Controlled Substances Flashcards
Hospital registrations with the DEA are issued to the entire hospital as how?
An institutional practitioner
A DEA registration expires after how long?
36 months after initial expiration date
How soon are DEA registration forms mailed out?
60 days before expiration
When should you notify the DEA if registration form isn’t at the pharmacy?
45 days before expiration date
How should you notify the DEA if your registration form has not showed up at your pharmacy?
In writing
Does federal law require a DEA applicant for registration to be a pharmacist?
No
How can other individuals sign applications for a DEA applicant?
Must sign a Power of Attorney
What locations must have a DEA registration?
Anywhere controlled substances are manufactured, distributed, or dispensed.
Are warehouses that store controlled substances required to register with the DEA?
No
If a practitioner prescribes CS, but not administers or dispenses them, do they have to register with the DEA?
No
Do common carriers or delivery companies have to register with the DEA?
No
Any registered person with the DEA may apply to be registered when?
Not more than 60 days before expiration date
Commercial containers containing controlled substances must have what on the label?
The symbol designating the products controlled substance schedule.
How large must a controlled substance symbol be on a commercial container?
Large enough to be easily seen without taking it off the shelf
Do schedule 1 meds have accepted medical uses?
No
What illicit drugs are schedule 2?
Cocaine
PCP
What barbitals are schedule 2?
Pentobarbital
Secobarbital
Amobarbital
What schedule are anabolic steroids?
Schedule 3
What schedule are schedule 2 barbitals when formulated as an salt or with other active ingredients?
Schedule 3
If schedule 2 barbitals are in suppository form, what schedule are they?
Schedule 3
What schedule are benzos?
4
What schedule is phentermine?
4
What schedule is phenobarbital?
4
What schedule is modafinil?
4
What schedule is soma?
4
What schedule is lomotil?
5
What schedule is phenergan with codeine?
5
What is required for the transfer of sale of a schedule 1 or 2 controlled substance?
DEA 222 form
Is a 222 form required when controlled substances are transferred from a central fill to a retail pharmacy?
No
How many 222 forms will come mailed in an envelope?
7 or 14
How many items can be entered on each line of a 222 form?
Only 1
How can a person fill out a 222 on behalf of the purchaser?
Creating a Power of Attorney for each individual
A purchaser retains which copy of the 222 form?
Copy 3
Which copy’s of the 222 form go to the supplier?
Copy 1 and 2
If a supplier can’t completely fill a CS order, how long do they have to complete it?
Within 60 days
What must a purchaser do with its 222 copy once the items are received?
Must record each item received and the dates when they were received
Who keeps the original copy of the 222 form?
The person who fills the 222 order
What happens with copy 2 of the 222 form?
First goes to supplier then forwarded to the DEA
If a supplier endorsed a CS order to another supplier, can the original supplier fill any part of the order?
No
What provides an electronic equivalent of the DEA 222 form?
Controlled Substances Ordering System (CSOS)
How many lines is a 222 order form limited to?
10
Is the CSOS limited to any amount?
No
In the CSOS can you only order schedule 1 and 2 items?
No can order anything, including non-controlled substances
No CS order is valid how long after its executed by the purchaser?
60 days
Is a registrant purchases controlled substances to repackage them, how just the registrant register?
As a manufacturer
A pharmacist can compound CS for office use as long as the product is compounded in what form?
Aqueous
Oleaginous
Or solid
A pharmacist can compound CS for office use if the product doesn’t contain more than what % of CS?
20%
A pharmacist can compound CS for office use if it’s only distributed to who?
A practitioner who’s authorized to dispense
Who can communicate a prescription issued by a practitioner to a pharmacist?
An employee or agent of individual practitioner
Who is responsible for correctly dispensing a controlled substance?
Corresponding liability
Both pharmacist and practitioner
Can a practitioner prescribe CS for office use?
No
How must a practitioner obtain his CS if he wishes to dispense?
Directly from a supplier
What date must be on a CS prescription?
When written
What must be on a CS prescription?(10)
- Full name of pt
- Address of pt
- Drug name
- Drug strength
- Dosage form
- Quantity prescribed
- Directions for use
- Name of practitioner
- Address of practitioner
- Registration # of practitioner
Can an agent of a practitioner prepare a prescription for a practitioners signature?
Yes
If an individual practitioner is exempted from registration under the CSA, what must they include on a CS prescription?
Registration # of hospital/institution
Special internal code they are assigned
Who can fill a prescription for a CS?
Only a pharmacist is who individually registered or who works at a registered pharmacy
Is use of electronic prescribing of CS mandatory or voluntary?
Voluntary
Can a practitioner print copies of electronic prescriptions for CS?
Yes
Must write copy only- not valid for dispensing
When can copies of electronic prescriptions of CS be printed?
Only after transmission
Is a practitioner allowed to sign multiple prescriptions for a single pt at one time?
Yes
Can a practitioner print, sign, and fax a failed to send electronic prescription?
Yes as long as the practitioner provides info with it about the failed to send prescription
How often must electronic pharmacy systems back up files?
Daily
If administering or dispensing narcotic meds for use of detoxification or maintenance treatment, what must a practitioner do?
Register separately with the DEA
If a practitioner is not registered to conduct narcotic treatment programs, can he administer narcotic drugs to these people?
Yes only for acute withdrawal while making arrangements for referral treatment
Can a practitioner administer a schedule 2 med for maintenance or detox treatment without registration?
Yes only for acute withdrawal symptoms while referral being arranged
Not more than how much detox maintenance treatment can be given at once if the practitioner isn’t registered?
1
How long can short term detox maintenance treatment last of practitioner isn’t specially registered?
3 days
Can a pharmacist dispense an emergency supply of a schedule 2 med?
Yes only upon oral authorization of a prescribing practitioner
What must a pharmacist immediately do for an oral authorization of a emergency prescription?
Reduce it to writing
What must the written emergency prescription contain?
Everything required expect the practitioners signature
The pharmacist what do what if she is unsure if the prescriber who authorizes an oral emergency fill of schedule 2
Make reasonable efforts to identify them
Within how many days should a prescriber deliver a written prescription to the pharmacist for the emergency quantity prescribed?
7 days
What must be written on an emergency authorization written prescription? 2
Authorization for Emergency Dispensing
Date of oral order