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TN MPJE study plan

TN MPJE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Map the Controlled Substances Act schedule criteria (I-V) and write a one-page comparison of the five schedules with two example drugs each

  • Trace the DEA registration pathway for a new pharmacy, including the forms and renewal/inspection points

  • Reconstruct DEA recordkeeping rules: biennial inventory, receiving records, dispensing records, and the 2-year retention standard

  • Differentiate DEA Form 222, Form 224, Form 41, and Form 106 and state when each is filed

  • Outline the rules for transferring and transferring-out controlled substances between registrants, including the one-time CII transfer rule

Your checkpoint

A one-page CSA/DEA cheat sheet covering schedule criteria, forms table, and recordkeeping timeframes, self-quizzed to 90% accuracy

Week 2

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Compare FDA drug approval pathways (NDA, ANDA, OTC monograph, EUA) and label the legal status each confers

  • Distinguish prescription-only from OTC status using the FDCA prescription requirement and the Durham-Humphrey switch criteria

  • Separate 503A vs 503B compounding requirements: prescription basis, bulk substances, anticipatory compounding, and outsourcing facility reporting

  • Summarize FDCA prohibited acts, misbranding vs adulteration, and the recall classification system

  • Explain REMS elements and the role of the pharmacy in REMS-restricted dispensing

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of 503A vs 503B plus an FDA pathway flowchart, checked against a 15-question self-test

Week 3

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Apply OBRA '90 prospective drug utilization review and patient counseling requirements to a mock dispensing scenario

  • Outline DSCSA requirements for product tracing, verification, and authorized trading partners at the dispensing site

  • Identify HIPAA pharmacy obligations for minimum necessary use, privacy notice, and permitted disclosures

  • Describe anti-kickback, Stark, and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit prohibitions as they apply to pharmacy inducements and discounting

  • Explain PPPA child-resistant packaging exemptions and the immunization authority framework under the PREP Act

Your checkpoint

A written walkthrough of one dispensing scenario that flags every federal compliance checkpoint from intake to counseling

Week 4

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations & State-specific pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Summarize the Tennessee Pharmacy Practice Act structure: Board composition, rulemaking authority, and grounds for discipline

  • List Tennessee pharmacy permit, pharmacist licensure, and technician registration requirements, including renewal cycles and CE hours

  • Compare the Tennessee pharmacist-in-charge duties against the federal requirements studied in weeks 1-3

  • Identify Tennessee-specific labeling and record-retention requirements and note every point where they exceed or diverge from federal rules

Your checkpoint

A two-column federal-vs-Tennessee divergence log with at least 20 entries

Week 5

State-specific pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Apply Tennessee controlled substance scheduling, prescribing, and dispensing limits to written scenarios

  • Detail Tennessee Controlled Substances Monitoring Database obligations: who reports, what is reported, the reporting interval, and who may query

  • Outline Tennessee rules for CII partial fills, emergency dispensing, and prescription transfers between pharmacies

  • Explain Tennessee e-prescribing requirements and exceptions for controlled substances

  • Describe Tennessee requirements for prescription validity, refill authorization, and out-of-state prescription acceptance

Your checkpoint

A controlled-substance decision tree for Tennessee covering validity, refills, partial fills, and CSMD reporting, validated on 10 practice vignettes

Week 6

State-specific pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Reconstruct Tennessee dispensing workflow requirements, including patient counseling triggers and documentation

  • Outline Tennessee immunization authority: pharmacist certification, protocols, age limits, and reporting to the state registry

  • Explain Tennessee collaborative practice agreements, protocol dispensing, and naloxone standing orders

  • Identify Tennessee rules for pharmacy inspections, error reporting, and drug recalls at the pharmacy level

  • Summarize Tennessee requirements for prescription pricing, generic substitution, and patient records access

Your checkpoint

A one-page Tennessee operations checklist covering counseling, immunization, protocols, and inspection readiness, scored against a 20-item self-quiz

Week 7

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations & State-specific pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Resolve 25 mixed federal/Tennessee vignettes by naming which authority controls and why

  • Re-teach the five weakest topics from the weeks 1-6 error log using original summaries

  • Compare Tennessee discipline and inspection consequences against federal DEA and FDA enforcement outcomes

  • Distinguish areas where Tennessee is stricter than federal law and areas where federal law preempts

Your checkpoint

A revised error log with all prior missed items re-answered correctly and a written rationale for each

Week 8

Federal pharmacy laws and regulations & State-specific pharmacy laws and regulations

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams under test conditions and score each domain separately

  • Analyze every missed item by root cause: knowledge gap, misread, or rule confusion

  • Recite from memory the top 30 high-yield numbers, timeframes, and forms across both domains

  • Confirm exam-day logistics and build a final one-page summary sheet

Your checkpoint

A final one-page high-yield summary sheet plus a scored practice-exam report showing at least 75% in both domains

Milestones

Week 2: Score 80% or better on a 25-question federal-only self-quiz covering CSA, DEA forms, and FDA approval pathways

Week 4: Federal-vs-Tennessee divergence log has at least 20 entries and you can state the Tennessee rule for each without notes

Week 6: Score 75% or better on a 30-question Tennessee-only self-quiz; CSMD and controlled-substance items at 90%

Week 8: Both full-length practice exams completed with 75%+ in each domain and every missed item re-taught in the error log