CPJE LAW UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔are CA pharmacies allowed to dispense Rxs written for C2s from out of state
prescribers? - ✔✔no!
but for all other drugs (e.g. CIIIs-Vs) it is allowed as long as prescription meets
requirements based on the STATE IT WAS WRITTEN IN
✔✔is partial filling of schedule III-V allowed? - ✔✔YES but
cannot dispense >6 mo since written
✔✔is partial filling of a schedule II allowed? - ✔✔yes but time limits to pick up the whole
quantity before!
if pharmacy doesnt have enough in stock: 72 hrs
partial fill of emergency oral Rx: 72 hours
if pt or PCP request partial fill: 30 days
if terminally ill/SNF: 60 days
✔✔can you transfer C2s? - ✔✔no
✔✔can you transfer CIIIs-CVs - ✔✔only allowed ONE transfer
has to be down between 2 licensed pharmacists
UNLESS they have a shared database; then they can transfer up to max refills the Rx
has
✔✔can controls be delivered by USPS to a patient directly from a pharmacy? - ✔✔yes
but has to be hidden/not tell what's in it
✔✔DATA 2000 - ✔✔permits PCPS to prescribe and dispense schedule III-V drugs to tx
opioid addiction outside of a registered clinic
these PCPS will have a UIN that is their DEA # with an X as the first letter instead of
whatever it was before
this is in addition to their DEA #
✔✔can a pharmacy sell controls to another pharmacy? - ✔✔yes but only if total amount
does not exceed 5% of their sales
, have to forward copy 2 of DEA 222 form to DEA by end of the month
✔✔psuedoephedrine limits - ✔✔3.6 g in 1 day
9 g in 1 month (unless mail order then 7.5 g)
3 packages per transaction
(Exception is the single dose 60 mg packages - dont need to log these)
have to show ID w/ photo
✔✔how long to keep psuedoephedrine logs - ✔✔2 years
✔✔dextromethorphan requirement - ✔✔have to be >18 and show photo ID
unlike psuedoephedrine, can be kept on shelves outside of the pharmacy
✔✔can pharmacists give out hypodermic needles and syringes - ✔✔yes
✔✔if selling controlled substances to reverse distributor, need to fill out this form -
✔✔DEA 41
✔✔DEA form that pharmacies, hospitals, etc need to fill out to register with the DEA -
✔✔DEA form 224
✔✔DEA form that manufacturers, etc need to fill out to register with the DEA - ✔✔DEA
form 225
✔✔DEA registration form for narcotic treatment programs - ✔✔DEA form 363
✔✔DEA form reporting theft/loss - ✔✔DEA form 106
✔✔time you have to tell the board you started a drug take back service - ✔✔30 days
✔✔time you have to tell the board you stopped your med take back service - ✔✔30
days
✔✔time you have to report to the board tampering with a med take-back bin - ✔✔14
days
✔✔time you have to report to the board theft of deposited drugs in the med take back
bin - ✔✔14 days
✔✔time you have to report to the board of tampering or damage or theft of a removed
liner of the med take back bin - ✔✔14 ays
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔are CA pharmacies allowed to dispense Rxs written for C2s from out of state
prescribers? - ✔✔no!
but for all other drugs (e.g. CIIIs-Vs) it is allowed as long as prescription meets
requirements based on the STATE IT WAS WRITTEN IN
✔✔is partial filling of schedule III-V allowed? - ✔✔YES but
cannot dispense >6 mo since written
✔✔is partial filling of a schedule II allowed? - ✔✔yes but time limits to pick up the whole
quantity before!
if pharmacy doesnt have enough in stock: 72 hrs
partial fill of emergency oral Rx: 72 hours
if pt or PCP request partial fill: 30 days
if terminally ill/SNF: 60 days
✔✔can you transfer C2s? - ✔✔no
✔✔can you transfer CIIIs-CVs - ✔✔only allowed ONE transfer
has to be down between 2 licensed pharmacists
UNLESS they have a shared database; then they can transfer up to max refills the Rx
has
✔✔can controls be delivered by USPS to a patient directly from a pharmacy? - ✔✔yes
but has to be hidden/not tell what's in it
✔✔DATA 2000 - ✔✔permits PCPS to prescribe and dispense schedule III-V drugs to tx
opioid addiction outside of a registered clinic
these PCPS will have a UIN that is their DEA # with an X as the first letter instead of
whatever it was before
this is in addition to their DEA #
✔✔can a pharmacy sell controls to another pharmacy? - ✔✔yes but only if total amount
does not exceed 5% of their sales
, have to forward copy 2 of DEA 222 form to DEA by end of the month
✔✔psuedoephedrine limits - ✔✔3.6 g in 1 day
9 g in 1 month (unless mail order then 7.5 g)
3 packages per transaction
(Exception is the single dose 60 mg packages - dont need to log these)
have to show ID w/ photo
✔✔how long to keep psuedoephedrine logs - ✔✔2 years
✔✔dextromethorphan requirement - ✔✔have to be >18 and show photo ID
unlike psuedoephedrine, can be kept on shelves outside of the pharmacy
✔✔can pharmacists give out hypodermic needles and syringes - ✔✔yes
✔✔if selling controlled substances to reverse distributor, need to fill out this form -
✔✔DEA 41
✔✔DEA form that pharmacies, hospitals, etc need to fill out to register with the DEA -
✔✔DEA form 224
✔✔DEA form that manufacturers, etc need to fill out to register with the DEA - ✔✔DEA
form 225
✔✔DEA registration form for narcotic treatment programs - ✔✔DEA form 363
✔✔DEA form reporting theft/loss - ✔✔DEA form 106
✔✔time you have to tell the board you started a drug take back service - ✔✔30 days
✔✔time you have to tell the board you stopped your med take back service - ✔✔30
days
✔✔time you have to report to the board tampering with a med take-back bin - ✔✔14
days
✔✔time you have to report to the board theft of deposited drugs in the med take back
bin - ✔✔14 days
✔✔time you have to report to the board of tampering or damage or theft of a removed
liner of the med take back bin - ✔✔14 ays
