NABP -ANSWER National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
ACPE -ANSWER Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education
MPJE -ANSWER Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination
NAPLEX -ANSWER North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination
IPLA -ANSWER Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
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Indiana Law Questions & Answers(RATED A)
NABP -ANSWER National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
ACPE -ANSWER Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education
MPJE -ANSWER Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination
NAPLEX -ANSWER North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination
IPLA -ANSWER Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
Indiana Code Citation Method: -ANSWER IC-Title-Article-Chapter-Section
IC-TACS
Indiana Administrative Code: -ANSWER Title IAC Article-Chapter-Section
Chapter = Rule
When does "practitioners" include pharmacists -ANSWER IC 25-1-9-2
Health Professions Standards of Practice
What importance is it that the Legend Drug Act is not a law promulgated by the pharmacy board? -ANSWER Cause then people would think that the law was either enforceable only by the Board of Pharmacy or was applicable only to pharmacists. It applies to everyone in Indiana, not just pharmacists.
What is needed on a drug order (6) -ANSWER Can be accepted (and written down) by someone other
than a pharmacist - such as a nurse or other health care
professional authorized by institution
• Name and Bed number (location) of the patient.
• Name and strength or size of the drug
• Amount to be dispensed in quantity or days
• UNLESS specified in policy or guidelines, e.g.
automatic stop order.
• Adequate directions for use
• Name of the practitioner (signed or other) What is a wholesaler -ANSWER Person engaged in business of distributing legend drugs that the person has not produced or prepared to persons included in any of the classes in section 21.
In IC 16-42-19-11(b)(1), there is a note about a pharmacist selecting a drug allowed under policy and procedure. As listed in this section, is this "generic substitution"? -
ANSWER No. Generic substitution is listed later in IC 16-42-21.
T/F A person may not refill a prescription or drug order for a legend drug except in the manner designated on the prescription or drug order or by authorization of the practitioner -ANSWER TRUE
IC 16-42-19-15 tells us about record keeping and allowing access to records under section 22. To whom does that apply? -ANSWER Manufacturers and wholesalers
What is IC 16-42-19-16 about? -ANSWER It talks about how a person cannot do things like forge prescriptions, communicate information to a physician to unlawfully procure a prescription of a legend drug. Everything you can think of like use a false name or false address, etc, etc, is defined as unlawful and illegal by this section. Read it if you would like but it's common sense stuff.
Does IC 16-42-19-18 make it illegal to possess needles and syringes? If not, what does it make illegal? (136) -ANSWER No. It makes illegal use of those devices forbidden. (like shooting up heroin, but using it for insulin in a diabetic is OKAY)
Who can possess legend drugs -ANSWER He says this section is useless. Pharmacists, practitioners, persons who procure for lawful research, teaching or testing and not resale, hospitals, manufacturers, wholesalers, carriers and warehousemen.
mechanical storage devices in LTCF???? -ANSWER Long term care facilities are not allowed to have mechanical dispensing devices, unless they have a pharmacy in the same premises.
If a pharmacist takes legend drugs home without a prescription or drug order, what does
that make their home? -ANSWER A common nuisance; it's illegal to keep, maintain, or visit (if you know what happens there) a common nuisance
What uses of anabolic steroids are prohibited? -ANSWER -Enhancing performance in exercise or sport.
-Hormonal manipulation: with the intent to increase muscle mass, strength, or weight without a medical reason.
Under what circumstances are searches without warrants statutorily permitted? (5) -
ANSWER Person consents
Situation presents imminent danger to health or safety
Situation w/ reasonable cause and it is impracticable to obtain a warrant Emergency circumstance where time to get warrant
When warrant is not constitutionally required
T/F Indiana Board of Pharmacy are elected and are judges or juries. -ANSWER FALSE - NOT elected
NOT judges or juries
Who appoints members of the board of pharmacy -ANSWER the govenor
What is a "drug sample"? -ANSWER "Legend Drug or Controlled Substance to be distributed or dispensed without consideration".
→ "consideration" is much more broad than "money" or "compensation".
What combined three acts constitute a violation of the "Sample Law"? -ANSWER (1) Remove from package,
(2) Repackage, and
(3) Sell for money or other property
What is "generic substitution"? -ANSWER To dispense a generically equivalent drug product in place of the brand name drug product prescribed by the practitioner
What other two names mean the same as "brand name"? -ANSWER Trade Name or Proprietary Name
Why would there be a definition of "customer" in the Generic Drug (Substitution) Act? -
ANSWER Because it is not a patient that always picks up a prescription. It may be a friend, family member, neighbor, etc. A pharmacist must notify a "customer" about a generic substitution.
"...drug product if it is listed by the federal Food and Drug Administration on or after July
1, 1987..." - to what are they referring? -ANSWER Referring to the Prescription Drug Marketing act of 1987. Ensured all products purchased by consumers were safe/effective.
What is the statutory definition of "substitute"? -ANSWER To dispense a generically equivalent drug product in place of the brand name drug product prescribed by the practitioner.
Which practitioner's prescriptions for brand name drugs cannot be substituted? -
ANSWER Veterinarians
What is the required wording under the signature lines required by the Generic Drug (Substitution) Act? -ANSWER Dispense as Written
May Substitute
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