EXAM 3 Rules of the Board

Question 1

Know the Definitions: 1140-01
47 definitions

Answer 1

CEU
Patient counseling
Pharmacy practice site
Definition of Shall: you have to

Question 2

What has to be completed when applying for the license?

Answer 2

Background check

Question 3

What is the time transfer for score transfer when getting a “License by examination”?

Answer 3

12 months

per NABP, can request a score transfer up to 89 days after taking the NAPLEX

-doesn’t pertain to MPJE (has to be taken in every state)

Question 4

How many hours of practical experience are required to seek licensure of examination?

Answer 4

1700 hr with a pharmacist of good standing

-can be acquired in different states
-must acquired during a pharmacy program (pharmacy school)

Question 5

How many hours of practical experience does a foreign graduate need to complete to seek licensure?

Answer 5

500hr within 6 months prior to seeking licensure

Question 6

Which test does an initial license applicant have to pass?

Answer 6

MPJE
NAPLEX

Question 7

Which test does a foreign graduate have to pass?

Answer 7

-MPJE
-NAPLEX

-Foreign Pharmacy Equivalenny examination
-Test of spoken English (TSE) exam

Question 8

Which tests have to be completed when seeking a license by reciprocity?

Answer 8

Ex: moving from Virginia to TN

-has to take the MPJE, not the NAPLEX

Question 9

How many times can someone fail the MPJE?

Answer 9

3 times -> then the board may require you to take review courses prior to trying it again

-NABP sets limit at 5 attempts within a jurisdiction (within a state/area of authority) with a minimum of 30 days inbetween

Question 10

What is a situation when the board may suspend a license?

Answer 10

when the board finds that public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action until they figure out what is going on

Question 11

Inactive License and Reinstatement

Answer 11

-if active in another state, not eligible for inactive license in TN???

-as time progresses the requirements for reactivation increase (more than 5 years: take NAPLEX and MPJE again)

Question 12

License inactive for less than 1 year

Answer 12

-Provide written notice to the board requesting an active license

-Satisfy all past due continuing pharmaceutical education as required by the board

-Pay all license renewal fees and penalty fees for the period during which the license was inactive

Question 13

License inactive for less than 1-5 years

Answer 13

-Provide written notice to the board requesting an active license

-Satisfy all past due continuing pharmaceutical education as required by the board

-Pay all license renewal fees and penalty fees for the period during which the license was inactive

-Successfully complete the jurisprudence examination (MPJE)

-Complete a period of pharmacy internship in Tennessee as follows…

Question 14

License inactive for more than 5 years

Answer 14

-Provide written notice to the board requesting an active license

-Satisfy all past due continuing pharmaceutical education as required by the board

-Pay all license renewal fees and penalty fees for the period during which the license was inactive

-Successfully complete the jurisprudence examination (MPJE)

-Complete a period of pharmacy internship of three hundred twenty (320) hours within one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days

Question 15

When a pharmacy site WITHIN TN opens what needs to be done, referring to site licenses?

Answer 15

ex: Pharmacy practice site, manufacturer, wholesaler, outsourcing facility, oxygen supplier

-need to submit application 30 days before opening

-need an inspection before opening

Question 16

When is the site required to renew the application for site licensure?

Answer 16

-when they change the site name, location or ownership

Question 17

What does a practice site OUTSIDE of TN seeking for site licensure in TN need to have?

Answer 17

-current license from where they are located
-the pharmacist in charge is licensed in TN
-access to a pharmacist by a toll-free phone

-records of Rx dispensed to patients in TN
-must comply with counseling, profiling, and review requirements of TN (even if your site is not in TN)

-if engaged in sterile products: need sterile prep modifier registration (except for wholesaler)

-if compounding: need to provide evidence of inspection performed within the last 12 months wherever you are located

Question 18

When do licenses need to be renewed?

Answer 18

every 2 years

-for site licenses
-for pharmacist license

Question 19

What are the different fees that are included in a registration of licensure?

Answer 19

depending on what you practice there may be more or less fees that are included

typical pharmacist registration:
-pharmacist license fee
-controlled substance registration fee
-peer assistance program fee

Question 20

What are the standards of the Pharmacy Department?

Answer 20

what a pharmacy need to have

-consultation area offering sufficient privacy to the patient
-Rx not less than 180 square feet
-physical barrier preventing access and pilferage (theft)
-access restricted to pharmacist, interns and techs (and others allowed by PIC, even a manager (not pharmacist cant be there w/o the PIC allows it)

-in in a larger establishment (like grocery store):
->need to be open during the same time as the larger store unless the pharmacy can be closed from floor to ceiling
->need to be under supervision of the pharmacist at all time (if the pharmacist goes to the bathroom, they have to close the pharmacy - not seen in practice)

Question 21

Can a medical or prescrption order be dispensed without the pharmacist being present?

Answer 21

No.

must be done by the pharmacist or under the supervision of a pharmacist

Question 22

Pilot Programs

Answer 22

Boards can grant permission to pilot test programs, even if against the board rules