MPJE Federal 4

Question 1

Under HIPAA, which of the following is considered a permissible disclosure of protected health information (PHI) without patient authorization?

Accepted Answer

Providing PHI to a public health authority for disease surveillance

Answer

HIPAA permits disclosure of PHI to public health authorities for activities such as disease surveillance without patient authorization.

Question 2

Under the federal DEA regulations, an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) in a hospital must have which of the following for Schedule II controlled substances?

Accepted Answer

Biometric access and perpetual inventory records

Answer

ADCs storing Schedule II substances must have access controls and maintain perpetual inventory records to account for all controlled substances.

Question 3

A pharmacist receives a faxed prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance from a physician. Under federal law, when may this fax serve as the original prescription?

Accepted Answer

When the patient is in a long-term care facility, hospice, or the substance is a compounded product for home infusion

Answer

Federal DEA regulations permit a faxed Schedule II prescription to serve as the original when the patient is in a LTCF, enrolled in hospice, or for a compounded Schedule II product for home infusion therapy.

Question 4

Under the Controlled Substances Act, an emergency oral Schedule II prescription must be dispensed in what quantity?

Accepted Answer

Only the quantity adequate to treat the patient during the emergency period

Answer

An emergency oral Schedule II prescription may only be dispensed in the quantity necessary to treat the patient during the emergency period.

Question 5

The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) allowed qualifying physicians to prescribe which controlled substance for the office-based treatment of opioid use disorder?

Accepted Answer

Buprenorphine

Answer

DATA 2000 allowed qualifying physicians to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine (Schedule III) in office-based settings for opioid use disorder treatment.

MPJE - Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination Practice Test

MPJE - Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination Practice Test

MPJE Federal 4