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UT MPJE study plan

UT MPJE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Prescription and medication order requirements, dispensing, and transfer of prescriptions

  • Draft a complete checklist of every element a valid prescription or medication order must contain, separating items required by federal rule from items required by Utah statute or board rule.

  • Build a decision tree that routes a presented prescription to dispense, clarify, or refuse, covering written, oral, faxed, and electronic orders.

  • Write a numbered transfer procedure for non-controlled prescriptions and a separate one for controlled substances, including the one-time-transfer limit, documentation entries, and which pharmacy keeps the original.

  • Solve 20 self-authored short vignettes where a prescription is defective, expired, missing a refill authorization, or presented at the wrong pharmacy type, and write the correct action plus the authority for it.

  • Tabulate refill, partial-fill, and validity-period rules side by side for Schedule II, III-V, and non-controlled prescriptions, citing the Utah citation for each Utah-specific entry.

Your checkpoint

A three-page prescription-validity and transfer decision tree plus a 20-item vignette answer key, self-scored at 85% or better.

Week 2

Federal and Utah legal framework for pharmacy practice (statutes, administrative rules, board authority) & Prescription and medication order requirements, dispensing, and transfer of prescriptions

  • Map the structure of Utah pharmacy law into statute, administrative rule, and board guidance, and state which source controls when two conflict.

  • List the Board of Pharmacy's enumerated powers (licensing, rulemaking, inspection, disciplinary referral) and one concrete example of each.

  • Complete the remaining Domain 3 subtopics: prescription monitoring, dispensing to out-of-state patients, mailing and delivery, and record retention for dispensing records.

  • Build a two-column chart of 15 requirements showing the federal baseline and the stricter Utah position, flagging any place Utah is silent or permissive.

  • Self-quiz on drug-law hierarchy and Board authority, writing the correct source of authority for each answer.

Your checkpoint

A federal-versus-Utah comparison chart covering 15 requirements, each with a citation placeholder verified against the actual statute or rule.

Week 3

Controlled substances regulation (federal CSA and Utah controlled substance provisions, monitoring program)

  • Classify 30 substances into the correct CSA schedule using the statutory criteria, then note each Utah schedule entry that differs from the federal placement.

  • Draw the full controlled-substance lifecycle from procurement to dispensing to destruction, labeling each record that must exist at each step.

  • Write out DEA registration obligations, order-form handling, biennial inventory content, and theft or significant-loss reporting timelines.

  • Explain the Utah prescription monitoring program: who must query, when, how delegates are registered, and the reporting deadline for dispensers, citing the Utah provision.

  • List Utah's specific controlled-substance prescribing limits and identify the exact statutory or rule citation for each.

Your checkpoint

A one-page monitoring-program obligations sheet plus a 30-item schedule-classification answer key scored at 90% or better.

Week 4

Controlled substances regulation (federal CSA and Utah controlled substance provisions, monitoring program) & Drug distribution, inventory control, recordkeeping, and drug recall/returns

  • Complete a full inventory-and-recordkeeping model for one simulated pharmacy: receiving, invoice filing, returns, and reconciliation.

  • Differentiate recall classes and write the step-by-step action a pharmacy takes for a Class I versus a Class III recall, including patient notification and documentation.

  • Apply the rules for returning controlled versus non-controlled drugs to a wholesaler or reverse distributor, and identify what may never be returned for credit.

  • Explain pedigree and transaction documentation, storage and temperature requirements, and record retention periods for distribution records.

  • Take and review a 60-question cumulative quiz covering Domains 1, 3, 4, and 5.

Your checkpoint

A simulated inventory-and-recall packet (one receiving log, one reconciliation worksheet, one recall response memo) plus a 60-question quiz scored at 75% or better.

Week 5

Licensure, registration, certification, and renewal of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies

  • Chart the licensure pathway for pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy entities, noting exam, internship, and application requirements for each.

  • List renewal cycle, continuing education hour totals, and any topic-specific CE mandates, with the Utah citation for each figure.

  • Describe change-of-ownership, change-of-location, personnel-change, and pharmacy-closure notification duties and their deadlines.

  • Outline pharmacist-in-charge responsibilities and the consequences of lapsed licensure on dispensing authority.

  • Write 15 exam-style questions on licensure and renewal, then answer them closed-book.

Your checkpoint

A one-page licensure and renewal comparison grid for all three credential types, verified line by line against the board rules.

Week 6

Labeling, patient counseling, documentation, and privacy requirements & Utah-specific practice authorities (immunization, collaborative practice agreements, naloxone and other protocol-based dispensing, pharmacy compounding)

  • Draft a compliant label for a controlled and a non-controlled prescription, checking every required element against the rule.

  • Write a patient-counseling script and a documentation note for three scenarios: new prescription, refill with a change, and a counseled refusal.

  • Summarize privacy obligations that intersect with pharmacy practice, including when disclosure to a family member or prescriber is permitted.

  • Build an immunization authority sheet: which vaccines, which ages, protocol requirements, documentation, and reporting to the state registry.

  • Map Utah protocol-based dispensing authorities, covering naloxone, hormonal contraception, and other standing-order or collaborative-practice pathways, including what a collaborative practice agreement must contain.

Your checkpoint

A labeling and counseling compliance checklist plus an immunization and protocol-authority reference card.

Week 7

Utah-specific practice authorities (immunization, collaborative practice agreements, naloxone and other protocol-based dispensing, pharmacy compounding) & Unprofessional conduct, disciplinary process, inspections, and compliance/enforcement

  • Outline compounding standards a Utah pharmacy must meet, distinguishing non-sterile from sterile requirements and the records each demands.

  • List at least 12 categories of unprofessional conduct and match each to a realistic practice scenario.

  • Sequence the disciplinary process from complaint through inspection, notice, hearing, and sanction, naming the board's and the division's distinct roles.

  • Prepare for an inspection by writing a pre-inspection self-audit checklist covering records, security, temperature logs, and licensure posting.

  • Connect each practice authority from Domain 7 to a documentation requirement from Domain 6, showing where the two domains overlap on the exam.

Your checkpoint

A 15-item pre-inspection self-audit checklist plus a disciplinary-process flow diagram with sanctions noted at each stage.

Week 8

Federal and Utah legal framework for pharmacy practice (statutes, administrative rules, board authority) & Prescription and medication order requirements, dispensing, and transfer of prescriptions & Controlled substances regulation (federal CSA and Utah controlled substance provisions, monitoring program) & Drug distribution, inventory control, recordkeeping, and drug recall/returns & Labeling, patient counseling, documentation, and privacy requirements & Utah-specific practice authorities (immunization, collaborative practice agreements, naloxone and other protocol-based dispensing, pharmacy compounding) & Unprofessional conduct, disciplinary process, inspections, and compliance/enforcement & Licensure, registration, certification, and renewal of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies

  • Re-test every domain with a 100-question mixed mock exam under timed conditions.

  • Re-derive from memory the five highest-yield rule sets: prescription validity, controlled-substance records, transfers, licensure renewal, and protocol dispensing.

  • Rewrite every missed mock question into a one-line rule statement and re-quiz only those items after 48 hours.

  • Review the personal error log and confirm each corrected item is now answered correctly twice in a row.

  • Do a final pass on the two lowest-scoring domains from the mock and write a two-sentence summary of each weak area.

Your checkpoint

A timed 100-question mock exam scored at 80% or better, with a corrected error log and a written weak-area summary.

Milestones

Week 2: Recite the prescription-validity checklist from memory and score 80% or better on a self-written 25-question quiz covering Domains 1 and 3.

Week 4: Score 75% or better on the 60-question cumulative quiz over Domains 1, 3, 4, and 5, and correctly classify 27 of 30 substances by schedule.

Week 6: Produce a fully compliant label and counseling note for all three counseling scenarios with no missing required elements, and list every Utah protocol-dispensing authority without notes.

Week 8: Score 80% or better on the timed 100-question mixed mock, with no domain below 70% and every missed item rewritten as a rule statement.