Nevada MPJE Exam Questions and Answers 100%
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True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use requirements for controlled
substances. - ✔✔true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and manner in which the
drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled substances obtain registration
from the DEA? - ✔✔every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to register with the DEA. -
✔✔True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their business/employment.
True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need registration with the DEA. -
✔✔True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA? (1) manufacturing. (2)
distributing. (3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research. (4) conducting chemical analysis. - ✔✔they
all do. A separate registration for each of these activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent activities must obtain a
separate registration for each group of activities. - ✔✔TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or professional practice where
controlled substances are manufactured, distributed, used in research or scientific investigation,
prescribed or dispensed. - ✔✔TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate registration. - ✔✔FALSE.
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,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed but not stored or
dispensed still requires a separate registration. - ✔✔FALSE. If they are only prescribed, and not
stored/dispensed/administered, the location does not require registration.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does not require a separate
registration. - ✔✔FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they require separate registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration? - ✔✔(1) name of registrant. (2) address of
registrant. (3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant). (4) activity authorized (is it dispensing, research,
etc). (5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is authorized to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients outside of his presence,
what record-keeping is required? - ✔✔(1) name of the patient. (2) address, unless readily available (then
indicated). (3) date of dispensing. (4) name of the prescribing practitioner and classification of license. (5)
DEA #. (6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the dispensing is different from the prescribing. (7)
directions for use. (8) signature of the prescribing practitioner.
True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after he has issues a written
RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another location of the patient's choosing. - ✔✔TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4) for his own personal
use. - ✔✔FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications? - ✔✔YES, but only in emergency
situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be limited to the amount adequate to treat the
patient during the emergency period. Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
What are the requirements for dispending a CII in an emergency situation? - ✔✔Reduce the oral
authorization to writing immediately. RX must contain all information required of controlled
medications, except the signature of the prescriber. Write on the face of the RX "authorization for
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,emergency dispensing" and date or oral order. Make reasonable effort to confirm validity of registered
practitioner if they are personally unknown to the pharmacist. A written prescription must be received,
either by person or by mail, within 72 hours (if by mail, then post-marked by 72 hours). Attach this
written rx to the oral authorization. If the written RX is not received, the pharmacist must notify the
board of the prescribers' failure to deliver.
True or false: an individual practitioner may issue a prescription order in order to obtain controlled
substances for the purpose of general dispensing to patients. - ✔✔FALSE - they should be filling out an
order form - prescribers cannot write an RX to a pharmacy with "for office use," for example.
Can a prescription for a narcotic be given to a patient who is dependent with the sole purpose of
extending their dependence on the medication? - ✔✔ONLY if they are in an authorized investigation in
the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts.
True or false: the prescribing of narcotic's to a person dependent on a narcotic for the purpose of
continuining his dependence is persmissible as long as that patient is in a authorized clinical investigation
in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts. - ✔✔FALSE - narcotics may be
administered or dispensed directly - but they cannot be prescribed! (this is unsafe for the patient, who
should be supervised while taking medication they are dependent upon)
What schedules of controlled medications can be accepted through fax? - ✔✔C3-5. C2s can be accepted
via fax in only 3 circumstances: (1) compounded for direct administration, (2) for a patient in a LTCF, or
(3) for a patient in hospice-care (or is "terminally ill")
What items must be included in an written prescription? (nor oral or electronic) - ✔✔for the prescriber:
(1) name, (2) address - unless readily available, (3) signature, (4) type of license, (5) DEA#. For the patient:
(1) name of the patient, (2) address, unless readily available, (3) name, strength, quantity of drug, (4)
directions for use, (5) date issued
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, What items can be changed on a CII prescription? - ✔✔strength of drug, quantity of drug, directions for
use, and the date the RX was issued. All changes require prescribing practitioner approval. Note the date
and time of change, and the reason for the change.
Which items can NOT be changed on a CII prescription? - ✔✔name of the patient, name of the drug,
signature of the prescribing practitioner.
Can a prescription blank contain more than one CII medication? - ✔✔YES. If it's being filled immediately,
the prescription can contain multiple CIIs, other controlled medications, or non-controlled medications.
They just have to be filed appropriately. (make copies, reference the original rx/C2 on the copies)
Can a pharmacist return a written C2 prescription? - ✔✔yes, only if the medication has not already been
dispensed. If the medication has been dispensed, the pharmacist shall not return the rx to the patient.
Can multiple drugs be on a single prescription blank if the medication is issued for future use? - ✔✔NO.
any C2 with "do not fill before" or some version thereof must be alone on that prescription blank.
When must a C2 prescription for future use be tendered? - ✔✔within 14 days of the future date indicated
(on or before the 14th day).
True or false: the date indicated on a C2 for future use must not be later than 4 months after the date on
which the prescription is written. - ✔✔FALSE - no later than THREE months.
True or false: for C2s with future fill date; "no combination of prescriptions for the same medication may
exceed a 90-day supply based on the date indicated." - ✔✔TRUE.
Are pharmacists allowed to dispense a partial fill on C2 medications? - ✔✔YES. If the pharmacist is
unable to supply the full quantity, you can fill a partial quantity - note the quantity dispensed on the RX.
The remaining quantity must be filled within 72 hours. If the remainder cannot be filled within 72 hours,
the pharmacist must notify the prescriber. No further quantity may be supplied beyond the 72-hour
period without a new prescription.
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Pass
True or false: "take as directed" does not fulfill the directions for use requirements for controlled
substances. - ✔✔true. Controlled Rx must clearly specify dosage, frequency, and manner in which the
drug is to be taken.
How often must practitioners or other people who dispense controlled substances obtain registration
from the DEA? - ✔✔every 2 years
True or false: an agent or employee of a registered dispenser is not required to register with the DEA. -
✔✔True, so long as they are acting in the usual course of their business/employment.
True or false: a common or contract carrier or warehouseman does not need registration with the DEA. -
✔✔True.
Which of the following activities requires separate registration with the DEA? (1) manufacturing. (2)
distributing. (3) dispensing, prescribing, conducting research. (4) conducting chemical analysis. - ✔✔they
all do. A separate registration for each of these activities is required.
True or false: a person who engages in more than one group of independent activities must obtain a
separate registration for each group of activities. - ✔✔TRUE.
True or false: a separate registration is required for each place of business or professional practice where
controlled substances are manufactured, distributed, used in research or scientific investigation,
prescribed or dispensed. - ✔✔TRUE
True or false: a warehouse that stores controlled substances requires a separate registration. - ✔✔FALSE.
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,True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are prescribed but not stored or
dispensed still requires a separate registration. - ✔✔FALSE. If they are only prescribed, and not
stored/dispensed/administered, the location does not require registration.
True or false: a practitioner's office where controlled substances are stored does not require a separate
registration. - ✔✔FALSE - if controlled substances are being stored, they require separate registration.
What items are required on the certificate of registration? - ✔✔(1) name of registrant. (2) address of
registrant. (3) registration number (DEA#) of registrant). (4) activity authorized (is it dispensing, research,
etc). (5) the schedules of the controlled substances which the registrant is authorized to handle.
For a practitioner who dispenses controlled substances for use by his patients outside of his presence,
what record-keeping is required? - ✔✔(1) name of the patient. (2) address, unless readily available (then
indicated). (3) date of dispensing. (4) name of the prescribing practitioner and classification of license. (5)
DEA #. (6) initials of the dispensing practitioner if the dispensing is different from the prescribing. (7)
directions for use. (8) signature of the prescribing practitioner.
True or false: a practitioner may dispense controlled drugs to a patient only after he has issues a written
RX that allows the patient to have it filled at another location of the patient's choosing. - ✔✔TRUE
True or false: an individual practitioner may dispense a controlled substance (2-4) for his own personal
use. - ✔✔FALSE - they may not. Exception: medical emergency.
Can pharmacists use oral authorization to dispense CII medications? - ✔✔YES, but only in emergency
situations. The quantity prescribed/dispensed must be limited to the amount adequate to treat the
patient during the emergency period. Any quantity beyond this requires a written prescription.
What are the requirements for dispending a CII in an emergency situation? - ✔✔Reduce the oral
authorization to writing immediately. RX must contain all information required of controlled
medications, except the signature of the prescriber. Write on the face of the RX "authorization for
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,emergency dispensing" and date or oral order. Make reasonable effort to confirm validity of registered
practitioner if they are personally unknown to the pharmacist. A written prescription must be received,
either by person or by mail, within 72 hours (if by mail, then post-marked by 72 hours). Attach this
written rx to the oral authorization. If the written RX is not received, the pharmacist must notify the
board of the prescribers' failure to deliver.
True or false: an individual practitioner may issue a prescription order in order to obtain controlled
substances for the purpose of general dispensing to patients. - ✔✔FALSE - they should be filling out an
order form - prescribers cannot write an RX to a pharmacy with "for office use," for example.
Can a prescription for a narcotic be given to a patient who is dependent with the sole purpose of
extending their dependence on the medication? - ✔✔ONLY if they are in an authorized investigation in
the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts.
True or false: the prescribing of narcotic's to a person dependent on a narcotic for the purpose of
continuining his dependence is persmissible as long as that patient is in a authorized clinical investigation
in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts. - ✔✔FALSE - narcotics may be
administered or dispensed directly - but they cannot be prescribed! (this is unsafe for the patient, who
should be supervised while taking medication they are dependent upon)
What schedules of controlled medications can be accepted through fax? - ✔✔C3-5. C2s can be accepted
via fax in only 3 circumstances: (1) compounded for direct administration, (2) for a patient in a LTCF, or
(3) for a patient in hospice-care (or is "terminally ill")
What items must be included in an written prescription? (nor oral or electronic) - ✔✔for the prescriber:
(1) name, (2) address - unless readily available, (3) signature, (4) type of license, (5) DEA#. For the patient:
(1) name of the patient, (2) address, unless readily available, (3) name, strength, quantity of drug, (4)
directions for use, (5) date issued
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, What items can be changed on a CII prescription? - ✔✔strength of drug, quantity of drug, directions for
use, and the date the RX was issued. All changes require prescribing practitioner approval. Note the date
and time of change, and the reason for the change.
Which items can NOT be changed on a CII prescription? - ✔✔name of the patient, name of the drug,
signature of the prescribing practitioner.
Can a prescription blank contain more than one CII medication? - ✔✔YES. If it's being filled immediately,
the prescription can contain multiple CIIs, other controlled medications, or non-controlled medications.
They just have to be filed appropriately. (make copies, reference the original rx/C2 on the copies)
Can a pharmacist return a written C2 prescription? - ✔✔yes, only if the medication has not already been
dispensed. If the medication has been dispensed, the pharmacist shall not return the rx to the patient.
Can multiple drugs be on a single prescription blank if the medication is issued for future use? - ✔✔NO.
any C2 with "do not fill before" or some version thereof must be alone on that prescription blank.
When must a C2 prescription for future use be tendered? - ✔✔within 14 days of the future date indicated
(on or before the 14th day).
True or false: the date indicated on a C2 for future use must not be later than 4 months after the date on
which the prescription is written. - ✔✔FALSE - no later than THREE months.
True or false: for C2s with future fill date; "no combination of prescriptions for the same medication may
exceed a 90-day supply based on the date indicated." - ✔✔TRUE.
Are pharmacists allowed to dispense a partial fill on C2 medications? - ✔✔YES. If the pharmacist is
unable to supply the full quantity, you can fill a partial quantity - note the quantity dispensed on the RX.
The remaining quantity must be filled within 72 hours. If the remainder cannot be filled within 72 hours,
the pharmacist must notify the prescriber. No further quantity may be supplied beyond the 72-hour
period without a new prescription.
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