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Prescriptions
Licensure and Personnel
Pharmacy Operations
General Terms
100

How long is a pharmacy intern license good for after graduation?

1 year

100

What forms of prescriptions are acceptable? (Need all 4)

Oral, written, electronic, and faxed

100

When does a pharmacist license expire?

On the last day of the birth month of the license holder every other year

100

The prescription area of a retail pharmacy in District of Columbia must be minimum of how many square feet?

150

100

The pharmacy located inside of a rehab, hospital, drug abuse treatment center

Institutional pharmacy

200

How many licensed pharmacists are on the board of pharmacy?

5

200

What ADDITIONAL patient information must be included in a controlled prescription? (3 things)

Patient’s address, Provider Controlled substance Number and DEA Number

200

How many CE hours do pharmacists need prior to renewal?

40 CE hours

200

Provide an element of a prospective DUR

Over-utilization or under-utilization; Therapeutic duplication;  Drug-disease, Drug-drug, drug allergy, interactions;Correct does, reasonable dose ; Correct route of administration; Clinical abuse/misuse; Proprietary or over-the-counter drugs; 


200

Labeling of a product in a false or misleading way

Misbranded

300

In addition to 1000 hours of professional practice in an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy internship, How many hours of independent pre-licensure practice in a pharmacy setting should you have prior to obtaining pharmacist license?

400

300

These prescription orders should be maintained in a file sperate from all other records of the pharmacy

Schedule II

300

Pharmacy technician duties include data verification, preparation of prescriptions, and requesting refills of non-controlled prescription but not?

Received new prescription orders or perform transfers/ Vaccinations unless authority

300

How can a pharmacist serve as director of pharmacy for multiple pharmacies?

Written permission from director

300

Licensed pharmacist responsible for a nuclear pharmacy

Responsible nuclear pharmacis

400

Failure to operate the pharmacy for more than ___ consecutive days will be cause for a license to be revoked

90

400

Prescriptions for controlled substances in schedules III-V should be filed and marked how?

Lower right corner with red ink (unless using electronic system)

400

A license is the property of the District of Columbia government and shall be returned to whom immediately upon the voluntary surrender by the licensee? 

Director DC Department of Health

400

Under D.C. State Pharmacy Law, which of this item shall NOT be required to post conspicuously in the vicinity of the pharmacy practice area? 

Pharmacy Tech Registration

400

A pharmacy located outside of DC which ships, mails, or delivers prescriptions into Washington DC

Non-Resident Pharmacy

500

Damage to the fire caused by fire or flood should be reported to the director within how many hours after the discovery?

48 hours

500

A container in which a prescription is sold for an animal must bear a label including these three things

Name of the owner 

First name of the animal 

Species of the animal 

500

A license may be issued without inspection during a pharmacy ownership change as long as_____

The new owner agrees to no substantial physical or operational changes in the first year

500

Provide 3 things that are physically required to operate a pharmacy

Be a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area ; Minimum of 10 square feet of counter space for PIC ; Contain area for confidential patient counseling ; Security alarm systems ; Have a sink and goose-neck faucet which shall provide hot running water no less than (110° F) and cold running water, soap, dryer/single-use towels ; Have a refrigerator with a thermometer to maintain temp (36- 46 ˚F) ; Comply with USPS 795,797,800 (if applicable) ; General Sanitation standards (1908) 

500

The community/retail pharmacy or the institutional pharmacy providing remote pharmacy services.

Provider pharmacy