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  1. 1A South Carolina pharmacy owner names a pharmacist-in-charge. What operational responsibility must that pharmacist accept?

    1. A. Full and actual charge of the pharmacy
    2. B. Charge limited to controlled-substance inventory
    3. C. Charge limited to technician scheduling
    4. D. Charge limited to prescription transfers

    Answer: A

    Explanation: “accepts responsibility for the operation of a pharmacy in conformance with all laws pertinent to the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of drugs” is part of the current definition. The pharmacist-in-charge therefore accepts full operational responsibility.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-30(46)

  2. 2Which patient information must appear on a South Carolina prescription drug order?

    1. A. The patient's full name and address
    2. B. The patient's full name and telephone number
    3. C. The patient's address and date of birth
    4. D. The patient's full name and allergy history

    Answer: A

    Explanation: “full name and address of the patient” The quoted official rule directly controls the required pharmacist or pharmacy action in this scenario.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E)(1)

  3. 3Who must exercise professional judgment about the accuracy and authenticity of a transmitted prescription?

    1. A. The receiving pharmacist
    2. B. The pharmacy technician
    3. C. The delivery carrier
    4. D. The drug wholesaler

    Answer: A

    Explanation: The Act places on the pharmacist the duty to exercise professional judgment regarding the accuracy and authenticity of the transmitted prescription. “The receiving pharmacist” makes that assessment.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(F)(4)

  4. 4Where must a pharmacy display its current annual renewal certificate?

    1. A. Conspicuously where it is readily observable by the public
    2. B. Only inside the controlled-substance safe
    3. C. Only in the pharmacist-in-charge's personnel file
    4. D. Only at the Board's office

    Answer: A

    Explanation: A licensed pharmacist “shall display his annual renewal certificate in a conspicuous place in the primary pharmacy or other permitted facility”, so it is observable by the public.

    Reference: Sc Regulations Ch 99 — S.C. Reg. 99-15

  5. 5A pharmacist is offered pharmacist-in-charge positions at two unrelated South Carolina pharmacies. What is required before serving both?

    1. A. Written permission from the Board
    2. B. Written permission from both wholesalers
    3. C. Registration with the prescription monitoring program
    4. D. A separate controlled-substance inventory waiver

    Answer: A

    Explanation: “A pharmacist may not serve as pharmacist-in-charge for more than one pharmacy at any one time without written permission from the board.” The pharmacist therefore must obtain Board permission before accepting both positions.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(1)

  6. 6When controlled substances are prescribed, which additional prescriber identifier must the prescription include?

    1. A. DEA registration number
    2. B. Pharmacy permit number
    3. C. Wholesaler license number
    4. D. Patient monitoring-program number

    Answer: A

    Explanation: “Drug Enforcement Agency registration number of the prescribing practitioner where required by law” The quoted official rule directly controls the required pharmacist or pharmacy action in this scenario.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E)(2)

  7. 7A pharmacist receives a controlled-substance prescription that lacks a legitimate medical purpose. What is the pharmacist's legal duty?

    1. A. Fill it after documenting patient demand
    2. B. Refuse to fill it
    3. C. Convert it to a noncontrolled prescription
    4. D. Transfer it to a technician

    Answer: B

    Explanation: “issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting within the course of legitimate professional practice” The quoted official rule directly controls the required pharmacist or pharmacy action in this scenario.

    Reference: Sc Regulations Ch 60 — S.C. Code § 44-53-360(h)

  8. 8What must a central-fill policy manual include to address recurring medication-service problems?

    1. A. Continuous quality improvement
    2. B. Drug-utilization review
    3. C. Recall and return procedures
    4. D. Confidentiality and data-integrity procedures

    Answer: A

    Explanation: The statute requires central-fill policies for operating “a continuous quality improvement program” for pharmacy services to monitor, evaluate, improve, and resolve identified problems.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-195(F)(1)(g)

  9. 9When a pharmacy changes its pharmacist-in-charge, which event must be reported to the Board?

    1. A. The change in pharmacist-in-charge
    2. B. Each change in a technician's work shift
    3. C. Each change in a wholesaler's delivery route
    4. D. Each change in a patient's prescriber

    Answer: A

    Explanation: “notifying the Board of Pharmacy immediately of any of the following changes” is a PIC responsibility, including a “change of employment or responsibility as the pharmacist-in-charge”. The change must be reported.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(B)(3)(b)

  10. 10Which drug details must a prescription drug order state?

    1. A. Name, strength, and dosage form
    2. B. Wholesale cost, rebate, and formulary tier
    3. C. Lot number, expiration date, and invoice number
    4. D. Manufacturer address, sales region, and package price

    Answer: A

    Explanation: A prescription must state the “name, strength, dosage form, and quantity of drug prescribed”. The listed drug attributes are required.

    Reference: Code of Laws - Title 40 - Chapter 43- - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS — S.C. Code § 40-43-86(E)(4)

Topics in this practice bank

These topics describe the available practice for Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination. Review the examination outline and its sources for scope and allocation details.

  • 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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