Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam
Law exam for most states except: Arkansas, California, Puerto Rico,
Guam, Virgin Islands
MPJE has three competency areas
Pharmacy Practice, Licensure Registration Certification and
Operational Requirements, and Regulatory structure and terms.
Pharmacy Law
guides the day to day practice requirements of a pharmacist.
Pharmacists are held to extensive regulation
Highly regulated professionals
Rules and Regulations
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Policies
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Procedures
methods employed to express policies into action in day to day operations
Statutory Law
written laws enacted by federal and state legislature
Adminsitrative Law
public law issued by administrative agencies to direct the enacted
laws of federal and state governments
-4th branch of government
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State Agencies
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Adminsitrative Action
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Civil Action
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Criminal Action
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Negligence
tort, civil, or personal wrong
Negilgence
deviates from the standard of care
Negilgence
unintentional commission or omission of an act that a reasonable
person wouldn't commit.
Commission
Aministering the wrong medication, wrong dose, or to wrong patient
Omission
failing to administer, assess, or counsel
Elements of Negligence
1. Duty to Care
2. Breach of Duty- failure to conform or depart from a required obligation
3.Injury/Actual Damages
4.Causation/Proximate Cause-relationship between mistake and damages