Federal Law Test 3

You are a pharmacist that suspects a fake controlled substance prescription was called in to your pharmacy. You use the numbers in the provided DEA to verify if it is a true DEA number. It is indeed not a true DEA number because the last number is incorrect. The DEA number is BS5927683. What would be the correct last digit of the DEA number if it was accurate?

Which of the following prescriptions would likely be out of the scope of practice for a dentist?

Who is authorized to sign a DEA Form 222 at a community pharmacy?

Over-the-counter (OTC) drug advertising is regulated by the:

A pharmacy may keep which of the following records at a central location other than the location registered with the DEA?

Acetaminophen with codeine (Tylenol #3) is classified under which controlled substance schedule?

A patient is admitted to a hospital and does not remember the names of the medications that she takes at home. The hospital pharmacist calls the patient’s outpatient pharmacy to obtain a list of medications. Which of the following statements is true?

A warning stating “Caution: Federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for whom it was prescribed” is required on the label on which of the following prescriptions?

Registering with the FDA as an outsourcing facility allows a pharmacy to:

A pharmacist dispenses a prescription for aripiprazole at an outpatient pharmacy. When is a medication guide required?

Standards and requirements for preparing sterile compounded drugs to ensure patient benefit and reduce risks such as contamination, infection, or incorrect dosing are outlined in which of the following?

Which of the following is/are required to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)? Select ALL that apply.

Which of the following medications requires Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) monitoring?

A DEA Form 41 is used to document which of the following?

What act set the requirement for tamper-evident packaging for some over-the-counter products in order to avoid risk of contamination?

Drugs that have a high potential for abuse and severe potential for dependence with no currently accepted medical use in the U.S. are classified as:

Which of the following is NOT required to be included on a manufacturer’s container of an over-the-counter (OTC) medication?

A nursing home patient who is prescribed an estrogen-containing product must be given a Patient Package Insert (PPI):

For how long is a DEA registration for possession of controlled substances valid?

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE regarding DEA Form 222?

I.    Executed copies of DEA Form 222 must be maintained separately from all other records.

II.   A defective DEA Form 222 may be corrected and reused.

III.  On the DEA Form 222, only 1 item may be entered on each numbered line.

An independent community pharmacy wants to start offering refill reminders to patients in the form of a postcard mailed to the patient’s house. The fee for this service would be $2 per month. Which of the following is TRUE regarding this service?

The expiration date on a bottle of metformin purchased from a manufacturer by a pharmacy is listed as 03/19. What is the expiration date of the drug?

A prospective drug utilization review (DUR) consists of reviewing all of the following aspects of a prescription EXCEPT for:

Which of the following statements is required on an over-the-counter (OTC) package of acetaminophen tablets under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act?

A pharmacy dispenses and distributes a total of 50,000 doses of controlled substances in a 12-month period. How many doses is the pharmacy able to transfer to another pharmacy without registering as a distributor?