CPhT Exam Review: Pharmacy Law and Regulations QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Pharmaceutical, Medical, and Legal Developments That Have Affected the Practice of Pharmacy correct answer: - ASHP "White Paper on Pharmacy Technicians" - Computerization: Method of processing, storing, and transferring Rx - Online adjudicaton: Method of billing insurance companies and ensuring payment of services - Faxes: Method of transmitting Rx and med orders from physician's office to pharmacy - PDA: Method of transmitting Rx to pharmacy - Medicare Rx Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 - Drug Reimportation Reform: currently being examined - Orphan Drug Act: Promotes develop of pharm products w/ small markets - Reducing time a drug is covered by patent, resulting in generics being available sooner - Revising protocol for develop of AIDS meds - Process for converting Rx to OTC status - Allowing pharmacists to prescribe in specific sits - Third-party providers - Automation - E-Prescribing Ethics correct answer: - Study of standards and moral judgment - Moral philosophy influenced by group / philosophy / religion / profession - Related to law as both share social purpose of encouraging right conduct - Embraced by a profession w/o gov involvement APhA Code of Ethics for Pharmacists correct answer: - Principles based on moral obligations and virtues to guide pharmacists in relationships w/ patients, professionals, and society * Respect covenantal relationship w/ patient * Promotes good of patient in caring, compassionate, and confidential manner * Respects autonomy and dignity of patient * Acts w/ honesty and integrity in professional relations * Maintains professional competence * Respects values and abilities of colleagues and professionals * Serves individ, community, and societal needs * Seeks justice in distribution of health resources APhA Code of Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians correct answer: - Principles based on moral obligations and virtues to guide techs in relationships w/ patients, professionals, and society * Tech's first consideration is to ensure health and safety, and to use knowledge and skills to best of ability in serving others * Supports and promotes honesty and integrity; duty to observe law, maintain highest moral and ethical conduct, and uphold ethical principles * Respects values and abilities of colleagues and professionals * Maintains professional competency in practice and continually enhances knowledge and expertise *Respects and supports confidentiality and discloses pertinent info only with proper authorization * Never assists in dispensing, promoting, or distributing meds or devices that aren't of good quality or don't meet standards req by law * Doesn't engage in activity that will discredit and will expose, without fear or favor, illegal or unethical conduct in the profession * Associates with and engages in support of orgs that promote pharmacy through use and enhancement of techs Roles and Responsibilities of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Other Pharmacy Employees correct answer: Primarily Pharmacists will.... - Fill Rx, verify instructions from physicians on proper amounts of med to give to patients - Check whether Rx will interact with other drugs or conditions that the patients has - Instruct patients on how to use and when to take Rx - Advise patients on potential side effects - Advise patient about general health topics: diet, exercise, managing stress, and other issues, such as equipment or supplies best for a health problem - Complete insurance forms and work w/ insurance companies to ensure patients get needed meds - Oversee work in pharmacy by techs and interns - Keep records and do other admin work - Teach other practitioners about proper med therapies for patients Techs will.... - Assist pharmacist - Provide technical assistance in the pharmacy but aren't involved in professional judgment areas like counseling Roles and Responsibilities of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Other Pharmacy Employees: Community Pharmacy Technicians correct answer: - Help patients at pick-up and drop-off - Enter Rx order into computer - Create patient profile for health and insurance info and update it - Assist pharmacist, under direct supervision, in practice within state, fed, and and company regs - Communicate w/ insurance to obtain payment for Rx - At point of sale, verify customers receive correct Rx - Complete weekly distrib center med orders, place orders on shelves, and verify all associated paperwork - Assist pharmacist w/ filling and labeling Rx - Prep pharmacy inventory - Screen telephone calls for pharmacist - Communicate w/ prescribers and their agents to o