KENTUCKY MPJE CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is KASPER? - ✔✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting -
prescribes have to check this BEFORE prescribing any controlled medications
✔✔What information has to be on a prescription? - ✔✔Prescriber
name/number/business address, patient name/address, drug name/strength/dosage
form/quantity, directions, and provider signature
✔✔What can be added to a prescription WITH documented provider consultation? -
✔✔Date issued (cannot be changed!), drug strength, quantity (ONLY if strength
changes (ex.: 30 mg #30 can change to 15 mg #60)), quantity check-off box (has to be
marked), directions, refill instructions, and practitioner's name (printed, not signature)
✔✔What can be added to a prescription WITHOUT documented provider consultation?
- ✔✔Patient address, dosage form, practitioner's printed address/phone number/DEA
number
✔✔What can NEVER be changed on a prescription? - ✔✔Patient name, drug name,
and provider signature
✔✔What type of DEA number do you need to prescribe buprenorphine? - ✔✔X DEA
(APRNs can prescribe for pain but not addiction)
✔✔Can you fax controlled prescriptions? - ✔✔CIII-CV: yes but has to have the word
"FAXED" on it, sign/initial, and date of fax
CII: only as an anticipatory copy (patient still has to bring in written version), long term
care, hospice, or immediate pain relief (non-oral)
✔✔Can interns take phone prescriptions? - ✔✔Yes - if under supervision of pharmacist
and has completed 1 year of BS/PharmD program (cannot transfer controls though)
✔✔Can certified pharmacy technicians take prescriptions over the phone? Regular
technicians? - ✔✔Certified: yes IF it's a refill authorization. Otherwise, no.
Regular: IF refill, yes but have to be under DIRECT supervision of pharmacist
✔✔Can non-controlled prescriptions be transferred? - ✔✔Yes - if oral and within KY,
can be between pharmacists or interns. If oral and outside of KY, has to be two
pharmacists. Technicians cannot transfer prescriptions.
, ✔✔Can controlled prescriptions be transferred? - ✔✔Yes - if it is only for a refill (has
been filled once before at original pharmacy). Controls can be transferred more than
once IF the pharmacies share a common database. Interns and technicians cannot
transfer controls.
✔✔Can PA's write controlled prescriptions? - ✔✔CII: NO
CIII: 30 DS with no refills
CIV or CV: <6 month supply (except benzos and carisoprodol (<30 DS)
✔✔Can OD's write for controlled medications? - ✔✔Yes
CII: only ≤72 hours worth of a hydrocodone combo product (no other CII's)
✔✔Can you partially fill a CII? - ✔✔LTC/hospice: yes and can dispense entire quantity
prescribed over 60-day period; have to document "terminally ill" on prescription
Not enough in pharmacy: can give partial and the rest has to be given within 72 hours or
need new prescription
Not either of those situations: pt/prescriber can request partial and has to be dispensed
over 30 days
✔✔What letters indicate a full practitioner in a DEA number? Midlevel? - ✔✔A, B, F
M
✔✔What does the second letter of a DEA number indicate? - ✔✔Prescriber's last name
✔✔How many days does the board have to approve naloxone certification after
receiving app from pharmacist? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Can optometrists write controlled medications? - ✔✔Yes
CII: only hydrocodone combo products (≤72 hours worth)
CIII-CV
✔✔How many patients can be enrolled in an office-based buprenorphine program under
an APRN? - ✔✔30
✔✔How long are legend prescriptions good for? - ✔✔1 year
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is KASPER? - ✔✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting -
prescribes have to check this BEFORE prescribing any controlled medications
✔✔What information has to be on a prescription? - ✔✔Prescriber
name/number/business address, patient name/address, drug name/strength/dosage
form/quantity, directions, and provider signature
✔✔What can be added to a prescription WITH documented provider consultation? -
✔✔Date issued (cannot be changed!), drug strength, quantity (ONLY if strength
changes (ex.: 30 mg #30 can change to 15 mg #60)), quantity check-off box (has to be
marked), directions, refill instructions, and practitioner's name (printed, not signature)
✔✔What can be added to a prescription WITHOUT documented provider consultation?
- ✔✔Patient address, dosage form, practitioner's printed address/phone number/DEA
number
✔✔What can NEVER be changed on a prescription? - ✔✔Patient name, drug name,
and provider signature
✔✔What type of DEA number do you need to prescribe buprenorphine? - ✔✔X DEA
(APRNs can prescribe for pain but not addiction)
✔✔Can you fax controlled prescriptions? - ✔✔CIII-CV: yes but has to have the word
"FAXED" on it, sign/initial, and date of fax
CII: only as an anticipatory copy (patient still has to bring in written version), long term
care, hospice, or immediate pain relief (non-oral)
✔✔Can interns take phone prescriptions? - ✔✔Yes - if under supervision of pharmacist
and has completed 1 year of BS/PharmD program (cannot transfer controls though)
✔✔Can certified pharmacy technicians take prescriptions over the phone? Regular
technicians? - ✔✔Certified: yes IF it's a refill authorization. Otherwise, no.
Regular: IF refill, yes but have to be under DIRECT supervision of pharmacist
✔✔Can non-controlled prescriptions be transferred? - ✔✔Yes - if oral and within KY,
can be between pharmacists or interns. If oral and outside of KY, has to be two
pharmacists. Technicians cannot transfer prescriptions.
, ✔✔Can controlled prescriptions be transferred? - ✔✔Yes - if it is only for a refill (has
been filled once before at original pharmacy). Controls can be transferred more than
once IF the pharmacies share a common database. Interns and technicians cannot
transfer controls.
✔✔Can PA's write controlled prescriptions? - ✔✔CII: NO
CIII: 30 DS with no refills
CIV or CV: <6 month supply (except benzos and carisoprodol (<30 DS)
✔✔Can OD's write for controlled medications? - ✔✔Yes
CII: only ≤72 hours worth of a hydrocodone combo product (no other CII's)
✔✔Can you partially fill a CII? - ✔✔LTC/hospice: yes and can dispense entire quantity
prescribed over 60-day period; have to document "terminally ill" on prescription
Not enough in pharmacy: can give partial and the rest has to be given within 72 hours or
need new prescription
Not either of those situations: pt/prescriber can request partial and has to be dispensed
over 30 days
✔✔What letters indicate a full practitioner in a DEA number? Midlevel? - ✔✔A, B, F
M
✔✔What does the second letter of a DEA number indicate? - ✔✔Prescriber's last name
✔✔How many days does the board have to approve naloxone certification after
receiving app from pharmacist? - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Can optometrists write controlled medications? - ✔✔Yes
CII: only hydrocodone combo products (≤72 hours worth)
CIII-CV
✔✔How many patients can be enrolled in an office-based buprenorphine program under
an APRN? - ✔✔30
✔✔How long are legend prescriptions good for? - ✔✔1 year
