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Pharmacy Jurisprudence - Quiz Spring 2002
April 10, 2002
Make sure you print your name in the line at the top
of the page.
Please circle the correct
letter response for each question.
1.
Ohio laws such as the Pharmacy Practice Act and the
Dangerous Drug Distribution Act are:
B.
Enacted by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy
C.
Executive orders issued by the governor
2.
In Ohio, hypodermic needles and syringes can:
A
Be dispensed only
pursuant to a prescription
C
Only be distributed in a
pharmacy
D
Only be dispensed for
use in treating a medical condition
3.
According to Ohio’s definition of a “Generically equivalent drug”, a
pharmacist can substitute one drug for another if it contains identical amounts
of the identical active ingredient.
B
False
4.
According to Ohio law pharmacists can not legally
possess and dispense manufacturers samples of:
A.
OTC drugs
B.
Prescription drugs
C.
Neither of the above
(This
has the potential to be a trick question, so I gave credit for B and C.
Theoretically to dispense means to dispense pursuant to a prescription. So you
could not dispense a sample of an OTC drug pursuant to a prescription??? So I
gave credit for both responses.)
5.
Fred Pharmacist allowed his identification card to
practice pharmacy in Ohio to lapse for four years. He now wants to renew it. He
must:
B.
Only pay the required fee
C.
Only take the jurisprudence portion of the exam
6.
In Ohio if a prescriber issues a written prescription
for an expensive brand name drug with the designation “DAW” or “Dispense as
Written” written on the prescription and the patient requests a cheaper
generically equivalent drug, the pharmacist:
A.
Is prevented from
substituting a cheaper generically equivalent drug by Ohio law
B.
Is free to substitute since the prescriber has not
complied with Ohio law
7.
In Ohio, if a prescription is written for amoxicillin
500mg capsules and no manufacturer is specified and the pharmacist chooses a
generic brand of amoxicillin to dispense to the patient that is cheaper than a
brand name, the pharmacist must label the prescription “Generic Substitution
Made”
A.
True
8.
In Ohio, a pharmacist who changes her address must
report the address change to the pharmacy board within:
A.
60 days
C.
14 days
9. A registered pharmacist
can serve as the responsible pharmacist for
A.
As many pharmacies as he or she owns or supervises
B.
For three pharmacies if none of them are opened for
more than 40 hours per week
C.
Only one pharmacy
unless he or she receives permission from the board to serve as the responsible
pharmacist for more than one pharmacy
10.
According to Ohio’s prescription
format rule a prescriber who issues a prescription for a controlled substance
must:
A.
Issue only one controlled substance prescription per
prescription blank
B.
Designate the quantity both numerically and
alphabetically
C.
Must handwrite the entire prescription
D.
A & B above
11.
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is made up
of
A
Nine pharmacists
C
Six pharmacists, a pubic
member, the attorney general of Ohio and a member of Ohio's Controlled
Substance counsel.