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Colorado MPJE Practice Test

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120
Time limit
150 minutes
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5 attempts per jurisdiction
Format
Computer-based, adaptive, selected-response questions
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Reported as pass or fail
Outline
Four areas: licensure and personnel 22%, pharmacist practice 33%, dispensing requirements 24%, pharmacy operations 21%. NABP says the outline is updated for exa
Colorado rule
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Licensure and personnel 26

  • A Colorado applicant who has not passed both required examinations within what period must repeat the examination passed earlier? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.00.30(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • At least how often must the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy hold a meeting? C.R.S. 12-280-105(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • The Colorado board may renew a first license with no continuing education if the pharmacist was licensed within what time after finishing pharmacy education? C.R.S. 12-280-117(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For how long is a provisional certification as a Colorado pharmacy technician valid? C.R.S. 12-280-115.5(3)(b)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • For how long must a license transfer applicant have been licensed in another state, unless the applicant served an internship meeting Colorado requirements? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.00.40(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How long is the one-time hardship extension the Colorado board may grant on a provisional technician certification? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 29.00.50. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
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Licensure and personnel, continued

  • How long is the term of office of a member of the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy? C.R.S. 12-280-105(1)(d)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many consecutive full terms may a member of the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy serve? C.R.S. 12-280-105(1)(d)(III). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many hours of approved continuing pharmaceutical education must a Colorado pharmacist complete in the two years before renewal? C.R.S. 12-280-117(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many intern hours must an applicant for a Colorado pharmacist license by examination complete? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.00.30(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many members sit on the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy? C.R.S. 12-280-105(1)(a)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How many pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians in total may one Colorado pharmacist supervise outside a central fill pharmacy? C.R.S. 12-280-122(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • How much experience in Colorado must a pharmacist member of the State Board of Pharmacy have? C.R.S. 12-280-105(1)(a)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • In a Colorado central fill pharmacy, how many pharmacy interns and technicians in total may one pharmacist supervise? C.R.S. 12-280-122(4)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Of the persons one Colorado pharmacist supervises, how many may be pharmacy interns? C.R.S. 12-280-122(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • To hold a full, non-provisional certification as a pharmacy technician in Colorado, an applicant must show C.R.S. 12-280-115.5(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • To reinstate a Colorado pharmacist license expired for over twenty-four months, how much continuing education must be submitted? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.03.00(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Under C.R.S. 12-280-114, the examination for a Colorado pharmacist license cannot be administered C.R.S. 12-280-114(4)(a)(II). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What happens to a Colorado pharmacist license when the pharmacist fails to obtain the required continuing education? C.R.S. 12-280-117(10). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What may the Colorado board do when a licensee it referred to a peer health assistance program fails to attend or complete it? C.R.S. 12-280-204(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What must the badge worn on duty in a Colorado prescription drug outlet state, at a minimum? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.06.00. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • What share of the pharmacists licensed and residing in Colorado may the board audit each year for continuing education? C.R.S. 12-280-117(9). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • When must a Colorado pharmacist manager report to the Board a pharmacist in the pharmacy who is impaired by alcohol or drugs? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.10(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • When three or more pharmacy technicians are on duty in a Colorado pharmacy, how many must be fully certified by the board? C.R.S. 12-280-122(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days must a Colorado licensee notify the board of a criminal conviction or deferred judgment? C.R.S. 12-280-126(1)(p). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.
  • Within how many days must a Colorado pharmacist or intern notify the Board in writing of a change of residential or electronic mail address? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 4.05.00(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 1, Licensure/Personnel.

Pharmacist practice 40

  • A Colorado licensee may be disciplined for dispensing a Schedule III, IV or V order more than how long after its date of issue? C.R.S. 12-280-126(1)(i). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado pharmacist dispensing an opioid must offer an opioid antagonist when the opioid prescription is at or above C.R.S. 12-280-123(1)(c)(I)(B). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado pharmacist may agree to compound a secret formula or coded order only for 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 1.00.13. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado pharmacist prescribes an over-the-counter medication for a Medical Assistance Act recipient. Whose name is used on the order as the practitioner? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.05.30. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado pharmacist receives a valid written Schedule II order that was not sent electronically. Must the pharmacist verify that an exception to electronic prescribing applies? C.R.S. 12-280-123(1)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado pharmacist without a doctorate of pharmacy degree may prescribe HIV prevention drugs after how much experience as a licensed pharmacist? C.R.S. 12-280-125.7(3)(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado prescriber is excepted from electronic prescribing of controlled substances when the prescriber writes how many such prescriptions a year? C.R.S. 12-30-111(1)(a)(VIII). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A Colorado prescription drug outlet that gives immunizations must obtain a physician protocol for 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 19.01.30(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A drug dispensed in Colorado but never delivered to the patient may be returned to stock and redispensed if it is stored C.R.S. 12-280-143(2)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A practitioner sends a Colorado pharmacy an order for a prescription drug marked "office use" with no patient named. The order is 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.20(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • A veterinarian who gives a Colorado wholesaler an oral order for a Schedule III, IV or V drug for an animal must provide the written prescription within C.R.S. 12-280-120(3)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • After an emergency oral Schedule II order in Colorado, within what time must the prescriber deliver the written or electronic order to the pharmacist? C.R.S. 18-18-414(2)(b)(II). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Apart from an emergency refill, after how long from its date of issue may no prescription order be dispensed or refilled in Colorado? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.10. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Apart from chart orders, who may receive an oral prescription order and reduce it to writing in a Colorado pharmacy? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.00.10(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Colorado's limit on initial opioid prescribing does not apply to post-surgical pain expected to last more than C.R.S. 12-30-109(1)(a)(III). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Colorado's patient counseling statute does not apply to pharmacists who dispense prescription drugs to C.R.S. 12-280-138(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For how long must a Colorado prescription drug outlet keep the record of each dose of vaccine it administers? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 19.01.40(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For how long must a documented refusal of patient counseling stay retrievable for inspection in Colorado? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 1.00.18(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For the exception to Colorado's initial opioid limit, chronic pain is pain that typically lasts longer than C.R.S. 12-30-109(1)(a)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • For which prescriptions must a Colorado pharmacist provide patient counseling, unless the patient declines? C.R.S. 12-280-138(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many hours of training must the immunization administration course of a Colorado pharmacy technician include? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 19.01.10(c)(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many hours of training must the immunization delivery course of a Colorado pharmacist or pharmacy intern include? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 19.01.10(c)(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many times may a pharmacist-prescribed over-the-counter order under Colorado Rule 3.05.00 be refilled? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.05.60. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How many times may a Schedule III, IV or V prescription order be refilled in Colorado? C.R.S. 18-18-308(4)(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How much may an authorized Colorado hospital employee dispense to a registered emergency room patient on a practitioner's specific order? C.R.S. 12-280-120(10)(a)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • How often must a Colorado pharmacist offer an opioid antagonist to an individual who is prescribed a benzodiazepine at the same time as an opioid? C.R.S. 12-280-123(1)(c)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • In an emergency, how much of a Schedule II controlled substance may a Colorado pharmacist dispense on an oral order? C.R.S. 18-18-414(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Outside an emergency, a Colorado pharmacy may dispense a Schedule II substance to an ultimate user only on C.R.S. 18-18-308(3)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • The prescriber never delivers the written order that should follow an emergency oral Schedule II prescription. Whom must the Colorado pharmacist notify? C.R.S. 18-18-414(2)(b)(III). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Subject to exceptions, a Colorado prescriber must prescribe controlled substances in which schedules only by electronic prescription? C.R.S. 12-30-111(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under C.R.S. 12-280-123, which drug may a Colorado pharmacist both prescribe and dispense in accordance with section 12-30-110? C.R.S. 12-280-123(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Under the Colorado Board's confidentiality rule, to which of these may a pharmacist disclose patient information? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 1.00.16(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What is the most opioid a Colorado prescriber may prescribe to a patient who has had no opioid prescription from that prescriber in the last twelve months? C.R.S. 12-30-109(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What must a Colorado prescription drug outlet give the patient with each dose of a covered vaccine? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 19.01.30(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • What words must be recorded in the prescription record of an emergency oral Schedule II order in Colorado? C.R.S. 18-18-414(2)(b)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • When a Colorado pharmacy modifies a customized medication package it dispensed, the medications removed must be 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.03.20(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which details must appear on a controlled substance order in Colorado but not on an order for a non-controlled drug? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.10(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which of these can never be "medicine" returned for redispensing under Colorado's unused medicine statute? C.R.S. 12-280-135(1)(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • Which tests may a Colorado-licensed pharmacist with appropriate training order and administer? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 1.00.25. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.
  • With whom may a Colorado pharmacist enter a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement? C.R.S. 12-280-601(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 2, Pharmacist Practice.

Dispensing requirements 29

  • A Colorado outlet was open for business but dispensed no controlled substances that day. What must it submit to the PDMP? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 23.00.30(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A Colorado pharmacist shall not dispense when the pharmacist knows or should know the order was issued without 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.21. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A Colorado pharmacist who cannot reach the practitioner may refill a prescription without authorization to continue medication for no longer than C.R.S. 12-280-123(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A drug packaged in a Colorado prescription drug outlet may be dated no later than the manufacturer's expiration date or how long after packaging, whichever is less? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.01.20(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A patient asks a Colorado pharmacy for an accessible label method it has never provided before. How long may the pharmacy take to comply? C.R.S. 12-280-124(4)(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • A written copy of a prescription order that a Colorado pharmacist gives to a patient must be marked 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.40. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Before making a minor adaption to a prescription order, a Colorado pharmacist must have C.R.S. 12-280-125.3(1). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • By when must a Colorado prescription drug outlet report a controlled substance dispensing transaction to the PDMP? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 23.00.30(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The expiration date on a customized patient medication package in Colorado may not exceed how long from the date of preparation? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.03.10(a)(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How many times may a Schedule III, IV or V prescription order be transferred between Colorado pharmacies that do not share a real-time database? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.59. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How often may a Colorado pharmacist dispense an emergency supply of the same chronic maintenance drug to the same patient without a current prescription? C.R.S. 12-280-125.5(1)(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • How often may a Colorado pharmacy dispense the one additional bottle of prescription eye drops that an order allows for day care or school use? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.20(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • The one-time transfer of an electronic Schedule II prescription for initial dispensing in Colorado must be communicated between 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.50(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Prescriptions for which controlled substance are excluded from the requirements of Colorado's prescription drug monitoring program? C.R.S. 12-280-403(1.5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • To be eligible for Colorado's emergency prescription insulin supply, an individual must have on hand less than C.R.S. 12-280-140(2)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • To whom may a Colorado pharmacist or pharmacy technician sell a nonprescription syringe or needle? C.R.S. 12-280-123(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Under Colorado Rule 3.00.21, the patient-practitioner relationship behind an order 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.21. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Under Colorado Rule 3.00.40, a drug or device may not be dispensed if it will be outdated before 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.40. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Under Colorado Rule 3.00.50, who is held accountable for drug regimen review on a new order? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.50(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What is the most a Colorado pharmacist may dispense as an emergency supply of a chronic maintenance drug without a current prescription? C.R.S. 12-280-125.5(1)(c). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What is the most a Colorado pharmacy may charge an eligible individual for an emergency thirty-day supply of prescription insulin? C.R.S. 12-280-140(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must the person receiving a transferred prescription in Colorado write or print on the face of the transferred order? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.53. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What must the transferring pharmacist write across the face of the original prescription order in a Colorado transfer on paper? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.52(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • What notice must the label or container of an outpatient opioid prescription bear in Colorado, with stated exceptions? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.00.30(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which Colorado pharmacists must register and maintain a user account with the prescription drug monitoring program? C.R.S. 12-280-403(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which of these must the label of a drug dispensed on a prescription order state under C.R.S. 12-280-124? C.R.S. 12-280-124(2)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Which words written on a prescription by the prescriber stop a Colorado pharmacist from making a minor adaption? C.R.S. 12-280-125.3(3). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Who may lawfully sell and distribute nonprescription drugs in Colorado? C.R.S. 12-280-119(5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.
  • Who may orally transfer prescription order information for a non-controlled substance in Colorado? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 2.01.50(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 3, Dispensing Requirements.

Pharmacy operations 25

  • A Colorado pharmacist may substitute an equivalent drug for a brand-name drug, apart from the out-of-stock case, only if the substituted drug C.R.S. 12-280-125(4). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A Colorado pharmacy technician may replenish an automated cassette without a pharmacist's verification if 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 3.01.22(f). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A Colorado prescription drug outlet may make a casual sale of a drug to another registered outlet only C.R.S. 12-280-120(5)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A nonresident prescription drug outlet registered in Colorado must report a change of office, officer or pharmacist within C.R.S. 12-280-133(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • A previously non-scheduled drug is added to a schedule. When must a Colorado outlet that possesses it inventory its stock of the drug? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 11.03.00(f). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After a change of pharmacist manager in Colorado, within what time must the new manager or a designee inventory all controlled substances? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.20(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After a pharmacist manager's employment ends, within how many days must the Colorado owner apply to transfer the registration to the new manager? C.R.S. 12-280-118(1)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • After the initial inventory, how often must a Colorado prescription drug outlet take a new inventory of all controlled substances on hand? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 11.03.00(e). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • As a prerequisite to registering in Colorado, a nonresident prescription drug outlet must submit a copy of C.R.S. 12-280-133(1)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Before substituting a drug in the same therapeutic class under C.R.S. 12-280-125, a Colorado pharmacist needs C.R.S. 12-280-125(1)(a.5). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • For how long must persons licensed or registered under Colorado's pharmacy article retain records of the receipt and distribution of prescription drugs? C.R.S. 12-280-134(1)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • How often must a Colorado pharmacist manager sign and date a review of the outlet's compounding policy and procedure manual? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.20(J). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • In C.R.S. 12-280-122, a "central fill pharmacy" is a pharmacy, other than one in a licensed hospital, that C.R.S. 12-280-122(4)(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • In Colorado a drug sample may be distributed only upon C.R.S. 12-280-120(7). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • On a Colorado controlled substance inventory, which drugs must be separated from the rest? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 11.03.00(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • On finding grounds for discipline against a pharmacist, what may the Colorado board do to the outlet that employs the offender? C.R.S. 12-280-127(2)(b)(III). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • The perpetual inventory that every Colorado prescription drug outlet must keep includes, at minimum, 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 11.03.05(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Under Board Rule 7.00.10, within what time must a Colorado pharmacist manager report a substantiated theft or significant loss of controlled substances? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.10(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Under C.R.S. 12-280-134, Schedule I and II controlled substances are distributed only pursuant to C.R.S. 12-280-134(8). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What does a prescription drug outlet operated by the state of Colorado or a political subdivision hold in place of a registration? C.R.S. 12-280-118(3)(a). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • What share of its annual drug dosage units may a Colorado prescription drug outlet compound and distribute for veterinary use? C.R.S. 12-280-120(6)(b)(I). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Which is a way for a Colorado practitioner to tell the pharmacist not to substitute? C.R.S. 12-280-125(2). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Who determines or approves the procedures for prescriptions stored outside the dispensing area of a Colorado outlet at a patient's request? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.20(d). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • With narrow exceptions, from whom must a Colorado prescription drug outlet procure its prescription drugs and controlled substances? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 1.00.24. Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.
  • Within what time must a Colorado pharmacist manager report a security breach within the pharmacy to the Board? 3 CCR 719-1, Rule 7.00.10(b). Outline: NABP MPJE Competency Statements, Area 4, Pharmacy Operations.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the four areas of the MPJE Competency Statements that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy publishes at https://nabp.pharmacy/programs/examinations/mpje/competency-statements/ (opened 2026-10-12): Area 1 Licensure/Personnel 22%, Area 2 Pharmacist Practice 33%, Area 3 Dispensing Requirements 24%, Area 4 Pharmacy Operations 21%. The 120 questions are 26, 40, 29 and 25. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in two places: the 2026 Colorado Revised Statutes as the General Assembly's Office of Legislative Legal Services publishes them for download (https://leg.colorado.gov/agencies/office-legislative-legal-services/2026-crs-titles-download; Title 12, Article 280, the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Businesses, and Pharmaceuticals article, sections 12-30-109 and 12-30-111, and sections 18-18-308 and 18-18-414 of Title 18), and the State Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations, 3 CCR 719-1, in the version effective August 21, 2026 on the Secretary of State's Code of Colorado Regulations site (https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayRule.do?action=ruleinfo&ruleId=2254). Each question names its section or rule. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site, written from the public text of the Colorado Revised Statutes and the Code of Colorado Regulations. Nothing is taken from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE, NABP's sample items, a prep company or a review book.

How it works

This unofficial Colorado MPJE practice test asks 120 questions on Colorado pharmacy law, from supervision ratios to emergency refills. It is not affiliated with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which owns the exam, or the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy.

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The bank is drawn from Article 280 of Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the opioid and electronic prescribing sections of Article 30, sections 18-18-308 and 18-18-414, and the State Board of Pharmacy rules, 3 CCR 719-1, in the version effective August 21, 2026, all read on October 12, 2026. The 120 questions follow the four areas of NABP's published MPJE Competency Statements in their proportions.

Colorado law only

Colorado was not among the Uniform MPJE jurisdictions NABP listed on October 12, 2026. Federal law, which the exam also asks, is on the federal pharmacy law page. Practice for an exam, not medical advice.

  • Supervision: one pharmacist to six interns and technicians, at most two of them interns, and eight in a central fill pharmacy (C.R.S. 12-280-122).
  • Three 72-hour rules: the emergency refill, the emergency Schedule II supply and the new pharmacist manager's controlled substance inventory.
  • Schedule III to V orders stop at six months and five refills; no order is dispensed after one year from issue (Rule 3.00.10).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the Colorado MPJE?

NABP's test day page gives 120 computer-based questions in 2.5 hours, delivered adaptively. Exam mode here draws 120 questions from the bank and allows 150 minutes.

What is the passing score for the MPJE in Colorado?

Board Rule 4.00.30 names no number: it says the passing scores are set by the examining entity. NABP reports the MPJE result as pass or fail, which is why this page gives a percent and no verdict.

How many times can you take the MPJE in Colorado?

NABP allows five attempts per jurisdiction. Board Rule 4.00.30 adds that an applicant who has not passed both required examinations within twenty-four months must repeat the one passed earlier.

Is there a free Colorado MPJE study guide?

The law itself is free: the General Assembly posts the Colorado Revised Statutes for download and the Secretary of State posts 3 CCR 719-1. This page turns both into questions.

Are these real Colorado MPJE questions?

No. Each one was written for this site from the public text of Colorado's statutes and Board rules. Nothing comes from the MPJE, the Pre-MPJE or NABP's sample items, and no Colorado agency has reviewed the bank.

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