7/12/25, 12:37 PM
TEXAS JP ACTUAL EXAM \NEWEST VERSION WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DE TAILED
ANSWERS \LATEST UPDATE 2025 -2026
Can a patient successfully No
sue a doctor if
there is no physician-
patient relationship?
If there is no prior No
physician-patient
relationship, are you
legally obliged to respond
to a call from a patient for
treatment?
Who determines in a Judge by inspection
criminal case if the
medical records of a
patient should be
released?
How many days do you have 45 days
to release medical records
to an attorney?
Can medical records be Yes, but only with affidavit
admitted as evidence in
court? What are the
requirements?
Schedule 1—no known use (e.g., heroin); schedule 2—very
What are schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
drugs? addictive (morphine, cocaine); schedule 3-5—less
addictive
What are dangerous drugs? Prescription drugs other than schedule 1-5
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How many DEA One to prescribe; a separate registration for each location where
registrations do you need if you dispense
you prescribe drugs?
dispense drugs?
How often do you Every 3 years
renew your DEA
license?
Can you move your office No, need to change BEFORE move
location and then change
your DEA?
Is a DEA registration sufficient No, also need Department of Public Safety Bureau of
to prescribe drugs in Texas? Narcotics and Dangerous Drug registration
How often do you renew a Yearly
DPS license?
Do you have to display the Not required by any statute.
DEA and DPS licenses?
How many days do you 7 days
have to notify the DPS of
any change in your
information (name,
address, tel., etc.)?
Can you have your DPS No, they are interconnected
suspended and keep your
DEA or vice versa?
For schedules 2-5 drugs, No, number and number spelled out
can you just put the
number of pills on
prescription?
Do you have to put intended Yes
use on prescription?
With how many days of a 7 days; only if the drug was already rx in the hospital
schedule 2-5 drug can a
patient be discharged from
the
hospital?
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What kind of prescription Official DPS form; no stickers
pad do you need for
schedule 2 drugs? Can
you use stickers?
Can a physician prescribe Yes, for emergencies, and only for the duration of emergency
schedule 2 over the phone?
How many days does the 7 days
physician have to mail the
schedule's emergency
prescription to the
pharmacy?
How many days does the 7 days
patient have to fill
schedule 2 prescriptions?
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Can you refill a schedule 2 No for schedule 2. Max 5 refills for schedules 3-5.
prescription? How about
schedule 3-5?
Who can call in prescription Any qualified DESIGNATED person
from a physician's office?
Can they call in schedule 2? Only physician in emergencies
Can a physician prohibit Yes
substitutions for generics?
From whom and how do Schedule 2 on triplicate order form from distributor;
you order schedule 2? schedules 3-5 regular form from wholesaler
Schedules 3-5?
What drugs do you need If dispensed in office, then all dangerous drugs,
to keep records on? How schedule drugs and samples; separate records for
are the records kept? How schedule 1+2; inventory every 2 years; records are not
often do you need to do submitted; keep records for 2 years
inventory? Do you need to
submit the records? How
long do you have to keep
the last inventory list?
Who can inspect your drugs? TMB, DPS, attorney general for the DEA
What is the method of Written and signed request by physician; must keep inventory
ordering and accounting for and drug logs
drug samples?
Can you repackage samples? No
Do you need to keep records Yes, just like other meds
on samples?
Can a physician buy and No, except for rural areas (less than 5000 population of
rebottle? Any exceptions? town or 2500 of municipality, closest pharmacy > 15
miles)
To give anesthesia, how Every 2 years
often do you have to
register with the board?
What life support competency ACLS, PALS, or board-approved course
do surgeons and
anesthesiologists need?
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TEXAS JP ACTUAL EXAM \NEWEST VERSION WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DE TAILED
ANSWERS \LATEST UPDATE 2025 -2026
Can a patient successfully No
sue a doctor if
there is no physician-
patient relationship?
If there is no prior No
physician-patient
relationship, are you
legally obliged to respond
to a call from a patient for
treatment?
Who determines in a Judge by inspection
criminal case if the
medical records of a
patient should be
released?
How many days do you have 45 days
to release medical records
to an attorney?
Can medical records be Yes, but only with affidavit
admitted as evidence in
court? What are the
requirements?
Schedule 1—no known use (e.g., heroin); schedule 2—very
What are schedule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
drugs? addictive (morphine, cocaine); schedule 3-5—less
addictive
What are dangerous drugs? Prescription drugs other than schedule 1-5
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0
,7/12/25, 1:30 PM Texas JP Exam
How many DEA One to prescribe; a separate registration for each location where
registrations do you need if you dispense
you prescribe drugs?
dispense drugs?
How often do you Every 3 years
renew your DEA
license?
Can you move your office No, need to change BEFORE move
location and then change
your DEA?
Is a DEA registration sufficient No, also need Department of Public Safety Bureau of
to prescribe drugs in Texas? Narcotics and Dangerous Drug registration
How often do you renew a Yearly
DPS license?
Do you have to display the Not required by any statute.
DEA and DPS licenses?
How many days do you 7 days
have to notify the DPS of
any change in your
information (name,
address, tel., etc.)?
Can you have your DPS No, they are interconnected
suspended and keep your
DEA or vice versa?
For schedules 2-5 drugs, No, number and number spelled out
can you just put the
number of pills on
prescription?
Do you have to put intended Yes
use on prescription?
With how many days of a 7 days; only if the drug was already rx in the hospital
schedule 2-5 drug can a
patient be discharged from
the
hospital?
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,7/12/25, 1:30 PM Texas JP Exam
What kind of prescription Official DPS form; no stickers
pad do you need for
schedule 2 drugs? Can
you use stickers?
Can a physician prescribe Yes, for emergencies, and only for the duration of emergency
schedule 2 over the phone?
How many days does the 7 days
physician have to mail the
schedule's emergency
prescription to the
pharmacy?
How many days does the 7 days
patient have to fill
schedule 2 prescriptions?
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Can you refill a schedule 2 No for schedule 2. Max 5 refills for schedules 3-5.
prescription? How about
schedule 3-5?
Who can call in prescription Any qualified DESIGNATED person
from a physician's office?
Can they call in schedule 2? Only physician in emergencies
Can a physician prohibit Yes
substitutions for generics?
From whom and how do Schedule 2 on triplicate order form from distributor;
you order schedule 2? schedules 3-5 regular form from wholesaler
Schedules 3-5?
What drugs do you need If dispensed in office, then all dangerous drugs,
to keep records on? How schedule drugs and samples; separate records for
are the records kept? How schedule 1+2; inventory every 2 years; records are not
often do you need to do submitted; keep records for 2 years
inventory? Do you need to
submit the records? How
long do you have to keep
the last inventory list?
Who can inspect your drugs? TMB, DPS, attorney general for the DEA
What is the method of Written and signed request by physician; must keep inventory
ordering and accounting for and drug logs
drug samples?
Can you repackage samples? No
Do you need to keep records Yes, just like other meds
on samples?
Can a physician buy and No, except for rural areas (less than 5000 population of
rebottle? Any exceptions? town or 2500 of municipality, closest pharmacy > 15
miles)
To give anesthesia, how Every 2 years
often do you have to
register with the board?
What life support competency ACLS, PALS, or board-approved course
do surgeons and
anesthesiologists need?
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