NM MPJE study plan
NM MPJE · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Controlled substances: federal Controlled Substances Act and New Mexico Controlled Substances Act requirements
Map federal CSA schedules I–V against New Mexico's schedule placements and flag every point where state rules are stricter or add requirements.
Reconstruct DEA registration, renewal, security, and power-of-attorney requirements for pharmacies and practitioners on a blank sheet without notes.
Trace the recordkeeping chain for Schedule II ordering and dispensing (order forms/CSOS, biennial inventory, invoices, dispensing records) and list each required retention period.
Draft the notification sequence for a controlled-substance loss or theft, naming whom to notify, in what order, and within what timeframe.
Answer 25 mixed federal/New Mexico controlled-substance practice items and log every miss with the rule it tested.
Your checkpoint
A one-page federal-versus-New Mexico controlled-substance comparison sheet plus an error log from the 25-item set, scored at 80% or better.
Controlled substances: federal Controlled Substances Act and New Mexico Controlled Substances Act requirements & New Mexico Pharmacy Practice Act and Board of Pharmacy regulatory framework
Build a decision tree for what makes a controlled-substance prescription valid in New Mexico, covering who may prescribe, required elements, refill limits, and emergency dispensing.
Summarize prescription monitoring program duties: who must query, when, what gets reported, and what the pharmacist must do with the data.
Outline the Board of Pharmacy's regulatory framework: composition, rulemaking authority, and how to locate the Practice Act versus the administrative rules.
Distinguish statutory definitions and terms of art from their practical consequences at the counter.
Re-answer all week 1 missed items closed-book and confirm each rule from a primary source.
Your checkpoint
A controlled-substance prescription decision tree plus a 15-item prescription monitoring self-quiz scored at 90% or better.
New Mexico Pharmacy Practice Act and Board of Pharmacy regulatory framework & Prescription requirements, dispensing, labeling, and prescription transfer rules
Convert prescription content and labeling requirements, federal and New Mexico, into a single audit checklist a technician could follow.
Differentiate refill limits, refill authorization, generic substitution, and patient-requested substitution obligations.
Identify New Mexico dispensing requirements that exceed the federal baseline and cite where each appears.
Assemble the timeline and content requirements for patient records created at dispensing.
Complete 30 prescription-requirements items and rewrite any missed item as a corrected rule statement.
Your checkpoint
A prescription-and-labeling audit checklist applied to 10 practice prescriptions, plus a 30-item quiz scored at 85% or better.
Prescription requirements, dispensing, labeling, and prescription transfer rules
Reconstruct the prescription transfer procedure step by step, including what must be documented, who may transfer, and what may never be transferred.
Compare federal and New Mexico handling of partial fills, transfers of controlled-substance prescriptions, and refill authorizations.
Resolve five intake scenarios involving omissions, alterations, forgeries, and out-of-state prescribers, writing the correct action for each.
Rehearse verbal explanations of transfer and partial-fill rules as you would give them to an inspector.
Your checkpoint
A timed 40-item mixed Domain 3 and Domain 4 quiz scored at 85% or better, with a written correction for every wrong answer.
Licensure, registration, renewal, and disciplinary processes for pharmacists, interns, technicians, and pharmacy sites & Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, inspections, and federal compliance (FDCA, DSCSA, HIPAA)
Chart every New Mexico credential type-pharmacist, intern, technician, and pharmacy site-with its qualifications, renewal cycle, continuing education, and supervision requirements.
Outline the disciplinary process from complaint through investigation to board action, including the licensee's procedural rights.
Build a master records-retention table that spans licensure, controlled substances, prescriptions, and dispensing records.
List inspection-readiness items a pharmacy manager should verify before a board or DEA visit.
Cross-check DSCSA transaction documentation duties against what the pharmacy actually retains.
Your checkpoint
A one-page credential and records-retention master table plus a 25-item licensure and recordkeeping quiz scored at 80% or better.
Drug distribution, administration, and collaborative/scope-of-practice arrangements & Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, inspections, and federal compliance (FDCA, DSCSA, HIPAA)
Differentiate wholesale distribution, hospital drug distribution, and drug administration pathways and the compliance duties attached to each.
Map New Mexico scope-of-practice authorities for pharmacists, including collaborative practice agreements, prescriptive authority, and vaccine administration, with the conditions attached to each.
Specify the elements of a complete drug administration record and the conditions under which a pharmacist may administer.
Summarize HIPAA privacy and security duties as they surface in daily pharmacy workflow and permitted disclosures.
Write a plain-language explanation of DSCSA transaction requirements suitable for training a new technician.
Your checkpoint
A one-page drug distribution pathway diagram plus a 20-item Domain 6 quiz scored at 85% or better.
Patient counseling, pharmaceutical care, and professional standards of practice & Compounding, sterile and non-sterile preparation, and quality assurance
Script and rehearse a patient counseling encounter that satisfies counseling content, documentation, and offer-to-counsel requirements.
List pharmaceutical care documentation elements and identify when New Mexico requires counseling versus when it may be declined.
Outline non-sterile and sterile compounding requirements: procedures, environmental monitoring, beyond-use dating, personnel training, and the designated responsible person's duties.
Build a beyond-use date reference card covering common non-sterile and sterile preparation categories.
Answer 30 combined counseling and compounding items and convert each miss into a flashcard.
Your checkpoint
A counseling script, a beyond-use date reference card, and a 30-item combined Domain 5 and Domain 7 quiz scored at 85% or better.
Controlled substances: federal Controlled Substances Act and New Mexico Controlled Substances Act requirements & New Mexico Pharmacy Practice Act and Board of Pharmacy regulatory framework & Prescription requirements, dispensing, labeling, and prescription transfer rules & Licensure, registration, renewal, and disciplinary processes for pharmacists, interns, technicians, and pharmacy sites & Drug distribution, administration, and collaborative/scope-of-practice arrangements & Pharmacy operations, recordkeeping, inspections, and federal compliance (FDCA, DSCSA, HIPAA) & Patient counseling, pharmaceutical care, and professional standards of practice & Compounding, sterile and non-sterile preparation, and quality assurance
Sit a full-length timed mock exam across all eight domains and record a score for each domain separately.
Remediate the two lowest-scoring domains with targeted rule lookups and a closed-book re-test of 20 items each.
Recite from memory the controlled-substance prescription requirements, transfer rules, and every retention period in your master table.
Review the top 20 recurring misses in your error log and confirm each is now automatic.
Rehearse a ten-minute verbal walkthrough of a mock board inspection covering records, security, and labeling.
Your checkpoint
A full-length mock exam scored at 80% or better overall with no domain below 70%, plus a final one-page high-yield rules sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Closed-book 20-item quiz spanning Domains 3 and 1 scored at 80% or better, with zero unresolved factual gaps in the controlled-substance comparison sheet.
Week 4: Timed 40-item mixed Domain 3 and Domain 4 quiz scored at 85% or better, and every wrong answer rewritten as a correct rule statement.
Week 6: Half-length timed mock covering Domains 1 through 4, 6, and 8 scored at 80% overall with Domains 3 and 4 at 85% or better.
Week 8: Full-length timed mock exam scored at 80% or better overall with no single domain below 70%, and error log closed out.