New Mexico MPJE Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - Answers ...
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - Answers ≥ 30 hrs
every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - Answers ≥ 2hrs of patient safety
applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? - Answers ≥ 10hrs (excluding law
requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - Answers 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
(see NMAC 16.19.4.J-K)
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? - Answers Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in the area of
law will be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
(http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Pharmacy_Requirements_and_Continuing_Education.aspx)
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-
patient relationship? - Answers ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see expedited
partner therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health)
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? - Answers Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information
to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - Answers 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? - Answers More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - Answers 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
Answers 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? - Answers 10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a clinic
be made known to the BoP? - Answers 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - Answers 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? - Answers not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved
physical assessment training is required? - Answers 60
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? - Answers 150 hrs
300 patients
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist
clinician certification? - Answers 2 years
What is the main difference between CPE requirements of pharmacists and pharmacist
clinicians? - Answers 20hrs of live CPE or CME instead of 10hrs of CPE
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? - Answers ...
What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure? - Answers ≥ 30 hrs
every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - Answers ≥ 2hrs of patient safety
applicable to pharmacy
≥ 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP
≥ 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period? - Answers ≥ 10hrs (excluding law
requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - Answers 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
(see NMAC 16.19.4.J-K)
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? - Answers Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in the area of
law will be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved
(http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Pharmacy_Requirements_and_Continuing_Education.aspx)
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-
patient relationship? - Answers ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see expedited
partner therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health)
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? - Answers Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information
to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns? - Answers 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? - Answers More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a
qualifying institution? - Answers 50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable? -
Answers 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? - Answers 10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a clinic
be made known to the BoP? - Answers 10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists
according to class? - Answers 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? - Answers not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved
physical assessment training is required? - Answers 60
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? - Answers 150 hrs
300 patients
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist
clinician certification? - Answers 2 years
What is the main difference between CPE requirements of pharmacists and pharmacist
clinicians? - Answers 20hrs of live CPE or CME instead of 10hrs of CPE
