Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination — Information & Free Practice
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Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination
- Provider
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)
- Format
- Computer-based adaptive exam of selected-response questions (multiple choice and multiple response)
- Exam questions
- 120 questions, of which 100 are scored and 20 are unscored pretest questions
- Time limit
- 2.5 hours (3-hour total appointment)
- Passing score
- Pass/fail; candidates must achieve a passing score as set by NABP (16.19.2.8(A)(3) NMAC)
- Exam fee
- $100 eligibility application fee per jurisdiction plus $170 examination fee
Examination outline
Area 1 — Licensure/Personnel (22%)
- Responsibilities of the pharmacist and non-pharmacist personnel: qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for pharmacists-in-charge (or equivalent) and pharmacists; qualifications, scope of duties, limitations, and restrictions of duties, or conditions to practice for non-pharmacist personnel
- Licensures, registrations, and certifications for pharmacists or non-pharmacist personnel: qualifications, examinations, internships, maintaining pharmacist competency, and renewals of licensures, registrations, or certifications; classifications and processes of disciplinary actions; reporting to and participating in programs addressing the inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety
Area 2 — Pharmacist Practice (33%)
- Requirements for issuing prescriptions/drug orders: requirements for drug uses, limitations, or restrictions; scope of authority, scope of practice, limitations or restrictions of practice, and valid registration of practitioners who are authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs; requirements for issuing non-controlled prescriptions/drug orders; requirements for issuing controlled prescriptions/drug orders; authority limitations of practitioners' ability to authorize refills
- Conditions under which the pharmacist or non-pharmacist personnel participates in the administration of drugs in the management of patients' therapy
- Requirements regarding counseling: counseling or offering to counsel; documenting counseling or documenting offering to counsel
- Returning or reusing drugs
- Regulations and agencies regarding pharmacy practice: requirements for promoting quality and safety of public health; protecting patient and health record confidentiality
Area 3 — Dispensing Requirements (24%)
- Responsibilities for determining whether prescriptions/drug orders are issued for a legitimate medical purpose, and within all applicable restrictions
- Transferring prescription/drug order information between pharmacies by authorized personnel
- Prospective drug utilization reviews: requirements for reporting to PMP and accessing PMP data
- Exceptions to dispensing or refilling prescriptions/drug orders
- Labeling of dispensed drugs
- Packaging of dispensed drugs
- Drug product conditions prohibiting dispensing
- Requirements for the distribution and/or dispensing of non-prescription pharmaceutical products, including controlled substances and hazardous drugs: dispensing or administration; labeling of non-prescription drugs and devices; packaging and repackaging of non-prescription drugs and behind-the-counter products; dispensing-restricted, non-prescription drugs
Area 4 — Pharmacy Operations (21%)
- Ordering, acquisition, and distribution of drugs, including maintenance and content of such records: ordering and acquisition, including the maintenance and content of such records; distribution, including the maintenance and content of such records
- Recordkeeping in compliance with legal requirements, including content, inventory, maintenance, storage, handling, and reporting: non-dispensing requirements for operations of pharmacies or practice settings; possession, storage, and handling of non-hazardous drugs; training, possession, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous drugs; allowing non-pharmacist personnel access to drugs; requirements for conducting controlled substance inventories
- Delivery of drugs
- Conditions for permitted or mandated product selection
- Compounding sterile, nonsterile, hazardous, and non-hazardous preparations
- Centralized prescription processing or central-fill pharmacy dispensing
- Requirements for the registration, licensure, certification, or permitting of a practice setting or business entity: requirements for registration, license, certification, or permitting of a practice setting; requirements for the renewal or reinstatement of a license, registration, certificate, or permit of a practice setting; requirements for an inspection of a licensed, registered, certified, or permitted practice setting; classifications and processes of disciplinary actions that may be taken against a registered, licensed, certified, or permitted practice setting
Examination sources
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
MPJE Competency Statements, introduction
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
MPJE Competency Statements, update notice
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
MPJE Competency Statements, jurisdiction note
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
Area 1 heading
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
Area 2 heading
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
Area 3 heading
- NABP MPJE Competency Statements
Area 4 heading
- NABP MPJE Fact Sheet
Exam Content, state-specific exams bullet
- NMSA 1978 Chapter 61 (Pharmacy Act, Uniform Licensing Act, Pharmacist Prescriptive Authority Act)
NMSA 1978 § 61-11-9(A)(5)
- NABP Candidate Application Bulletin - What is the MPJE
Section: What is the MPJE, exam format paragraph
- NABP MPJE Fact Sheet
Exam Content, pre-test items bullet
- NABP Take the MPJE Exam
Take the MPJE Exam, overview paragraph
- 16.19.2 NMAC Examinations
16.19.2.8(A)(3) NMAC
- NABP Candidate Application Bulletin - What is the MPJE
Section 5: How to Apply, applying for an exam
- NABP Candidate Application Bulletin - What is the MPJE
Section 5: How to Apply, eligibility application fee
- NABP MPJE/UMPJE Exam Results
Score transfer paragraph
- 16.19.3 NMAC Reciprocity
16.19.3.11(C) NMAC
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.