quiz 1

Question 1

the No. 8 of 2019 was:
-adopted:
-published in the official gazette:
-entered into force:

Answer 1

• 19 dec 2019
• 31 dec 2019
• 30 jan 2020

Question 2

The new Law has not retained the concept of a – office and instead introduced – offices.

Answer 2

scientific
marketing

Question 3

The concept of the “seven-star pharmacist” was introduced by WHO and adopted by FIP in ——-
-The function of the pharmacist as a — has since been added

Answer 3

2000
-researcher

Question 4

Prescribing a Medical Product
is in which article

Answer 4

article 36 from the Federal Law No 8 for 2019

Question 5

Third-Party Healthcare Practitioners
in which article

Answer 5

article 37 from Federal Law No 8 for 2019

Question 6

which law prohibits prescribing a product for a personal benefit

Answer 6

Article 38

Question 7

which law suggests that Non-Pharmaceutical Institutions may not engage in selling, offering, Storage or trading of any Medical Product, for which a Medical Prescription is required.

Answer 7

article 31

Question 8

which article specifies conditions under which non-prescription drugs shall be sold, offered, stored or traded?

Answer 8

article 32

Question 9

the The Medical Prescription
reuirements ???// which law ?

Answer 9

49

Question 10

which law talks about Changing or altering the content of the Medical Prescription

Answer 10

article 51

Question 11

controlled drugs under which federal law and which year
(Narcotics and Psychotropics)

Answer 11

federal law number 14 of 1995

Question 12

The schedules of this law (Law Number 14 for 1995) are used as a guide when the Ministry of Health assigns a——– to a prescription medicine

Answer 12

mode of dispensing
-mode of dispensing is based on:
1) level of control in the source country and
2) level of control of active ingredients in UAE.

Question 13

——— is controlled internationally as a “psychotropic” but in the UAE, the mode of dispensing is Narcotic

Answer 13

amphetamine

Question 14

in which decree is listed the list of narcotics and psychotropics, as well as CD-A

Answer 14

Ministerial Decree No. (888) for the year 2016:
list in the INCB International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) schedules Nos. (1,2,3,4)

Question 15

Prescribing and dispensing of CD-Narcotics shall be subject to the following regulation:

Answer 15

• in-patient wards of gov and priv hospitals
  -exceptions: tabs/caps/patches: for up to 30 days for patients with: cancer/severe pains ttt/post major surgeries.

Question 16

The pharmacist shouldn’t dispense the narcotic prescription after —— from the prescription date.

Answer 16

three days

Question 17

The pharmacist should record the prescription in the specific narcotic registration book immediately and keep the dispensed prescription after signing and stamping it in the pharmacy for a minimum period of ———

Answer 17

five years.

Question 18

Supplies and Stores Department of the Ministry of Health and Prevention, health authorities and local manufacturers should provide the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Drug Department) with their ——- for the following year at the beginning of June of each year.

Answer 18

annual estimation forecasts

Question 19

The hospital pharmacies shall provide the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Drug Department) with a —- on the movement of these drugs through their health authorities.

Answer 19

quarterly report (EVERY 4 MONTHS)

Question 20

CD-A:
-The general practitioner doctor is authorized to prescribe controlled drugs for a period not exceeding —- days and only for one time.
-The specialist doctor (within the scope of specialty) is authorized to prescribe controlled drugs for a period not exceeding ——-.
-The consultant doctor (within the scope of specialty) is authorized to prescribe controlled drugs for a period not exceeding —-.

Answer 20

-three days
-15 days
-30 days (1 month)

Question 21

The pharmacist should not dispense the controlled prescriptions which are older than ——- from the prescription date.

Answer 21

• three days

Question 22

CD-A: The pharmacies in government and private sectors should provide the MOHAP (Empowerment & Health compliance Department) or the concerned Health Authorities with a ——- of these drugs. The Empowerment & Health Compliance Department as well as the Health Authorities should submit an —– of these drugs to the Ministry.

Answer 22

• monthly report
• annual consumption report

Question 23

CD-A: The pharmacist shall hand over the original prescription to the patient if it contains —– after signing, stamping, and adding the pharmacist license number and date of each dispensing. A copy of the prescription shall be retained in the pharmacy.

Answer 23

refills

Question 24

where are semi-controlled drugs listed ?

Answer 24

-Drugs that have been classified by the drug registration committee of MOHAP as semi controlled drugs (SCD)
-NOT in No.14 of 1995
-NOT in INCB list

Question 25

which drug group use normal prescriptions (not special ones) ?

Answer 25

CD B or SCD

Question 26

examples of SCD:

Answer 26

Somatropin, Citalopram, some drugs contain Codeine.

Question 27

Duration of prescription allowed for CD-B (SCD):
-General Practitioner: –
-Specialist: –
-Psychiatrist: –
-Consultant: –

Answer 27

-30 days- No refill.
-30 days + 30 days as refill.
-30 days + 2 refills (total 90 days).
-30 days + 2 refills (total 90 days).

Question 28

Patient’s ID required for controlled drug prescriptions include only ——-

Answer 28

valid passport
Emiratis ID
UAE driver’s license
Labor card.

Question 29

which log books should community/hospital pharmacies have

Answer 29

-Hospital Pharmacies should have the following log books:
1. Narcotics log book
2. CD A log book
3. CD B log book

-Community Pharmacies should have the following log books:
1. CD A log book
2. CD B log book

Question 30

Log books can be obtained from ——

Answer 30

Drug Department at Ministry of Health and
Prevention (MoHaP).

Question 31

Monthly report must be sent at the —- to Ministry of Health.

Answer 31

first week of the month

Question 32

The Drug Control section monitors and dispenses controlled drugs through the —- developed by UAE Ministry of the Interior.

Answer 32

Unified Controlled Electronic Platform UCEP

Question 33

Prescription validity e.g. POM Prescriptions are valid for ——

Answer 33

three (3) month.

Question 34

Location of medicinal products should not be accessed by customers directly for which drugs

Answer 34

-POM
-Ph-OM (counselling)

Question 35

what drugs Should be made through licensed medicinal store only.

Answer 35

General Sale Supermarket Medicine (OTC-G)