DONATIONS AND COMMUNITY PROPERTY
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Who is eligible to be a PIC? Answer: Pharmacist with active LA
license and at least 2 years of active pharmacy practice experience
⫸ T/F: In general a PIC may only supervise 1 pharmacy at a time unless
BOP approves in writing Answer: True
⫸ How often does a PIC need to be present? Answer: No less than 20
hours per week or 50% of business hours if the pharmacy is not open at
least 20 hours per week
⫸ Control Inventory: When becoming PIC what needs to be done?
Answer: Take full inventory (2-5) upon first taking over the role as PIC:
Sign and Date
⫸ A pharmacist must notify the BOP in writing within ______ days of a
change in mailing address or employment. Answer: 10
⫸ What is the max ratio of Interns + certified techs + tech candidates to
pharmacists at any one time? Answer: 4:1
,⫸ Max ratio of pharmacy tech candidates to pharmacists? Answer: 2:1
⫸ Max ratio of intern to pharmacists? Answer: 1:1
Exception is unless on rotation with college of pharmacy then it is 3:1
⫸ When is a pharmacy tech license renewal date? Answer: Yearly
between May 1 and June 30
⫸ Pharmacy tech CE requirements? Answer: 10 hours every year; 1
hour on injectable meds if injecting vaccines and 1 hour on sterile
compounding if applicable
⫸ Pharmacy technicians CANDIDATES may not: (6) Answer: Receive
verbal initial Rx orders
Give/recieve transefers of prescription orders
Interpret Rx orders (Can translate)
Compound high risk sterile products
Counsel patients
Administer medications
⫸ Pharmacy technicians may not: (3) Answer: Release verbal Rx order
for processing until it is initialed by supervising pharmacist
, Interpret prescriptions (may translate)
Counsel patients
⫸ How many hours do interns need to be eligilbe for licensure in LA
and what is the limit per week? Answer: 1740 with a limit of 50 hours
per week
⫸ Pharmacy interns have what limitations as compared to pharmacists?
Answer: They can do all duties of a pharmacist while under a pharmacist
supervision EXCEPT providing oversight of techs and performing final
verification
⫸ When do you renew a pharmacist license? Answer: Yearly between
November 1 and December 31
⫸ What happens if you forget to renew a pharmacist license? Answer: If
you do not renew by 12/31 of each year the license is expired, null and
void.
You would then have to submit an application, complete with supporting
documentation for reinstatement to the board.