West Virginia MPJE Law Review Latest Update

West Virginia MPJE Law Review Latest Update

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A Pharmacy Technician May NOT: - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Receive verbal prescription drug orders and reduce these orders to writing either manually or electronically

• Interpret and evaluate prescription drug orders
• Select drug products
• Interpret patient medication records and perform drug regimen reviews
• Deliver the prescription to the patient before the pharmacist performs a final check of

the prescription

• Communicate to the patient information about the prescription drug, which the

pharmacist considers significant

• Communicate to the patient info concerning any prescription drugs dispensed to the

patient by the pharmacy

• Receive or place a call for a transferred prescription

Can a prescription blank contain the stamped or pre-printed name of a controlled

substance? - CORRECT ANSWER: A prescription blank for a controlled substance

shall not contain the stamped or pre-printed name of a controlled substance until the Rx blank is signed, dated, and issued to the patient

Can pharmacy interns in WV take verbal prescriptions over the phone? - CORRECT

ANSWER: All pharmacists shall receive the communication of a prescription (NO

pharmacy interns cannot take verbals)

Can you central fill in WV? - CORRECT ANSWER: No! Completed prescriptions should be bagged and kept in the pharmacy where the prescription was RECEIVED AND PREPARED, and kept in will-call until picked up

Can you send a controlled substance from a computer to a fax machine? - CORRECT ANSWER: NO! (can do computer-computer for all controlled substances including CIIs)

Duties of the Registered Pharmacy Tech: - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Only handle the complete transaction on refill prescriptions when specifically requested to do so by the pharmacist and when the patient has no questions for the pharmacist

• Only handle the transactions on new prescriptions after counseling by the pharmacist

has been offered

• Refer all questions regarding over the counter and prescription drug product selection

or advice to the pharmacist

• The filing of completed hard copies of new prescriptions (except CIIs) in numerical

order 1 / 3

• The handling of non-professional phone calls from patients requesting refills of

prescriptions by number and patient name

• Physicians offices authorizing refills if no changes in the prescription are involved,

and where the patient's name, medication, strength, number of doses, and date of prior fill is stated

Emergency Dispensing - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Can dispense an emergency supply

of a life sustaining prescription if needed in the professional judgement of pharmacist if MD is not available

• No more than a 10 day supply
• Must document all infor and notify MD ASAP

Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine: - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Schedule V pseudoephedrine may only be sold to patients 18 years or older

• Must be kept behind the pharmacy counter (different than federal law)
• Purchaser must present driver's license or government issued photo ID
• Purchaser must sign form
• Prescriptions are exempt from reporting
• Must keep records for 5 years
• Must report not less than monthly

Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine Weight Limits: - CORRECT

ANSWER: A pharmacy may not sell, transfer or dispense to the same person and a

person may not purchase more than:

• 3.6 grams/day
• 7.2 grams/month
• 48 grams/year

Without a prescription

Every pharmacy must possess what? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. A sanitary method of

measuring and dispensing between 5 and 250 mL of liquid

• Mortars, pestals, counting trays, spatulas, ointment pads, balance and weights, and

any other equipment necessary to satisfy the requirements of this rule

• For compounding PN, EN, or ophthalmic preparations, the proper facilities to make

sterile products and uphold good manufacturing practices must exist

• Adequate facilities for the proper storage of pharmaceuticals (dry, well lit, well

ventilated, maintained in a clean and orderly fashion

• System for keeping patient's profiles which allows for immediate review of

biographical data, medications, disease states, drug allergies, pharmacist notes, and any other necessary data

• Have to keep current versions of the law books

For what can pharmacists get penalized by the BOP? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.

Obtaining a board authorization by fraud

• Being convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude
• Being guilty of unprofessional conduct, which placed the public at risk 2 / 3

• Intentional violation BOP rules
• Having had a board authorization revoked or suspended in another jurisdiction
• Aiding or abetting unlicensed practice
• Endangering the health, welfare, or safety of the public while working in a

professional capacity

• Incapacity that prevents the practice of pharmacist care
• Violation of any laws relating to the practice of pharmacist care, drug samples, drug

manufacturing, wholesale or retail drug distribution, or controlled substances

• Committing fraud in connection with the practice of pharmacy care
• Failure to report to the board any adverse action taken by another jurisdiction
• Failure to report to the board one's surrender of a license
• Failure to report the board any adverse judgement, settlement, or award arising

from a malpractice claim related to conduct

• Knowing and failing to report relevant information to the board regarding a

pharmacist who is incapable of providing pharmaceutical care

• Illegal use or disclosure of protected health info
• Engaging in any conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert any licensing

examination

• Failure to cooperate with the BOP
• Agreeing to participate in a prescription drug product conversion program promoted

or offered by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of a product for which the pharmacist or pharmacy received any financial compensation or in which any way the public is denied, limited, or influenced in selecting pharmacist care or counseling

For which type of prescriptions does a nuclear pharmacy not require a patient specific

Rx? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Diagnostic

• Treatment
• Non-Radioactive Substances

How do we define LTCF? - CORRECT ANSWER: Any nursing home, personal care

home, or residential board and care home that provides extended health care to resident patients and is licensed as a LTCF

How do we define terminally ill patients? - CORRECT ANSWER: Life expectancy of 6 months or less

How does the WV BOP regulate interns? - CORRECT ANSWER: - Interns are

registered with the WV BOP (not licensed, not certified)

How frequently does a controlled drug inventory need to be completed? - CORRECT

ANSWER: - Every two years

• You don't have to submit a record to the DEA or BOP, but records have to be kept for
• years and have to be readily available if called upon
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