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MPJE Alabama Questions with precise detailed answers
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What are the Alabama restrictions on the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine containing
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products? - ✔✔These products must be sold by a pharmacy licensed by ALBOP from
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behind the counter and a person may purchase no more than 3.6 grams per calendar day
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AND
No more than 7.5 grams per 30 days (AL law).
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Purchaser must be at LEAST 18 years of age || || || || || || || || ||
and ||
Provide a valid, unsuspended driver's license or non-driver ID card issued by one of the 50
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states, a U.S. Uniformed Services Privilege and ID card or a US or foreign passport.
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Do prescription orders or prescription documents have an expiration date?
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Non-control
Schedule III-V ||
Schedule II - ✔✔Non-controlled legend drugs: There is no expiration date for a prescription
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for any noncontrolled legend drug
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Schedule III--V controlled substances: Prescriptions for schedule III-V controlled substances
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expire 6 months after the written date on the prescription
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Schedule II controlled substances: There is no expiration date for prescriptions written for
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schedule II controlled substances; however, they may only be written for a 90 day supply
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maximum.
If a patient does not pick up his or her prescription and the medication is returned to stock,
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what is the resulting expiration date? - ✔✔If the stock bottle for that medication has been
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thrown away, the resulting expiration date is either the expiration date on the label or 12
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months, whichever date is less. If the stock bottle has not been thrown away, it is acceptable
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to use the expiration date printed on the stock bottle.
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Must a prescription label state the drug's generic name? - ✔✔The prescription label may
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contain the brand name, generic name, or both || || || || || || ||
What are the requirements for the content of a label being dispensed? - ✔✔The label must
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contain the phrase "Caution, federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription"
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The label must also contain:
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Name and address of the pharmacy || || || || ||
Name of the prescriber || || ||
Name of the drug being dispensed || || || || ||
Directions for use || ||
And the serial number || || ||
What should be on the label of a prescription? - ✔✔Name and address of the dispensing
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pharmacy
Serial number of the prescription || || || ||
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Date of the prescription
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Name of the prescriber || || ||
Name of the patient || || ||
Name and strength of the drug || || || || ||
Directions for use || ||
Appropriate cautionary statements, such as "do not take with food" or "shake well" || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The expiration or discard date.
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"Filled by" or "dispensed by" with at least the first initial and last name of the dispensing
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pharmacist.
May a pharmacist process Schedule II through V prescriptions using e-prescribing? -
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✔✔Yes, assuming the proper requirements for proper e-prescribing have been met.
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What are the record requirements for e-prescribed controlled substances? - ✔✔All records
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must be backed up daily and stored for a minimum of 2 years
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What are the options for prescribers to be credentialed?
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for E-prescribing - ✔✔a password or response to a challenge question
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a biometric, such as a fingerprint or iris scan
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a hard token, such as a cryptographic module
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What is a pharmacy technician? - ✔✔An individual, other than an intern, extern, or an
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assistant pharmacist, who performs pharmacy functions under the direct supervision of a
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licensed pharmacist ||
What is the role of the pharmacy technician? - ✔✔A pharmacy technician shall NOT
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perform pharmacy functions or be present in the prescription department of a pharmacy
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unless he or she is under the direct SUPERVISION of a licensed pharmacist.
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A pharmacy technician shall not perform pharmacy functions or be present in the
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prescription department of a pharmacy unless he or she is REGISTERED by the board.
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Continuing education requirements for a pharmacy technician? - ✔✔In addition to any
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other registration requirements,
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Pharmacy technician shall complete THREE hours of continuing education ANNUALLY, of
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which ONE hour shall be live presentation.
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So THREE all together 2 non-live and 1 live every YEAR so 6 total hours every 2 years ( 4
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non-live & 2 live) || || ||
If a technician registers for the first time any time in the calendar year, are they required to
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obtain the full three (3) hours of continuing education the first year? - ✔✔No. They will be
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required to obtain the full three (3) hours the first FULL year of registration.
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If a technician chooses not to practice as a pharmacy technician any longer, are they
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required to keep their license current? - ✔✔No. However, if that person wants to re-enter
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the pharmacy technician field in the future, they will have to pay back fees plus penalties to
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get their lapsed license current.
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The person is NOT able to re-enter the technician profession using a new technician
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application.
Can a technician carry over CE hours from one year to the next year? - ✔✔No. A technician
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must obtain three (3) hours of continuing education each year with one (I) hour being a
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"live" credit hour. CE hours must be earned each calendar year.
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MPJE Alabama Questions with precise detailed answers
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What are the Alabama restrictions on the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine containing
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
products? - ✔✔These products must be sold by a pharmacy licensed by ALBOP from
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
behind the counter and a person may purchase no more than 3.6 grams per calendar day
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
AND
No more than 7.5 grams per 30 days (AL law).
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Purchaser must be at LEAST 18 years of age || || || || || || || || ||
and ||
Provide a valid, unsuspended driver's license or non-driver ID card issued by one of the 50
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
states, a U.S. Uniformed Services Privilege and ID card or a US or foreign passport.
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Do prescription orders or prescription documents have an expiration date?
|| || || || || || || || ||
Non-control
Schedule III-V ||
Schedule II - ✔✔Non-controlled legend drugs: There is no expiration date for a prescription
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
for any noncontrolled legend drug
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Schedule III--V controlled substances: Prescriptions for schedule III-V controlled substances
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expire 6 months after the written date on the prescription
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Schedule II controlled substances: There is no expiration date for prescriptions written for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
schedule II controlled substances; however, they may only be written for a 90 day supply
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maximum.
If a patient does not pick up his or her prescription and the medication is returned to stock,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
what is the resulting expiration date? - ✔✔If the stock bottle for that medication has been
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
thrown away, the resulting expiration date is either the expiration date on the label or 12
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months, whichever date is less. If the stock bottle has not been thrown away, it is acceptable
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to use the expiration date printed on the stock bottle.
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Must a prescription label state the drug's generic name? - ✔✔The prescription label may
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
contain the brand name, generic name, or both || || || || || || ||
What are the requirements for the content of a label being dispensed? - ✔✔The label must
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
contain the phrase "Caution, federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription"
|| || || || || || || || || ||
The label must also contain:
|| || || ||
Name and address of the pharmacy || || || || ||
Name of the prescriber || || ||
Name of the drug being dispensed || || || || ||
Directions for use || ||
And the serial number || || ||
What should be on the label of a prescription? - ✔✔Name and address of the dispensing
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pharmacy
Serial number of the prescription || || || ||
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Date of the prescription
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Name of the prescriber || || ||
Name of the patient || || ||
Name and strength of the drug || || || || ||
Directions for use || ||
Appropriate cautionary statements, such as "do not take with food" or "shake well" || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The expiration or discard date.
|| || || ||
"Filled by" or "dispensed by" with at least the first initial and last name of the dispensing
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
pharmacist.
May a pharmacist process Schedule II through V prescriptions using e-prescribing? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Yes, assuming the proper requirements for proper e-prescribing have been met.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
What are the record requirements for e-prescribed controlled substances? - ✔✔All records
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
must be backed up daily and stored for a minimum of 2 years
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
What are the options for prescribers to be credentialed?
|| || || || || || || || ||
for E-prescribing - ✔✔a password or response to a challenge question
|| || || || || || || || || ||
a biometric, such as a fingerprint or iris scan
|| || || || || || || ||
a hard token, such as a cryptographic module
|| || || || || || ||
What is a pharmacy technician? - ✔✔An individual, other than an intern, extern, or an
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
assistant pharmacist, who performs pharmacy functions under the direct supervision of a
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
licensed pharmacist ||
What is the role of the pharmacy technician? - ✔✔A pharmacy technician shall NOT
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
perform pharmacy functions or be present in the prescription department of a pharmacy
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
unless he or she is under the direct SUPERVISION of a licensed pharmacist.
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A pharmacy technician shall not perform pharmacy functions or be present in the
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prescription department of a pharmacy unless he or she is REGISTERED by the board.
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Continuing education requirements for a pharmacy technician? - ✔✔In addition to any
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
other registration requirements,
|| || ||
Pharmacy technician shall complete THREE hours of continuing education ANNUALLY, of
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which ONE hour shall be live presentation.
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So THREE all together 2 non-live and 1 live every YEAR so 6 total hours every 2 years ( 4
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non-live & 2 live) || || ||
If a technician registers for the first time any time in the calendar year, are they required to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
obtain the full three (3) hours of continuing education the first year? - ✔✔No. They will be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
required to obtain the full three (3) hours the first FULL year of registration.
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If a technician chooses not to practice as a pharmacy technician any longer, are they
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
required to keep their license current? - ✔✔No. However, if that person wants to re-enter
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the pharmacy technician field in the future, they will have to pay back fees plus penalties to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
get their lapsed license current.
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The person is NOT able to re-enter the technician profession using a new technician
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application.
Can a technician carry over CE hours from one year to the next year? - ✔✔No. A technician
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
must obtain three (3) hours of continuing education each year with one (I) hour being a
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"live" credit hour. CE hours must be earned each calendar year.
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