AL MPJE flashcards

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Durham-Humphrey Amendment

Federal amendment that created the prescription-only legend drug category, providing that drugs unsafe for unsupervised self-use require a prescription and authorizing oral prescriptions and refills.

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act

Federal law limiting retail ephedrine and pseudoephedrine sales to 3.6 grams per purchaser per day and 9 grams per 30 days, with photo ID, a logbook, and behind-the-counter storage.

Alabama Controlled Substances Certificate

A state registration, separate from the DEA registration, that Alabama practitioners must hold to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances; issued by the practitioner's own licensing board.

Alabama Pharmacy Practice Act

Code of Alabama Title 34, Chapter 23, which sets pharmacist licensure, pharmacy permitting, scope of practice, and dispensing rules, implemented through Board rules in Alabama Administrative Code 680-X.

Pharmacy technician registration

Alabama requires pharmacy technicians to register with the Board of Pharmacy and to practice only under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

Pharmacist-in-charge

The pharmacist designated on the pharmacy permit who is responsible for compliance with Board rules, records, security, and the routine operation of the pharmacy.

Alabama pharmacist licensure requirements

Graduation from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy program, passing NAPLEX and the Alabama MPJE, and completing Board-specified internship hours before initial licensure.

Licensure by transfer

Process by which a pharmacist licensed in another state obtains Alabama licensure through NABP's electronic transfer service while still meeting Alabama MPJE and continuing education requirements.

Refills for Schedule III–V

Federal law permits at most five refills of a Schedule III, IV, or V prescription, and the prescription expires six months after the date it was issued.

Emergency oral Schedule II order

An oral order for a Schedule II drug may be dispensed for an emergency, but the prescriber must deliver a written or electronic prescription within seven days.

Offer to counsel

The pharmacist must offer counseling on each new prescription and document any refusal; counseling may be delivered by telephone when the patient is not present.

Generic substitution documentation

Unless the prescriber indicates dispense-as-written, the pharmacist may substitute a therapeutically equivalent generic, must record the manufacturer and substitution, and must inform the patient.

DEA Form 222

The order form, now single-sheet or electronic through CSOS, used to purchase Schedule I and II controlled substances; it must be retained as a record.

DEA Form 106

The report used to notify DEA of the theft or significant loss of controlled substances; the pharmacy must also notify local police and the state Board.

Biennial controlled substance inventory

A complete inventory of all controlled substances on hand taken every two years, with an exact count for Schedule II drugs, retained in records for at least two years.

Alabama PDMP

Alabama's prescription database maintained by the Alabama Department of Public Health; dispensers report controlled substance dispensing and authorized users may query patient histories for patient care.

Two-year record retention

Federal law requires controlled substance records such as inventories, Form 222 records, and prescriptions to be kept for two years and made available for inspection.

Reverse distributor

A DEA-registered entity that receives expired or unwanted controlled substances from pharmacies and arranges their destruction with proper documentation.

DEA Form 41

The form used to document the on-site destruction of controlled substances; destruction must be witnessed and the record retained by the pharmacy.

Partial fill of Schedule II

A partial fill may be supplied with the remainder dispensed within 72 hours; long-term care residents and terminally ill patients may receive the remainder within 60 days.

USP 795 beyond-use date

For nonsterile compounds, default limits include 14 days refrigerated for water-containing oral preparations and 180 days for nonaqueous preparations, depending on storage conditions.

USP 800 hazardous drugs

Standard requiring negative-pressure buffer rooms with external venting, closed system transfer devices, and documented training for personnel who handle hazardous drugs.

Compounding record

A record for each compounded preparation documenting the formula, ingredients with lot numbers and expiration dates, quantity, beyond-use date, and identity of the person compounding.

503B outsourcing facility

A facility that compounds sterile drugs without patient-specific prescriptions and must register with FDA and comply with current good manufacturing practice requirements.

PREP Act declaration

A federal declaration providing liability immunity that, under its terms, expands pharmacist authority to order and administer recommended vaccines to children as young as 3 during the covered period.

ImmPRINT

Alabama's statewide immunization registry; pharmacists and other providers must report immunizations administered so that complete vaccination histories are available.

Vaccine cold chain

Refrigerated vaccines are stored at 2–8 °C and frozen vaccines at −50 to −15 °C, with temperatures logged at least twice daily and excursions documented and reported.

VAERS reporting

The federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System receives reports of clinically significant adverse events occurring after vaccination; pharmacists should report events that meet reporting criteria.

Pharmacy security enclosure

The prescription department must be enclosed and locked when a pharmacist is not on duty, and only pharmacists and authorized personnel may have access.

Continuous quality improvement program

A documented, ongoing system to detect, analyze, and prevent medication errors and to periodically review dispensing and counseling processes.

Automated dispensing system

A device that stores and dispenses drugs under pharmacist control and requires access restrictions, accuracy checks, and periodic inventory reconciliation.

Look-alike/sound-alike drugs

Medications with similar names or packaging that should be stored separately and flagged with Tall Man lettering and auxiliary alerts to prevent selection errors.