New Mexico MPJE exam
questions and answers
2025(graded A+)
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? -
answer Initial licensure is valid for no less than 24 months and
expires the last day of the pharmacist's birth month immediately
following the 24 months
What are the required number of CPE hours for renewal of
licensure? - answer ≥ 30 hrs every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - answer ≥
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? -
answer ≥ 10hrs (excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - answer 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? -
answer 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_Co
ntinuing_Education.aspx)
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an
established practitioner-patient relationship? - answer 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? - answer
Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information to
providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication
returns? - answer 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? - answer More than 1 drug
per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease
when returned from a qualifying institution? - answer 50% of the
time left of the expiration for the drug
questions and answers
2025(graded A+)
When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates? -
answer Initial licensure is valid for no less than 24 months and
expires the last day of the pharmacist's birth month immediately
following the 24 months
What are the required number of CPE hours for renewal of
licensure? - answer ≥ 30 hrs every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period? - answer ≥
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? -
answer ≥ 10hrs (excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE? - answer 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? -
answer 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_Co
ntinuing_Education.aspx)
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an
established practitioner-patient relationship? - answer 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? - answer
Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information to
providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication
returns? - answer 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? - answer More than 1 drug
per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease
when returned from a qualifying institution? - answer 50% of the
time left of the expiration for the drug
