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  1. 1A Kentucky pharmacist is planning continuing education for the annual period that runs from March 1 through the last day of February. What minimum must the pharmacist complete before renewal?

    1. A. 10 contact hours
    2. B. 15 contact hours
    3. C. 20 contact hours
    4. D. 30 contact hours

    Answer: B

    Explanation: Kentucky requires the pharmacist to "complete a minimum of one and five-tenths (1.5) CEU (fifteen (15) contact hours) annually between March 1 and February 28 of the subsequent year prior to licensing renewal." Therefore 15 contact hours is required.

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 015 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:015, Section 5(1)(a)

  2. 2During each Kentucky registration period, what immunization-related CE must a technician complete before administering vaccines under general supervision?

    1. A. One hour
    2. B. Two hours
    3. C. Five hours
    4. D. Ten hours

    Answer: B

    Explanation: The technician must complete "a minimum of two (2) hours of immunization-related continuing education" accredited by ACPE for each registration period.

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 045 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:045, Section 2(3)(a)1

  3. 3At what point must the Kentucky pharmacist conduct the prospective drug regimen review?

    1. A. Before dispensing
    2. B. After the patient leaves
    3. C. At the end of each month
    4. D. Only before a second refill

    Answer: A

    Explanation: Kentucky requires: "A pharmacist shall conduct a prospective drug regimen review prior to dispensing."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 210 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:210, Section 3(1)

  4. 4A Kentucky pharmacy's patient record reaches its last entry. What minimum retention period applies?

    1. A. At least 90 days
    2. B. At least 180 days
    3. C. At least 365 days
    4. D. At least 1,825 days

    Answer: B

    Explanation: A patient record must "be maintained for not less than 180 days from the date of the last entry."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 210 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:210, Section 2(4)(d)

  5. 5For Kentucky licensing year 2026, how much of a pharmacist's annual continuing education must address the opioid epidemic or opioid use disorder?

    1. A. One contact hour
    2. B. Two contact hours
    3. C. Three contact hours
    4. D. Five contact hours

    Answer: A

    Explanation: For licensing years 2023 through 2028, the rule requires that "one (1) contact hour of the fifteen (15) contact hours shall be on the opioid epidemic or opioid use disorder."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 015 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:015, Section 5(1)(b)

  6. 6Besides ACPE practical injection training and required CE, what current credential must a Kentucky technician possess to administer a vaccine?

    1. A. A current immunization-training certificate only
    2. B. A current basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificate
    3. C. A current pharmacy technician registration only
    4. D. A current sterile-compounding training certificate

    Answer: B

    Explanation: The technician must satisfy the requirement: "Possesses a current certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 045 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:045, Section 2(3)(a)3

  7. 7During the required predispensing review, which patient factor does Kentucky law direct the pharmacist to assess?

    1. A. The patient's preferred pickup time
    2. B. The patient's known allergies
    3. C. The patient's insurance group number
    4. D. The patient's preferred payment method

    Answer: B

    Explanation: The required review expressly includes "known allergies" along with dose, route, interactions, utilization, and misuse or abuse.

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 210 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:210, Section 3(3)(a)

  8. 8What dispensing-history period must appear in a Kentucky pharmacy's patient record?

    1. A. The past 90 days
    2. B. The past six months
    3. C. The past twelve months
    4. D. The past five years

    Answer: C

    Explanation: The patient record must include prescriptions received or dispensed at that location "for the past twelve (12) months."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 210 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:210, Section 2(5)(e)

  9. 9A Kentucky pharmacist completes 21 approved contact hours in one renewal year. How may the six excess hours be handled for the next licensing year?

    1. A. Carry all six hours forward
    2. B. Carry no more than five hours forward
    3. C. Apply them only with board preapproval
    4. D. They may not be transferred or applied to a future year

    Answer: D

    Explanation: The annual CE rule states that a pharmacist shall "not transfer or apply excess hours or units for future years." The surplus therefore cannot satisfy the next year's requirement.

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 015 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:015, Section 5(1)(c)

  10. 10Under a Kentucky Board-authorized protocol, which category may a pharmacist initiate dispensing?

    1. A. Schedule II controlled medications
    2. B. Noncontrolled medications
    3. C. Investigational drugs without an order
    4. D. Any controlled medication listed by the PIC

    Answer: B

    Explanation: Kentucky defines the protocol as a plan to initiate "the dispensing of noncontrolled medications, over-the-counter medications, or other professional services."

    Reference: Title 201 Chapter 2 Regulation 380 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission — 201 KAR 2:380, Section 1(3)

Topics in this practice bank

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  • Licensure/Personnel
    • Responsibilities of the pharmacist and non-pharmacist personnel
    • Qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for pharmacists-in-charge (or equivalent) and pharmacists
    • Qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for non-pharmacist personnel
    • Licensures, registrations, and certifications for pharmacists or non-pharmacist personnel
    • Qualifications, examinations, internships, maintaining pharmacist competency, and renewals of licensures, registrations, or certifications
    • Classifications and processes of disciplinary actions
    • Reporting to and participating in programs addressing the inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety
  • Pharmacist Practice
    • Requirements for issuing prescriptions/drug orders
    • Requirements for drug uses, limitations, or restrictions
    • Scope of authority, scope of practice, limitations or restrictions of practice, and valid registration of practitioners who are authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs
    • Requirements for issuing non-controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Requirements for issuing controlled prescriptions/drug orders
    • Authority limitations of practitioners’ ability to authorize refills
    • Conditions under which the pharmacist or non-pharmacist personnel participates in the administration of drugs in the management of patients’ therapy
    • Requirements regarding counseling
    • Counseling or offering to counsel
    • Documenting counseling or documenting offering to counsel
    • Returning or reusing drugs
    • Regulations and agencies regarding pharmacy practice
    • Requirements for promoting quality and safety of public health
    • Protecting patient and health record confidentiality
  • Dispensing Requirements
    • Responsibilities for determining whether prescriptions/drug orders are issued for a legitimate medical purpose, and within all applicable restrictions
    • Transferring prescription/drug order information between pharmacies by authorized personnel
    • Prospective drug utilization reviews
    • Requirements for reporting to PMP and accessing PMP data
    • Exceptions to dispensing or refilling prescriptions/drug orders
    • Labeling of dispensed drugs
    • Packaging of dispensed drugs
    • Drug product conditions prohibiting dispensing
    • Requirements for the distribution and/or dispensing of non-prescription pharmaceutical products, including controlled substances and hazardous drugs
    • Dispensing or administration
    • Labeling of non-prescription drugs and devices
    • Packaging and repackaging of non-prescription drugs and behind-the-counter products
    • Dispensing-restricted, non-prescription drugs
  • Pharmacy Operations
    • Ordering, acquisition, and distribution of drugs, including maintenance and content of such records
    • Ordering and acquisition, including the maintenance and content of such records
    • Distribution, including the maintenance and content of such records
    • Recordkeeping in compliance with legal requirements, including content, inventory, maintenance, storage, handling, and reporting
    • Non-dispensing requirements for operations of pharmacies or practice settings
    • Possession, storage, and handling of non-hazardous drugs
    • Training, possession, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous drugs
    • Allowing non-pharmacist personnel access to drugs
    • Requirements for conducting controlled substance inventories
    • Delivery of drugs
    • Conditions for permitted or mandated product selection
    • Compounding sterile, nonsterile, hazardous, and non-hazardous preparations
    • Centralized prescription processing or central-fill pharmacy dispensing
    • Requirements for the registration, licensure, certification, or permitting of a practice setting or business entity
    • Requirements for registration, license, certification, or permitting of a practice setting
    • Requirements for the renewal or reinstatement of a license, registration, certificate, or permit of a practice setting
    • Requirements for an inspection of a licensed, registered, certified, or permitted practice setting
    • Classifications and processes of disciplinary actions that may be taken against a registered, licensed, certified, or permitted practice setting

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