ✔✔20
✔✔max contact hours in one day for CE - ✔✔8 hours
✔✔how many LIVE contact CE hours you need - ✔✔5
✔✔how many CE hours must be law - ✔✔2 (but does not need to be live or MA-
specific!)
✔✔collaborative practice agreements CE hours needed - ✔✔5 additional hours (so
would need 25 CE total not 20)
CDTM pharmacists with prescriptive authority are also req to obtain at least 1 contact
hour of pain management training every TWO years & this does count towards yearly
total of 25)
✔✔sterile compounding CE hours if applicable - ✔✔5 - counts towards the 20 hours
✔✔complex non-sterile compounding CE hours if applicable - ✔✔3- count towards the
20 hours
✔✔if licensed on or after Oct 1, pharmacist has until _____ of the next year to get CEs
done - ✔✔April 30th
✔✔t/f CEs are needed during the year a pharmacist graduates from school - ✔✔false
✔✔can contact hours be carried over from one year to another - ✔✔naur
✔✔pharmacists MUST complete contact hours in the area of compounding IF they: -
✔✔oversee or are directly engaged in compounding
supervise compounding activities
, perform final verification of compounded preparations
engage in any of the above activities at any point during renewal period for any length of
time EVEN if temporary
✔✔the ACPE compounding designation alone is not sufficient to determine whether a
program/course is acceptable for sterile or nonsterile compounding credit. the title of
program/course msust have either: - ✔✔sterile compounding, CSPs, USP 797, IV,
aseptic, parenteral, cleanroom, ISO class, or environmental monitoring
OR
non-sterile compounding, CNSPs, USP 795
✔✔documentation of contact hours must be maintained for the most recent ____ FULL
calendar years - ✔✔2
✔✔note: revisit page 57 for chart of who can do what, not all of it is in here - ✔✔
✔✔can a technician trainee conduct remote processing of scripts in accordance with
shared services policy? - ✔✔no, but everyone else can (techs, certified techs, and
interns)
✔✔can a technician trainee take refills over the phone for C3-6? - ✔✔no, but everyone
else can
✔✔who can assist in handling C2s like perpetual inventory counts? - ✔✔certified techs
and interns
✔✔is there anything an intern can't do - ✔✔no, at least not on this list teehee
✔✔who is the only worker that can handle hydrocodone only ER in a non abuse
deterrent form - ✔✔interns only
✔✔who can take NEW scripts over the phone for C3-6 and can perform script transfers
for C6 - ✔✔certified techs and interns
✔✔who can stock/do exp date chceks of C3-6 in automated dispensing devices (pyxis)
- ✔✔everyone, but tech trainee only if within licensed healthcare facility that has an on-
site pharmacy, otherwise they need supervision
✔✔can a pharmacy intern contact the doc to clarify or modify therapy or do all
pharmacist duties if properly supervised (except final verification) - ✔✔yas
