When are pharmacist license expiration and renewal dates?
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What are the required number of CPE required for renewal of licensure?
? 30 hrs every two years
What are required of auxiliary CPE per renewal period?
? 2hrs of patient safety applicable to pharmacy
? 2hrs of pharmacy law offered by the NM BoP
? 2hrs of opioid specific education (may satisfy patient safety requirement if addressed)
How many hours of live CPE are required per renewal period?
? 10hrs (excluding law requirement)
What is considered appropriate NM BoP law CPE?
1 hr for every full day of attendance at a regularly scheduled NM BoP meeting
2 hrs for successfully completing an open book test administered by the NM BoP
2 hrs for attendance at scheduled NM BoP law programs
(see NMAC 16.19.4.J-K)
If you are an out-of-state pharmacist and do not reside or practice within New Mexico how do you fill the law CPE requirement?
Any 2 hours of Continuing Education in the area of law will be accepted as long as it is ACPE approved (http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/Pharmacy_Requirements_and_Continuing_Education.aspx)
Which "dangerous drugs" may be dispensed to a patient without an established practitioner-patient relationship?
ABX used to treat partners of patients with STDs (see expedited partner therapy guidelines and protocol of the NM Dept of Health)
Naloxone (as authorized in public health law 24-23)
Immunizations
Others as ordered by Dept of Health in a declared public he
What action defined as "unprofessional conduct" by NMAC 16.19.4.9.B(10) are consultant pharmacists exempt from?
Providing prescription blanks with pharmacy information to providers (?)
Under what circumstances may a pharmacist accept medication returns?
If medication never left the premises
OR
If it is in unit-dose packaging, dispensed by a consultant pharmacist, to a SNF or ICF facility
When otherwise approved for return, what manner of packaging render said drugs ineligible for return?
More than 1 drug per container
By how much does the expiration date of a medication decrease when returned from a qualifying institution?
50% of the time left of the expiration for the drug
Who is supposed to cover for an institutional consultant pharmacist when unavailable?
A properly trained local pharmacist, designated as a "co-consultant
Within how many days must notice of consultant pharmacist/co-consultant agreements be made known to the BoP and the facility?
10 days
Within how many days must notice a consultant pharmacist's termination of services to a clinic be made known to the BoP?
10 days
What is the minimum frequency of on-site services provided by consultant pharmacists according to class?
Class A: at all times
Class B Category 1: bi-monthly
Class B Category 2: monthly
Class B Category 3: bi-weekly
Class C: at least every 3 months (quarterly)
What is the minimum percentage of patient records a consultant pharmacist must review of a class B clinic or facility?
not less than 5%
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of board approved physical assessment training is required?
60
To obtain initial certification as a pharmacist clinician, how many hours of direct patient contact training is required? What are the minimum number of patients encountered as part of that training?
150 hrs
300 patients
Within what time frame must patient contact hours be completed pursuant to pharmacist clinician certification?
2 years
What is the main difference between CPE requirements of pharmacists and pharmacist clinicians?
20hrs of live CPE or CME instead of 10hrs of CPE
In addition to the NM BoP, with what agency must a pharmacist clinician register in order to exercise prescriptive authority?
NM Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
Upon any change in supervising physician between registration renewals, within what time frame must a pharmacist clinician submit appropriate forms?
10 working days
In the case of actions brought against a pharmacist clinician, which board will hear the complaints and appeals?
2 members of the BoP and of supervising physician's respective board
Who may have access to the NM Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)?
Only registered users. Registrants must be one of the following: practitioner, his/her delegate (only one permitted), NM RPh, dispenser's agent (for purposes of submitting dispensing records), a vetted law-enforcement or regulatory-board agent
How shall a pharmacist ensure that each patient has an opportunity to receive counseling for a prescription which includes but not limited to a prescription that was shipped by mail (without direct patient-pharmacy personnel contact)?
Include written notice of available counseling.
What shall be included in a written notice of available counseling to patients of a mail order pharmacy?
1) Days and hours of availability
2) His/her right to request counseling
3) A toll-free telephone number in which the patient or patient's agent may obtain oral counseling from a pharmacist who has ready access to the patient's record.
What is required of pharmacies with ?50% of their prescriptions delivered via mail (when offer to counsel is given via written notice)?
Pharmacist available for counseling via toll-free phone ?60 hrs/wk 6 days per week, staffed sufficient to provide counseling <15 minutes.
Within what time frame must any registrant or licensee report in writing change of address or employment?
10 days
What is the maximum hours per week an intern may work which may be considered for the purposes of completing the required internship hours?
48hrs/wk
How many internship hours are required for a new pharmacist?
1500hrs
When must a student pharmacist renew his/her intern license?
Annually by Sep 30th
How often must a PIC of hospital pharmacy visit the facility if employed part-time?
?72hrs
What is the minimum amount of space allowable for sterile prep area within a hospital pharmacy (in ft�)
100 ft� for a hospital of any size
What is the minimum amount of floor space allowable for a hospital pharmacy (in ft�) with regard to number of beds?
adequate <25 beds
280 ft� <50 beds
500 ft� <100 beds
750 ft� <200 beds
1000 ft� <500 beds
1500 ft� >500 beds
What are the limitations to technician work when a pharmacist is not in the facility (hospital pharmacy)?
only one technician may remain, and may only perform clerical tasks, and must log activities while alone
What is the minimum floor space of a satellite pharmacy within an institution?
100 ft�
Within what time frame must an order be reviewed by a pharmacist in a facility when the pharmacy is closed?
?24hrs
How often are wholesale facilities subject to inspection by the board or designated third party?
once ?3 yrs
What is the special number for designated representatives of a licensed wholesaler requirements?
7yrs
Within what time frame must the FDA and Board be notified of a wholesaler's inability to authenticate a drug's pedigree or any adulteration, etc?
3 business days
For how long shall a wholesaler maintain records of drug pedigrees and other pertinent records?
3yrs
All required communications between a drug wholesaler and the FDA and Board must occur within 3 business days, with one exception, which is?
Any changes of custodian or location of records,
within 15 actual days
Upon request, a wholesaler which has stored records at an alternate site by approved waiver, must be able to furnish records within how many days?
2 working days
What limitations are placed on stability studies methods used by manufacturing establishments and repackaging firms?
Must be conducted by means of "real time" long-term tests
(may not use methods which simulate time)
What are the floor space requirements of a nuclear compounding lab?
Undivided area ?240 ft� for "hot lab" and storage area
What is the minimum size of fume hood for nuclear compounding?
30 in
Which equipment must be lead lined in a nuclear compounding pharmacy?
Refrigerator and drawing station
Any licensed animal control clinic is required to employ a consultant pharmacist, who must visit the facility at least how often depending upon whether it uses controlled substances?
Annually if no CS
Quarterly if CS
Which Class of clinic (A, B, C) dispenses more than 12500 units of dangerous drugs annually?
Class A
What must be included with a prescription when dispensed or distributed by a clinic to a patient if the consultant pharmacist is absent?
Drug information
Consultant pharmacist's phone number
Do drug samples provided by a practitioner to a patient require labeling as defined by pharmacy law?
yes
What is the minimum floor space requirements for a the area designated for the storage and dispensing of drugs (pharmacy) within a Class A clinic?
240 ft�
Which dangerous drugs may be acquired, maintained and administered by a licensed nurse at a LTCF without BoP approval?
NS, TB testing soln, HBV vaccine, and Flu vaccine
Which type of drug is not legal to be stocked in a licensed LTCF?
samples
Under what circumstance may a LTCF patient's medication package (a package containing >1 medications per container) be returned to the pharmacy and redistributed?
ONLY if it is to be added to or removed from for the same patient as ordered by the physician
How does the expiration date of a drug change if when appropriately returned to stock after being dispensed at an institution?
decrease by 50%
Which classification of drugs may not be returned to stock of an institution?
CII
For how long shall records of destruction (transfer of drugs to a waste disposal service or reverse distributor) be kept?
3 years
What is a pharmacist liable for if a veterinary drug is dispensed without proper labeling?
Misbranding
Is labeling of a whole case lot or carton instead of each individual package within it acceptable?
Yes, if veterinary
How often must a licensed distributors of veterinary prescription drugs be visited by a consultant pharmacist?
qom (every other month)
What is a "dangerous drug" as defined by the NM Drug Device and Cosmetic Act?
Ephedrine, others???
What form and quantities of ephedrine HCl (or any other salt) are exempted from the designation of "dangerous drug?
any form containing ?0.5% of ephedrine
OTC products containing ephedrine (Bronkaid and Primatene)