MPJE Pharmacy Law Exam Prep Exam Questions & Answers 2026 (11–20)

✓ Correct answer: B. Immediately remove the product from inventory and notify affected patients

Class I recalls involve products that may cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Pharmacies must immediately remove these products from inventory, quarantine them, and notify patients who received the affected lots according to recall instructions.

✓ Correct answer: A. Use of appropriate personal protective equipment, including chemotherapy gloves

USP <800> requires the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including chemotherapy gloves, gowns, and respiratory protection when preparing hazardous drugs. This is to protect staff from exposure to potentially harmful substances.

✓ Correct answer: D. Documented policies and procedures for system operation and access controls

Pharmacies providing automated dispensing systems to long-term care facilities must maintain policies and procedures for proper operation, conduct regular maintenance and quality assurance checks, and ensure that only authorized personnel have access to the system.

✓ Correct answer: C. The prescriber has a valid DEA registration

Before filling a controlled substance prescription from an out-of-state prescriber, a pharmacy must verify that the prescriber has a valid DEA registration in the state where they practice and is authorized to prescribe the controlled substance in question.

✓ Correct answer: B. Designated compounding area and documented procedures including master formulation records

USP <795> requires pharmacies to have designated compounding areas, appropriate equipment and supplies, trained personnel, and documented procedures for compounding non-sterile preparations, including master formulation records and compounding logs.

✓ Correct answer: A. Documentation including drug name, strength, quantity, and identities of both pharmacies

When transferring dangerous drugs between pharmacies under common ownership, documentation must include the name, strength, and quantity of the drug, as well as the identities of both the transferring and receiving pharmacies, and the date of transfer.

✓ Correct answer: D. Conducting a controlled substance inventory and notifying the state board of pharmacy

When a pharmacy changes its pharmacist-in-charge, it must conduct an inventory of controlled substances, notify the state board of pharmacy and DEA of the change, and complete any required documentation or forms within the timeframe specified by regulations.

✓ Correct answer: C. Daily minimum/maximum temperature readings with documentation

Proper refrigerator temperature monitoring requires daily minimum/maximum temperature readings, documentation of these readings, and an alert system to notify staff of excursions outside the acceptable range (typically 2-8°C or 36-46°F).

✓ Correct answer: B. An inventory list, procedures for restocking, and documentation of medication use

Pharmacies providing emergency kits to long-term care facilities must maintain an inventory list of contents, have procedures for restocking and monitoring expiration dates, ensure proper security of the kit, and document medication use from the kit.

✓ Correct answer: A. Registration with the DEA as a collector and maintenance of secure collection receptacles

To legally participate in drug take-back programs, pharmacies must register with the DEA as collectors, maintain secure collection receptacles, follow proper disposal procedures, and keep records of the collected substances in accordance with DEA regulations.