GA MPJE case studies
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The Georgia Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (GA MPJE) is the Georgia-specific law examination that the Georgia Board of Pharmacy requires of candidates for pharmacist licensure. It is built on the same national jurisprudence exam platform used by many states, but the content is Georgia's own: the Pharmacy Practice Act, Board rules, and the state's controlled substances provisions layered on top of federal law. The GA MPJE case studies are 5 cases and about 2,841 words.
1The Expired-Window CII and the Partial Fill Request
A 58-year-old patient presents a paper prescription for oxycodone 15 mg tablets, #60, written by a Georgia-licensed physician on March 2. The patient presents on March 28.
583 words, about 3 min2The Technician Who Wants to Verify Warfarin
A community pharmacy in Savannah employs a registered pharmacy technician with five years of experience. The pharmacist is alone on a busy Saturday and is pulled into a 20-minute immunization consult.
620 words, about 3 min3The Cash-Pay Opioid and the PDMP
A 34-year-old presents at a Georgia pharmacy with a prescription for oxycodone/acetaminophen 10/325, #120, from an out-of-state prescriber, dated yesterday. The patient insists on paying cash, declines insurance, and asks that the prescription not be run through the PDMP 'for privacy.' The pharmacist checks the Georgia PDMP and sees three other opioid prescriptions from three different prescribers filled at three different pharmacies in the past 30 days, plus a benzodiazepine.
514 words, about 3 min4The Compounded Cream and the Unapproved Drug
A Georgia pharmacy compounds a topical cream containing a bulk drug substance that is not the subject of an applicable USP/NF monograph and is not a component of an FDA-approved drug. The pharmacy has a section 503A exemption and compounds for individual patient prescriptions.
524 words, about 3 min5The Renewal Lapse and the Closed-Door Transfer
A Georgia pharmacy's pharmacist-in-charge let her pharmacist license lapse for 40 days by missing the renewal and continuing education deadline. She continued working and verifying prescriptions during the lapse because 'the pharmacy would have closed.' Separately, the pharmacy is closing one location and wants to transfer its remaining controlled substance inventory and prescription files to a sister store.
600 words, about 3 min