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NEW MEXICO MPJE NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - CORRECT ANS>>Every two
years, by last day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - CORRECT ANS>>≥
30 hrs. every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - CORRECT ANS>>≥ 2hrs of patient
safety applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP (LIVE course)
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? - CORRECT ANS>>≥ 10hrs
(excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - CORRECT ANS>>1 hr. for every full day of
attendance at a regularly scheduled NM BoP meeting
2 hrs. for successfully completing an open book test administered by the NM BoP 2 hrs. for
attendance at scheduled NM BoP law programs
If you are an out-of-state pharmacist and do not reside or practice within New Mexico how
do you fill the law CPE requirement? - CORRECT ANS>>Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in
the area of law will be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? - CORRECT ANS>>Every TWO years, you need 2 hours of CE each for:
Vaccines
Emergency Contraception Naloxone
Tobacco Cessation
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-
patient relationship? - CORRECT ANS>>ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see
expedited partner therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health) (treatment of
gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis, except in pregnant women or MSM)
, 2
Naloxone (as authorized in public health law 24-23) Immunizations
Others as ordered by Dept of Health in a declared public health emergency
What action defined as "unprofessional conduct" by NMAC 16.19.4.9.B(10) are consultant
pharmacists exempt from? - CORRECT ANS>>Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy
information to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - CORRECT ANS>>If
medication never left the premises
OR
If it is in unit-dose packaging, dispensed by a consultant pharmacist, to a SNF or ICF facility
When otherwise approved for return, what manner of packaging render said drugs ineligible
for return? - CORRECT ANS>>More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - CORRECT ANS>>50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
CORRECT ANS>>A properly trained local pharmacist, designated as a "co- consultant"
Within how many days must notice of consultant pharmacist/co-consultant agreements be
made known to the BoP and the facility? - CORRECT ANS>>10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a
clinic be made known to the BoP? - CORRECT ANS>>10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - CORRECT ANS>>Class A: at all times
Class B Category 1: bi-monthly Class B Category 2: monthly Class B Category 3: bi-weekly
Class C: at least every 3 months (quarterly)
What is the minimum percentage of patient records a consultant pharmacist must review of a
class B clinic or facility? - CORRECT ANS>>not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved
physical assessment training is required? - CORRECT ANS>>60
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To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient
contact training is required?
What are the minimum number of patients encountered as part of that training? How long
does the applicant have to submit these hours? - CORRECT ANS>>150 hrs. 300 patients
Must be completed within 2 years
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist
clinician certification? - CORRECT ANS>>2 years
What is the main difference between CPE requirements of pharmacists and pharmacist
clinicians? - CORRECT ANS>>20hrs of live CPE or CME instead of 10hrs of CPE
In addition to the NM BoP, with what agency must a pharmacist clinician register in order to
exercise prescriptive authority? - CORRECT ANS>>NM Board of Osteopathic Medical
Examiners
Upon any change in supervising physician between registration renewals, within what time
frame must a pharmacist clinician submit appropriate forms? - CORRECT ANS>>10 working
days
In the case of actions brought against a pharmacist clinician, which board will hear the
complaints and appeals? - CORRECT ANS>>2 members of the BoP and of supervising
physician's respective board
Who may have access to the NM Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)? - CORRECT
ANS>>Only registered users. Registrants must be one of the following: practitioner, his/her
delegate (only one permitted), NM RPh, dispenser's agent (for purposes of submitting
dispensing records), a vetted law-enforcement or regulatory-board agent
How shall a pharmacist ensure that each patient has an opportunity to receive counseling for
a prescription which includes but not limited to a prescription that was shipped by mail
(without direct patient-pharmacy personnel contact)? - CORRECT ANS>>Include written
notice of available counseling.
What shall be included in a written notice of available counseling to patients of a mail order
pharmacy? - CORRECT ANS>>1) Days and hours of availability
His/her right to request counseling
NEW MEXICO MPJE NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - CORRECT ANS>>Every two
years, by last day of birth month
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - CORRECT ANS>>≥
30 hrs. every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - CORRECT ANS>>≥ 2hrs of patient
safety applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP (LIVE course)
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? - CORRECT ANS>>≥ 10hrs
(excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - CORRECT ANS>>1 hr. for every full day of
attendance at a regularly scheduled NM BoP meeting
2 hrs. for successfully completing an open book test administered by the NM BoP 2 hrs. for
attendance at scheduled NM BoP law programs
If you are an out-of-state pharmacist and do not reside or practice within New Mexico how
do you fill the law CPE requirement? - CORRECT ANS>>Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in
the area of law will be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
How many CE are required for the prescriptive authority areas?
What are those areas? - CORRECT ANS>>Every TWO years, you need 2 hours of CE each for:
Vaccines
Emergency Contraception Naloxone
Tobacco Cessation
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-
patient relationship? - CORRECT ANS>>ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see
expedited partner therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health) (treatment of
gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis, except in pregnant women or MSM)
, 2
Naloxone (as authorized in public health law 24-23) Immunizations
Others as ordered by Dept of Health in a declared public health emergency
What action defined as "unprofessional conduct" by NMAC 16.19.4.9.B(10) are consultant
pharmacists exempt from? - CORRECT ANS>>Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy
information to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - CORRECT ANS>>If
medication never left the premises
OR
If it is in unit-dose packaging, dispensed by a consultant pharmacist, to a SNF or ICF facility
When otherwise approved for return, what manner of packaging render said drugs ineligible
for return? - CORRECT ANS>>More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - CORRECT ANS>>50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
CORRECT ANS>>A properly trained local pharmacist, designated as a "co- consultant"
Within how many days must notice of consultant pharmacist/co-consultant agreements be
made known to the BoP and the facility? - CORRECT ANS>>10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a
clinic be made known to the BoP? - CORRECT ANS>>10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - CORRECT ANS>>Class A: at all times
Class B Category 1: bi-monthly Class B Category 2: monthly Class B Category 3: bi-weekly
Class C: at least every 3 months (quarterly)
What is the minimum percentage of patient records a consultant pharmacist must review of a
class B clinic or facility? - CORRECT ANS>>not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved
physical assessment training is required? - CORRECT ANS>>60
, 3
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient
contact training is required?
What are the minimum number of patients encountered as part of that training? How long
does the applicant have to submit these hours? - CORRECT ANS>>150 hrs. 300 patients
Must be completed within 2 years
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist
clinician certification? - CORRECT ANS>>2 years
What is the main difference between CPE requirements of pharmacists and pharmacist
clinicians? - CORRECT ANS>>20hrs of live CPE or CME instead of 10hrs of CPE
In addition to the NM BoP, with what agency must a pharmacist clinician register in order to
exercise prescriptive authority? - CORRECT ANS>>NM Board of Osteopathic Medical
Examiners
Upon any change in supervising physician between registration renewals, within what time
frame must a pharmacist clinician submit appropriate forms? - CORRECT ANS>>10 working
days
In the case of actions brought against a pharmacist clinician, which board will hear the
complaints and appeals? - CORRECT ANS>>2 members of the BoP and of supervising
physician's respective board
Who may have access to the NM Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)? - CORRECT
ANS>>Only registered users. Registrants must be one of the following: practitioner, his/her
delegate (only one permitted), NM RPh, dispenser's agent (for purposes of submitting
dispensing records), a vetted law-enforcement or regulatory-board agent
How shall a pharmacist ensure that each patient has an opportunity to receive counseling for
a prescription which includes but not limited to a prescription that was shipped by mail
(without direct patient-pharmacy personnel contact)? - CORRECT ANS>>Include written
notice of available counseling.
What shall be included in a written notice of available counseling to patients of a mail order
pharmacy? - CORRECT ANS>>1) Days and hours of availability
His/her right to request counseling
