CPJE Law Summary UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the requirements for the tags to be worn by the pharmacy staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 18 point font containing employee name and license status
PIC Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - - Any change in PIC must be reported withing 30
days
- Can supervise up to 2 pharmacies within 50 driving miles of each other
- Must complete a biennial self-assessment form before July 1st of each odd numbered year, if a
new permit is issued, new PIC / location
RPh CE and License Renewal - CORRECT ANSWER - - 30 hours of CE for each two
year license period
- 2 hours of pharmacy law and ethic with each renewal
- first cycle is exempt
RPh Supervision Limits - CORRECT ANSWER - Interns: 2 per RPh
Tech (Comm): 1 for 1 RPh, each additional RPh may supervise 2
Tech (Hosp): 1 per RPh
Tech Trainees: 1 per RPh
Clerks: at each RPh discretion
Advanced Practice Pharmacist Requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 of the following
3:
- Earn certification in a relevant area of practice, such as ambulatory care, critical care, oncology
pharmacy, or pharmacotherapy
- Complete a postgraduate residency program
,- Have provided clinical services to patients for 1 year under a collaborative practice agreement
or protocol with a physician, APP pharmacist, CDTM pharmacist, or health system
For each renewal, an additional 10 hours CE needed
Tech-Check-Tech - CORRECT ANSWER - Tech may ONLY verify work of another
relating of FILLING floor stock/unit dose distribution systems
- only permitted in acute care hospital that have an ongoing clinical pharmacy program and RPh
located in patient care areas
- RPh must check the compounded and repackaged drug prior to tech filling
Clerk / Typist Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - - put drugs on the shelf (NOT PULL)
- give Rx at point of transation
- type Rx and receive Rx auth
Pharmacy Recovery Program (for substance abuse and mental illness) - CORRECT
ANSWER - - referrals accepted on voluntary basis
- if RPh suspects another RPh to be impaired at work, they must report to board within 14 days
- the board may also refer in lieu of discipline
Pharmacy Key Access - CORRECT ANSWER - - Only given to a RPh
- Extra may be kept by the pharmacy owner, builing owner, or manager in a tamper-evident
container for the purpose of delivering to another RPh or in case of an emergency
Policy and Procendures - CORRECT ANSWER - - chemical, mental, of physical
impairment
- theft, diversion, or self-use of Rx drugs belonging to the pharmacy
Record Keeping: 7 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hospital chart orders for CS
,Record Keeping: 6 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Patient acknowledgment of HIPAA
- Transaction info / history for most Rx drugs (req by Drug Supply Chain Security Act)
Record Keeping: 4 years - CORRECT ANSWER - Certificate of completion for CE
Record Keeping: 3 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Comm/Clinic Rx
- Hospital chart orders of non-CS
- Quarterly CSII inventory (CA req)
- DEA Form 222, CSOS records, power of attorney forms
- Purchase invoices for all Rx drugs
- Self-Assessment forms
- Documentation of transfers / sales
- Theft and loss reported of CS (DEA Form 106)
Record Keeping: 2 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Biennial CS inventory (federal req)
- PSE, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and norpseudoephedrine sale logs
Record Keeping: 1 year - CORRECT ANSWER - - Pt medication profiles
- Med errors / QA reports
Reporting Req: Within 30 days - CORRECT ANSWER - - Change of pharmacist address
or name
- Change of PIC
- Change of pharmacy permit
- loss / theft of CS (to BOP only)
Reporting Req: 14 days - CORRECT ANSWER - Theft by or impairment of a licensee
, Reporting Req: Immediately - CORRECT ANSWER - - loss/theft of CS (one business
day)
- bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
When should completion of the self-assessment form be done? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Every odd-numbered year before July 1st
- W/i 30 days of change of pharmacy address, PIC, or new pharmacy permit
When should completion of the biennial CS inventory be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
q2years
special considerations:
- when opening a pharmacy
- on the date of a newly scheduled drug or rescheduled
When should completion of RPh CE be done? - CORRECT ANSWER - q2years (except
1st cycle)
When should completion of CSII inventory be done in CA? - CORRECT ANSWER -
q3mo and w/i 30 days of new PIC
- a physical count must be done
When should completion of med error investigation be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
W/i 2 days of error
When should submission of dispensing date to CURES be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
W/i 1 business day of dispensing any CSII-V drug
Paper Rx Recordkeeping - CORRECT ANSWER - - Opt 1: three separate bin (CII, CIII-
CV, all else)
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the requirements for the tags to be worn by the pharmacy staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 18 point font containing employee name and license status
PIC Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - - Any change in PIC must be reported withing 30
days
- Can supervise up to 2 pharmacies within 50 driving miles of each other
- Must complete a biennial self-assessment form before July 1st of each odd numbered year, if a
new permit is issued, new PIC / location
RPh CE and License Renewal - CORRECT ANSWER - - 30 hours of CE for each two
year license period
- 2 hours of pharmacy law and ethic with each renewal
- first cycle is exempt
RPh Supervision Limits - CORRECT ANSWER - Interns: 2 per RPh
Tech (Comm): 1 for 1 RPh, each additional RPh may supervise 2
Tech (Hosp): 1 per RPh
Tech Trainees: 1 per RPh
Clerks: at each RPh discretion
Advanced Practice Pharmacist Requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 of the following
3:
- Earn certification in a relevant area of practice, such as ambulatory care, critical care, oncology
pharmacy, or pharmacotherapy
- Complete a postgraduate residency program
,- Have provided clinical services to patients for 1 year under a collaborative practice agreement
or protocol with a physician, APP pharmacist, CDTM pharmacist, or health system
For each renewal, an additional 10 hours CE needed
Tech-Check-Tech - CORRECT ANSWER - Tech may ONLY verify work of another
relating of FILLING floor stock/unit dose distribution systems
- only permitted in acute care hospital that have an ongoing clinical pharmacy program and RPh
located in patient care areas
- RPh must check the compounded and repackaged drug prior to tech filling
Clerk / Typist Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - - put drugs on the shelf (NOT PULL)
- give Rx at point of transation
- type Rx and receive Rx auth
Pharmacy Recovery Program (for substance abuse and mental illness) - CORRECT
ANSWER - - referrals accepted on voluntary basis
- if RPh suspects another RPh to be impaired at work, they must report to board within 14 days
- the board may also refer in lieu of discipline
Pharmacy Key Access - CORRECT ANSWER - - Only given to a RPh
- Extra may be kept by the pharmacy owner, builing owner, or manager in a tamper-evident
container for the purpose of delivering to another RPh or in case of an emergency
Policy and Procendures - CORRECT ANSWER - - chemical, mental, of physical
impairment
- theft, diversion, or self-use of Rx drugs belonging to the pharmacy
Record Keeping: 7 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Hospital chart orders for CS
,Record Keeping: 6 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Patient acknowledgment of HIPAA
- Transaction info / history for most Rx drugs (req by Drug Supply Chain Security Act)
Record Keeping: 4 years - CORRECT ANSWER - Certificate of completion for CE
Record Keeping: 3 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Comm/Clinic Rx
- Hospital chart orders of non-CS
- Quarterly CSII inventory (CA req)
- DEA Form 222, CSOS records, power of attorney forms
- Purchase invoices for all Rx drugs
- Self-Assessment forms
- Documentation of transfers / sales
- Theft and loss reported of CS (DEA Form 106)
Record Keeping: 2 years - CORRECT ANSWER - - Biennial CS inventory (federal req)
- PSE, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and norpseudoephedrine sale logs
Record Keeping: 1 year - CORRECT ANSWER - - Pt medication profiles
- Med errors / QA reports
Reporting Req: Within 30 days - CORRECT ANSWER - - Change of pharmacist address
or name
- Change of PIC
- Change of pharmacy permit
- loss / theft of CS (to BOP only)
Reporting Req: 14 days - CORRECT ANSWER - Theft by or impairment of a licensee
, Reporting Req: Immediately - CORRECT ANSWER - - loss/theft of CS (one business
day)
- bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
When should completion of the self-assessment form be done? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Every odd-numbered year before July 1st
- W/i 30 days of change of pharmacy address, PIC, or new pharmacy permit
When should completion of the biennial CS inventory be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
q2years
special considerations:
- when opening a pharmacy
- on the date of a newly scheduled drug or rescheduled
When should completion of RPh CE be done? - CORRECT ANSWER - q2years (except
1st cycle)
When should completion of CSII inventory be done in CA? - CORRECT ANSWER -
q3mo and w/i 30 days of new PIC
- a physical count must be done
When should completion of med error investigation be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
W/i 2 days of error
When should submission of dispensing date to CURES be done? - CORRECT ANSWER -
W/i 1 business day of dispensing any CSII-V drug
Paper Rx Recordkeeping - CORRECT ANSWER - - Opt 1: three separate bin (CII, CIII-
CV, all else)
