AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔limited prescribing authority of CPA community pharmacist - ✔✔can extend drug
therapy by 30 days for not more than two 30 day periods
✔✔pharm tech trainee - ✔✔must be 16 years old
can only work 1 year as trainee or 1500 hours before they need to advance to reg.
pharm tech (unless they are under 18 still, because reg. pharm techs need to be 18)
✔✔registered pharm tech (refills) - ✔✔can request and accept authorization for refills
from prescriber, if no information has changed from previous Rx
✔✔cPHT (duties) - ✔✔cPHTs can request refill authorizations, receive new or omitted
information from a prescriber (but cannot call for order clarification), and can do
transfers on CVI
can transport and handle CIIs while reg. techs can just transport
✔✔tamper resistant prescription forms (all written rx must have:) - ✔✔prevent
duplication
prevent erasure/modification
prevent use of counterfeit forms
✔✔HCPs allowed to prescribe - ✔✔*has to be in the scope of practice, unless they are
a physician*
dentist (DMD, DDS)
veterinarian (DVM)
physician (MD, DO)
podiatrist (DPM)
scientific investigator
MLPs
, ✔✔can a presciber prescribe CII for a family member - ✔✔no. not unless it is an
emergency, and if it is, the family member must live in MA
✔✔out of state oral rx for c3-5 - ✔✔must be mailed to pharmacy within 7 days
✔✔to fill an out of state prescription, the prescription must be written - ✔✔in the past 30
days, unless it is a CII then it has to be written in the past 5 days
✔✔*flashcard still in progress*
MA requires labels to have - ✔✔name and address of pharmacy
cautrionary statements
interchange when a generic is used w/ generic name and mfr
pharmacist initials
name of controlled substance
✔✔federal law requires the following on all labels - ✔✔name and address of pharmacy
cautionary statements
serial/rx#
date filled
prescriber name
patient name
directions for use
✔✔labels must be in (font) - ✔✔12 pt. TNR or 11 pt. arial
✔✔upon request of elderly or visually impaired, directions on the label must be - ✔✔no
more than 10 characters per inch
✔✔what must be on a unit dose label - ✔✔manufacturer
drug name
qty. of active ingredient
BUD
lot #
any required cautionary statements
✔✔BUD on a med pack - ✔✔no later than 60 days since dispense date
✔✔patient records in MA require - ✔✔patient name, address, telephone #, DOB, age,
gender
individual hx (allergies, CMR, etc.)
✔✔how long do you have to maintain pt records for in MA - ✔✔for at least a period of
not less than 12 mos. since the date of last entry in profile